Podcast appearances and mentions of Grey Lynn

This week Suri reviews 1985 by Dominic Hoey - a cinematic fiction set in Grey Lynn. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

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1985: A Novel by Dominic Hoey. Set in Auckland in the mid 80's as the title suggests, this is the story of a young man coming of age in a dysfunctional family in Grey Lynn before it became gentrified, when the area and many of the people who lived in it were rough, not necessarily law abiding and where there seemed sometimes to be no future. Obi and his best friend Al discover a map which they believe leads to treasure, and which they hope will turn their fortunes around. The book is extremely atmospheric of the era, and took me right back. Terrific local fiction. High Heels and Gumboots by Rebecca Hayter. Rebecca is a sailor and a journalist, often combining the two things, who turned her back on Auckland and bought a property in Golden Bay, where she had grown up many years earlier. It's a story about leaving the city and discovering independence and self sufficiency, a strong community to call her own, and finding ways to come to terms with the fractious relationship she had had with her mother, who was something of a legend in the area. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A fish and chop shop in Grey Lynn is a far cry from cooking for oligarchs on superyachts and in top restaurants in Melbourne and London

Situated in the affluent Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn sits a house covered in mold inside and out, with a collapsed floor and a leaky roof. But new owner Steve Partridge says it's got good bones.

Today we are treated to a performance by singer-songwriter Jim Nothing, who is back with his second album 'Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn' 

House, groove, and Samoan-Māori soulstress La Coco has today shared her shining new EP INTO THE LIGHT - alongside a brand new single ‘Follow Me (The Remake)'! Fresh off the Powerstation stage performing alongside Nathan Haines earlier this month, the Tāmaki Makaurau-based star is sharing her warm and radiant new collection of songs. Oozing deep pockets of house groove, dreamy vocals, and a fusion of old-school RnB, soul and gospel inspired by the Detroit sound - La Coco is taking Aotearoa electronic music to the next level with her new EP INTO THE LIGHT.  “The house influences bring a sense of movement and rhythm, while the gospel-RnB vocals offer depth and emotion,” says La Coco. “INTO THE LIGHT is energetic and spiritual, capturing moments of connection, reflection, and celebration - making the EP feel like an intimate journey of faith, love, and unity.” Already, La Coco (Latoia Sasa-Tepania) has made some serious waves across Aotearoa - she's released three EPs, received the 2020 Waiata Māori music award Best RnB Album for OUT OF TIME, and she's had several Pacific Music Award nominations. Not to mention her notorious collaborations with the aforementioned Polynesian Hip Hop legend POETIK, as well as Atjazz, and more.  Made with the support of NZ on Air, today's EP continues La Coco's impressive run of collaborations - with the artist working alongside DJs, producers and arrangers Gene Rivers and Matt Thorburn to bring the project to life. The process began in Gene's home studio, before the trio headed to No Filter Studio in Grey Lynn, with engineering and mastering from Christian Mausia.  “This project represents who we are as a unit,” says Gene. “Faith, community and a passion for soulful underground music coming together!” Join the Whānau on Instagram, Facebook & Tik Tok. 

Should you be able to park in your own drive way without fear of gettting a ticket? Some residents in inner city Auckland suburbs reckon so; they've been hit with $70 fines from Auckland Transport for parking up their own drive ways or letting visitors do the same. Parking within a metre each side of a drive or up a drive but outside your property is against the rules. One resident is adament they aren't blocking the road or pavement, yet they've still being stung with tickets. Grey Lynn resident Jennifer Austin-Mannes spoke to Lisa Owen.

Taylor is joined by local legend Jim Nothing ahead of the release party for Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn this Saturday at Audio Foundation. Listen back to hear Taylor and Jim's selections, yarns and a couple of sneak peak previews of Jim's album. Jim's pick for Nature's Best is Skeptics - Mamouth Thanks to NZ On Air and Drake Street Studios!

Grey Lynn historian Tania Mace has taken a deep dive into a well known older part of Auckland she calls home.

In the last four weeks there's been up to twice as many killings as an average month. Police say there's no need for alarm yet but they'll be closely watching whether the the increase in continues. Over the weekend two teenagers were arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in Grey Lynn. One's been charged with murder, the other as an accessory after the fact. But as Assistant police commisioner Sam Hoyle explained to Lisa Owen there's almost a dozen open cases.

