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Lots on the show today! Rosetta is producing while Stella is off having an Aussie holiday, we've got Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Phoebe from Revulva phones in to chat about their new single 'Bush Bash', and Diaz Grimm comes up to the studio to chat about his new album 'Māui and the Sin'! Also - a couple of big announcements about the future of The Wine Cellar + Whammy, and our beloved host Rachel is hanging up her headphones after 5 years in the hot seat! All these feels, plus prizes and great tunes. Whakarongo mai nei! 

The book, Ans Westra: a Life in Photography by Paul Moon, was released on the 10th of May. 


Westra is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most well known social documentary photographers, best known for her candid black-and-white photography of New Zealand life and culture. 


Some of her most notable photographs included images of life in remote areas, Māori communities, and anti-apartheid protestors who clashed with riot police during the 1981 Springbok tour.


In light of Westra’s death in February 2023, Ans Westra: a Life in Photography is a richly illustrated biography of her life and her remarkable, and sometimes controversial, practice, which continues to be debated today.


Sofia had a kōrero with the author of the book, historian Paul Moon, and Suite Gallery owner and director, David Alsop, who manages the Ans Westra archive and copyright, about Ans Westra: a Life in Photography. 

The Auckland Festival of Photography is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year.


There will be events on until the 14th June all around Tāmaki Makaurau, ranging from the CBD to Orewa and Helensville.


Beth caught up with Daniel Ho, the Exhibition and Artist Coordinator for the Auckland Festival of Photography, about the festival and more.

Derek Jarman was a pioneering artist whose work was unapologetic and defiant.


The artist's place as an influential gay rights activist is cemented in his work that survives him.


30 years after Jarman passed away from complications relating to AIDS, his work will be exhibited in Aotearoa for the first time.


Derek Jarman: Delphinium Days co-curated by Lisa Beauchamp, Curator of Contemporary Art at Gus Fisher Gallery, City Gallery Wellington Senior Curator Aaron Lister, and Michael Lett opens at Gus Fisher Gallery on the 15th of June. 


Nicholas spoke to co-curator Lisa Beauchamp about the landmark exhibition. 

Diaz Grimm comes up to the studio to chat with Rachel about his new album 'Māui and the Sin'! The album combines elements of sci-fi, te ao Māori, and hip-hop and is out today! Whakarongo mai nei!

Phoebe Johnson from Revulva phones in to chat with Rachel about their new single 'Bush Bash' - out today! Whakarongo mai nei!