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Maya caught up with Sefton Rani about his solo exhibition Postscript, currently on at Trish Clark Gallery. And Sof caught up with Melanie Roger about Dark Matter, a group exhibition showing Simon Attwooll, Harry Culy, Simon Endres, and Kirsten Roberts, currently on at Melanie Roger Gallery. Whakarongo mai x

Dark Matter is a group exhibition currently on at Melanie Roger Gallery.  In 2008, contemporary art curator and writer Robert Leonard wrote the essay Hello Darkness: New Zealand Gothic, describing New Zealand, or Antipodean, Gothic as a turn of expression in New Zealand art in which Ronnie van Hout’s 1992 photographic series ‘Return of The Living Dead’ heralded a shift to viewing our landscape as a kind of haunted space. Reimaging traditional European Gothic expressions in a way unique to New Zealand, it embraces darkness, the unfamiliar, and uneasiness, emerging partly in response to biculturalism as a dominant subject of discourse in New Zealand art in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Exhibiting work by Pōneke-based artists Harry Culy and Simon Attwooll, alongside Tāmaki-based Simon Endres and Kirsten Roberts, Dark Matter delves into the artists’ respective explorations of the gothic. Each artist individually plays with this concept, letting darkness and anxiety push and pull with its surprising softness and quirks that unfold in the works, creating a space that is both haunting yet strangely comforting simultaneously.  Sof caught up with Melanie Roger about the show. 

This Morning Glory, Huia played a mixture of indie rock and indie pop, some of these being: Vera Ellen, Black Box Recorder and Georgia Gets By.  Huia also had CAITLIN in for Fancy New Band who played a beautiful stripped back accoustic set before she plays her last show of tour at Whammy tonight! Brought to you by NZ On Air!  Thanks to The Tuning Fork!

For this weeks Fancy New Band we were lucky to welcome CAITLIN into the studio as she finishes her last show of her nation wide tour!   CAITLIN is a Te Waipounamu-born, Ōtautahi-based indie-pop singer-songwriter who has been on a roll this year! Today she played 'Wash' and 'Tied' which are both off her newest EP Guardrails! Thanks to NZ On Air!

Cam shares some of the new wax out on the shelves at Southbound today, including Thee Marloes, X-Ray Spex, and Meiko Kaji. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Happy Rāmere e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on your Friday Breakfast with Rosetta and Milly: Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, From The Crate with Cam, and plenty of tunes, prizes and more! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Kirsten chats with Rosetta and Milly about bands with lots of members! Whakarongo mai nei, listen back to hear kōrero about Parliament, Snarky Puppy and AKB48! 

The Government is heading into Budget week with plans to cut the core public service, and RNZ reports public servants' fears that their jobs are once again on the line. At the same time, questions have been raised over MFAT being spared from cuts, and the Government has unveiled major changes to secondary education through its proposed NCEA replacement. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Producer Pranuja spoke with Shanan Halbert about public service cuts, Budget priorities, and what the education overhaul could mean for students and teachers.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Aotearoa New Zealand later this year. The expected visit follows the signing of the trade agreement between India and New Zealand last month. However, Prime Minister Modi is a controversial figure in Indian politics, largely for his religiously divisive policy and anti-Muslim speeches. Wire Host Caeden spoke to Sapna Samant, GP, storyteller, and activist, who is critical of Indian Prime Minister Modi and his supporters in the diaspora, about his expected visit.

Another stunning day in Tāmaki Makaurau. Today on Moring Glory we had music from Marlon Williams (one from the vault, 'Come To Me' recorded live at 95bFM) ahead of his show at The Civic tonight, as well as fabulous new tracks by Drifting Clouds and Takatapunani. During the show we also caught up with the director of the French Film Festival and Sola Rosa, with Andrew Spraggon telling us what to expect from his new tour. Thanks to The Tuning Fork

A survey of Automobile Association members' views on time-of-use charging has been presented to the Auckland Council’s Transport and Infrastructure Delivery Committee.  The survey found that members were open to congestion charging if it worked, even if they thought it was unfair. Labour leader Chris Hipkins gave a ‘State of Auckland’ speech last week, focusing on the need for cross-party collaboration on infrastructure projects. Wire Host Caeden spoke with Councillor Shane Henderson about both of these topics.

Ata mārie! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: Rosetta spoke with Kelly Moran about her show on June 17 at the Kāhui St Davids, Natasha Griffiths shares some memories from The Crown in Ōtepoti for NZ Music Month, and your chance to win tickets to Sola Rosa + Kevin Morby's new album on vinyl! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Rosetta chats with NYC based composer, pianist and producer Kelly Moran about her forthcoming show at Kāhui St Davids on June 17th, as part of Strange Universe: Winter Edition. Whakarongo mai nei!

Natasha Griffiths phones in from Ōtepoti to share some of her favourite memories of The Crown, in honour of this year's NZ Music Month theme: Our Sounds, Our Spaces. Whakarongo mai nei!

This week on Sages of the Ages our two chronomagical comrades bring you a bunch of tunes directly from 1996. And because it's NZ Music Month, they're all bangers directly from Aotearoa. Including artists such as The Mutton Birds, Thorazine Shuffle, and Tall Dwarfs. They also bring you the latest on unleaded petrol, Mixed Member Proportional, and the Oceanic Football Confederation. Whakarongo mai!

This week's show focuses on Headless Chickens' 1991 album Body Blow, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Features tracks from associated artists such as Bird Nest Roys, Strawpeople and Children's Hour. Also includes songs from contemporary Auckland-based artists such as JPSE and Hallelujah Picassos, as well as some influences and new NZ electronica!

Elle spoke to Tom Dowse (guitar) and Nick Buxton (drums), of Dry Cleaning, ahead of their show at the Hollywood Avondale, on 3 June. Their recently released third album Secret Love, explores the quintessential Dry Cleaning sound and pushes it a bridge further. With Florence Shaw’s characteristically level and restrained vocal delivery accompanied by a narratively driven world of synths, guitar riffs and at times a saxophone.

This week on the Wedne For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the changes to accommodation supplement eligibility, NZ First's proposal to buy BNZ, and the power of minor parties. He then spoke to Emeritus Professor of Economics and former director of the Energy Centre, Basil Sharp, about the recent OECD report's findings on Aotearoa's energy policy. Producer Theo spoke to Jake Lilley, the senior policy advisor for FinCap, on Afterpay’s recently publicised late fees revenue, and the issues of buy now pay later lending services. Finally, News teamer Liam spoke to Professor Warwick Bagg, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Health Sciences at the University of Auckland, about the recently announced changes to undergraduate health programmes and what this will mean for students.   

The recent OECD report conducting an autopsy on the economy here in Aotearoa came back with huge concerns and transformative suggestions going forward. And while some, such as the suggestion to raise the age of superannuation, have been taken on board by the leading National Party, others, like a renewable energy transition, have been poo-pooed. Current energy policy discussions in New Zealand have focused on liquid natural gas, also known as LNG, which needs to be stored in special conditions. The government is moving forward with plans to spend over a billion dollars on a terminal specially designed to import LNG into the country and fund it with a tax on electricity. But buying natural gas is no simple endeavour. Along with petrol, LNG prices are spiking at the moment, and standard practice is to set up to buy a regular contracted amount, which, due to limited storage conditions, may have to be used or risk costing us more. To understand the ins and outs of the OECD report on energy policy, we got Emeritus Professor of Economics and former director of the Energy Centre, Basil Sharp, to sit down with Host Manny in the studio to share his concerns with LNG and his ideas to on how to reform the electricity market.