Straight Up with Niva and Beatrice The New Zealand Herald

Journalist, author, mental health advocate and TV host Matt Chisholm is this week's guest. He talks to Niva and Beatrice about growing up in Otago, his early struggles with mental health and drinking, why he chose to be honest about his story, working in current affairs and being a TV host, what he has learned talking to people about his issues, and answers what he calls 'the best question' he's ever been asked. 
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Actress, TV presenter and advocate Sonia Gray is this week's guest. She talks to Niva and Beatrice about starting her career in modelling and acting, representation in the entertainment industry, learning she was expecting twins, her and her family's journey with neurodiversity, making time for herself and what she learned from dabbling in reality TV. 
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Director, writer and Oscar nominated producer Chelsea Winstanley is this week's guest. She joins Niva and Beatrice to discuss the films that influenced her, the other wahine filmmakers that guided her way, and why that's led to her being so passionate about telling stories from brown creatives. She also discusses being honest about her own trauma, embracing forgiveness, and how her separation and giving up drinking have helped her find herself. 
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Chef and TV personality Monica Galetti is this week's guest. She joins Niva - her real-life cousin - and Beatrice to discuss moving to Wellington from American Samoa as a child, adjusting to her new country, how her love of food started at an early age, her TV and hospitality career in London, why she stepped back from MasterChef, and her experiences with race and gender in her life.
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Comedian turned author Chris Parker is this week's guest. He joins Niva and Beatrice to talk his recent marriage, growing up gay in Christchurch and going to an all boys school, the highs and lows of being an entertainer in New Zealand, how his platform has helped him challenge stereotypes, and why his new book, Here for a Good Time, is what he needed to read as a teenager. 
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Multidimensional artist Lindah Lepou is this week's guest. She joins Niva and Beatrice to discuss moving to Samoa at a young age and adapting to life there, discovering her fa'afafine identity, discovering her love for fashion and her determination to make it in that career, and how becoming New Zealand's inaugural queer arts laureate does not mean her career is over. 
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