Another homicide investigation is underway in Auckland, after a neighbourhood dispute turned deadly last night. Police say a man was found critically injured at a Grey Lynn address after reports of gunshots but could not be revived, three others are in hospital with gunshot wounds and need surgery. The lead detective is calling for calm and said although it's the fourth homicide in Auckland in 10 days - none appear to be linked, Amy Williams reports.

A person is believed to be dead after a shooting at a Grey Lynn house on Thursday night. Reporter Felix Walton spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Armed police cordoned off Tuarangi Road after the incident was reported just before 7 o'clock. Reporter Felix Walton spoke to Corin Dann.

Two of the worlds best kayakers just so happen to be siblings too. Tuva'a and Samalulu Clifton grew up in Grey Lynn, but are both members of the Samoa squad for the Paris Olympics. They chat to Jesse about their journey to the Olympics.

Chalice Malcolm is a Shamanic Practitioner who facilitates the creation of medicine drums. One of New Zealand's earliest adopters of the heart medicine cacao, Chalice now lives off grid without the electricity to make her chocolate but is busy with so much more.The original music in the latter part of the show is an adapation of Mother, the original of which is available on the album Awake by Premratna, performed live with Ora Vida Life in Grey Lynn, Auckland in June 2024. Listen to other music that Sarah sings on a variety of albums via this Spotify playlist.Theme music is Trust by Sarah Marlowe Spence, on the album Awake by Premratna. The inspiration for the name of this podcast was from Brene Brown ‘The Midlife Unraveling' The show's cover art is by Samantha Hepburn Art.Details on astrological transits are covered in Episode Nine and Episode 26.

Judging by the list of the most popular reads on any particular website, it seems quite a few of us have now read the account of how rude the audience at the Ockham Book Awards were to the Prime Minister.According to Steve Braunias, when Luxon was welcomed onto the stage, the "applause basically sounded like one hand clapping" - and after his speech was done, the applause was even less than before. And he was apparently gently mocked in comments by the MC, our very own Jack Tame,  and two authors thereafter. I'm predicting that there are going to be split opinions on this, and that the opinions will probably largely be split along voting lines. But I'm going to come to the defence of that audience, because I think it is perfectly acceptable for an audience not to applaud a politician.You don't have to. You don't have to give a round of applause to a politician if you do not agree with what they stand for. Jacinda Ardern had to live with that kind of treatment, and I'm sure many of us thought it was completely deserved. She got yelled at by farmers at Fieldays, she and a bunch of Labour politicians were bugged by protestors at pre-arranged events after the lockdowns. And that's not even to mention the stuff that apparently used to get said to her just on the street.It is bad manners, you'll have no argument from me on that one. But as long as it's not going too far, like that kid who spat at David Seymour, and it's just words or deliberate silence - I can accept some bad manners in politics. Because the decisions that are made by these people in power are actually material - they affect our lives. Sometimes really badly, think of what Jacinda's Government was doing to farmers. You could hardly expect farmers to give her a round of applause. It's the same with the Ockham's audience. The kind of people who go to book awards evenings are generally going to be the kind of people who go to dinner parties in Grey Lynn, and while drinking a bottle of $200 pinot noir, they moan about child poverty - and they can't even see the irony in that. They're hardly going to love Luxon, and they don't have to love Luxon. And they don't have to pretend to, just like you don't have to pretend to like your least favourite politician either. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

f Stop Photo Fair is a photography exhibition with stalls, activities and more. It's taking place next Saturday 27th of April at Studio One Toi Tū in Grey Lynn. The event is in collaboration with Camila Araos, representing Auckland Zinefest, and Fernanda Venegas, representing Colectivo Narval from Chile. Beth caught up with Camila and Fernanda about f Stop and all things photography.

