Lily and Beth of Sure Boy are chatting about their show this evening at The Wine Cellar, as part of the Testing If You Like This Tour. Whakarongo mai nei!
Streetside is Auckland Writers Festival’s annual fringe event that showcases literature and the arts outside of conventional spaces. It’s a free event in which writers, musicians and artists take to the streets of Britomart for a night of creativity. This year it takes place on Friday 17th May from 6-8pm.
Beth caught up with Programme Manager for Auckland Writers Festival Jennifer Cheuk about Streetside and began by asking her how it all works.
Claudia Jardine is a poet from Ōtautahi. She released her collection of poems Biter last year, which has been met with positive reception around the country.
Beth caught up with Claudia about all things poetry as well as what she’s up to at the moment, including curating the event Should I Have Read That? at Auckland Writers Festival annual fringe event, Streetside.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party’s Carmel Sepuloni I ask about MPs getting a pay raise, recent polling results that showed an increase in support for Labour, and a new policy from Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka which would prioritise whānau with tamariki for social housing.
Weekly Palestine protests have taken place in Britomart since last October, and an action in support of Palestine with several hundred students took place at the University of Auckland last night.
For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden asked Councillor Shane Henderson for his stance on the Palestine protests, as well as Council’s view more generally.
They also ask about the community impacts of half priced public transport for under 25s, which ended on May 1st.
Superstar Beyoncé has recently put out a new country album titled Cowboy Carter. While fans have praised the album, it’s also been met with racist backlash on an institutional level.
Some have said Beyoncé, a woman from Texas, does not truly represent American or country values.
Caeden speaks to Anthropology lecturer at the University of Auckland, Kirsten Zemke, about the backlash and why it’s so harmful. They started by asking about what this backlash was.
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