Culture
Kiwis and Sarees
Kiwis and Sarees - Exploring how South Asian women embrace their culture in Aotearoa through fashion and identity. Audio
Gen X, Boomers, Millennials: Are generations really a thing?
Talking about generations involves making sweeping generalisations about huge numbers of people - some estimate there are 80 million millennials in the USA alone, says sociolinguist Dr Julia de Bres.
…Heidi Simpson & MACEY
Tonight is the Pacific Music Awards and So'omalo gives you all the details on what to expect and where to keep up with it all! We have musicians Heidi Simpson and MACEY join us for chats and we have… Audio
A woman's lifelong fascination with mermaids
At home, in the bathtub, writer Megan Dunn tried to imagine her own mermaid tail forming. She's gone on to pen a new book, The Mermaid Chronicles. Audio
COTERIE & New Host Annoucement!
Today on the show, you get to finally meet your new co-host and there's a good chance you’ll recognise who they are! Aotearoa-Australian band COTERIE are also in the studio to chat about their… Audio
Turning te reo Māori into New Zealand's 'forever language'
Ahead of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Aotearoa is being urged to embrace the language 'Ake Ake Ake' (forever).
Playwright Dennis Kelly
Award-winning British playwright Dennis Kelly's work is both funny and confronting. His play Girls and Boys is being performed by the Auckland Theatre Company and opens next month. Audio
What is a Zine? Leonard Powell takes a look at Zinefest
What is a Zine? First Up producer Leonard Powell takes a look at Zinefest, he went to meet organiser Catalina Nuñez-Elevancini Audio
EDY, Albert Latailakepa & Sean Rivera
It's a big one today! Joining us on the show is Award winning producer, now singer, EDYONTHEBEAT! As well as some of the team behind the short film 'Yeah Pare" Albert Latailakepa and Sean Rivera. We… Audio
The Pre-Panel for 20th August 2024
Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Tom Ristes-Smith share the best jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe. Audio
The pre panel
Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Tom Ristes-Smith share the best jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe. Audio
Foley Chat New Music!
On today’s show the blue supermoon energy has Matua Harry feeling a little unhinged, So’omālō starts a movement to honk more on the roads, Waimirirangi speaks on respecting Molly Mae and Tommy Fury’s… Audio
Cheap ways of having fun
Whether you like dancing, drinking or hanging with friends - or even all of the above - everyone needs to cut loose sometimes. So how can we do it on the cheap? Katy Gosset finds out how people hit… Audio
Writer Sasha LaPointe: The pride and power of traditional knowledge
Sasha LaPointe grew up on a reservation near Seattle and headed for the city punk scene at 15, but embracing the traditional knowledge of her tribes has fed her writing and her soul. Audio
Arts News for 18 August 2024
Arts News: Injury at the Museum of Ice Cream, a #1 Netflix hit for NZ, Artbeat closes & kids books winner Stacey Gregg Audio
Īhaka Martyn: Am I Māori enough?
When playwright and performer Ihaka Martyn (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa) took an Introduction to Maori Culture course at University he was a pakeha identifying young man named Isaac who was… Audio
Elspeth Sandys: The Body Politic
You won't find any of Elspeth Sandys' neighbours depicted in her play The Body Politic. However belonging to a body corporate inspired her to write it. Audio
Te Papa to charge international visitors
A tourism industry leader says it's not unusual for a world-class museum such as Te Papa to charge international visitors. Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Rebecca Ingram spoke to Tuwhenuaroa… Audio
The TAHI Cassie Henderson & Awanuiārangi Morris
Today on the show, Cassie Henderson visits the studio and tells So’omālō the unfortunate true story behind her latest single ‘Seconds to Midnight’, Te Reo Māori learner Awanuiārangi Morris sits with… Audio
The Pre-Panel for 13th August 2024
Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Sam Hollis talks about Raygun, and the impact her heavily criticised performance could have on breaking. Audio
