Contemporary ceramicist Teresa Peters' acclaimed work exists as solid clay objects and in digital video form. In 2021 she won the Portage Ceramic Awards and was a finalist in 2022. Here, Teresa talks about her work TIME CRYSTAL.

Join host Mikaela Nyman for a conversation with Roger Morris, AKA Remo. Remo's art is often political in nature, communicating what’s happening in the world. His dynamic woodcut prints are on a magnificent scale.

Join host Mikaela Nyman as she chats to Rea-Menzies, who is an amazing tapestry, painting, drawing and mixed-media artist.

Join Mikaela Nyman as she talks with Pesala Brown (Debbie Pearce) from Taranaki, who is a Teaching Principal at the Mulga Bore School. Seven indigenous students from Mulga Bore School in the rural Northern Territory formed a rock band to audition for a competition. Months later they were opening for KISS.

Youngsolwara activist and researcher Talei Mangioni talks about the history of the Pacific grassroots movements for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific and its relevance today.

Sukena Shah was awarded the George Mason Visual Arts Scholarship in 2022 for ‘To be a Brown Woman', a stunning painting that was part of her Year 13 art portfolio at New Plymouth Girls High School. Drawing on her Pakistani heritage, Sukena's art offers a critical examination of the experience of women in post-colonial South Asia through a young artist's eyes.

This week’s show is a tribute to Chris McLean and the late John McLean’s artistic legacies, to lives well lived and ongoing creative exploration. The interviews first aired on Access Radio Taranaki on ‘Hit the Trail’ in Sept 2022.

Liv Sisson is a fungi expert, forager, and storyteller whose love of nature’s tiniest marvels began in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Liv was one of the OMV Steamlab speakers at WOMAD this year.

Artist and designer Erica Sklenars (a.k.a. Lady Lazer Light) from New Plymouth works globally across the fields of mixed reality, video art, installation, performance and intervention with sound artists and musicians.

Mikaela caught up with Taranaki-born food systems expert and author Emily King at WOMAD. Emily grew up on a Taranaki dairy farm, where her deep connection to the land sparked a passion for food as a catalyst for change. Featuring music by this year’s WOMAD artists.