Auckland Transport's roll out of raised pedestrian crossings may have hit a speed bump. One in the central city suburb of Grey Lynn has cost close to half a million dollars. And a dozen so called signalised crossings has cost the agency six million. Mayor Wayne Brown has reportedly accused A-T of losing the plot.. with accusation's the capital is doing the same work for way less. Joining us now is Auckland Transport CEO Dean Kimpton. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6345524069112

In Auckland there's an  interesting housing development called CoHaus, and after a long development process residents finally moved in around three years ago. We catch up with one of the residents, Dr David Welch.

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Art writer and author Megan Dunn is taking us to church. A surprising amount of art can be found on the walls and windows of Aotearoa's places of worship. Milan Mrkusich, Doreen Blumhardt, Nigel Brown and Shane Cotton are just some of the creatives whose work adorns churches. Megan's art pilgrimage takes us from Saint Joseph's in Grey Lynn, to Parnell's Trinity Cathedral, St Faiths Anglican Church in Rotorua, and an exhibition about Wellington's recently demolished First Church of Christ Scientist.

We're checking in with two innovative co-housing initiatives at separate ends of the country.

It's his "think tank" on wheels And that's why monopoly busting entrepreneur Tex Edwards is a offering a reward almost equal to the value of his stolen car that he really wants returned. The Lexus that's more than a decade and a half old was nicked from outside the 2 Degrees founders Grey Lynn home overnight Monday, and he's put up five grand for its return. Edwards says does some of his best thinking in the car which he got around the same time he launched market disrupter 2 Degrees. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6329328450112

2degrees founder Tex Edwards is offering a $5000 reward to recover his stolen Lexus. Edwards believes police have better things to do than hunt for the missing vehicle, which disappeared from outside his Grey Lynn home yesterday. He acknowledged he was lucky enough to be able to dig into his pockets and offer a reward to hopefully get the car back. "It's bad that we have crime, but on the whole, I thought the police experience was satisfactory after what happened." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I really hate wealth taxes. I hate them even more than I hate capital gains taxes. Because at least with a capital gains tax, you have sold the asset, so you made some money and can use that money to pay the tax. With a wealth tax, you haven't sold anything. You're just getting taxed because the house you live in and the assets you own are worth enough to tax. And so you need to start paying, but you don't have any extra cash to pay that with. And sometimes what will happen is that people like retirees might have enough assets to qualify, but won't have even cash to pay the tax because they don't work anymore. So it'll be lodged as a debt against the asset they own. Isn't that nuts?  You haven't done anything, you haven't earned anything, and you haven't made anything. You're just getting taxed because you have something. There is nothing more ‘politics of envy' than a wealth tax. I can guarantee you the end result of a wealth tax- if the Greens get a chance to do this in Government- is that NZ will end up poorer. In Norway they increased their wealth tax last year. As a result a record number of wealthy people left the country. Twice as many people left the country in 2022 than the previous 13 years  combined. And in the end, they ended up losing tax. Maybe that'll happen here. Or more likely, a whole bunch of Kiwis will stay here, but will transfer their wealth to Australia.  For example, maybe stop putting money into Kiwisaver and instead start putting it into Australian shares or Australian rental property, where it's out of the way.  So we'll end up with less wealth- but we'll end up with more beneficiaries. Because remember, the Greens are using the wealth tax to pay for a UBI for everyone. Even the Green Party's own policy document predicts we'll end up with an additional 45 percent uptake in benefits in two years. Question is- will the Greens get to do this? As in, will they get into Government with Labour? Well, their policy is less crazy than last election so it'll drive fewer people away. But I think it's still enough to swing some votes. It's a tight election, which means every vote counts. And there will be just enough votes in nice swing electorates like Auckland Central. Where Ponsonby and Grey Lynn people have houses worth close enough to $4 million. Who maybe weren't sure about Labour or National- and this will make their mind up for them.  Because I bet there are a few out there who, like me, just hate the idea of a wealth tax. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Episode 045! We get out and about and visit CoHaus in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, and talk to its architects - Thom Gill and Helle Westergaard of Studio Nord. Thom and Helle kindly welcomed us into their home for our chat, and explained the design and development process of CoHaus, as well as their background, what they've learned as designers, and paint a picture of a less common response to meeting our housing and social needs. It's a brilliant and generous interview, and we thank them both for allowing us to visit. There's lots you can read about CoHaus, including: * Cohaus website http://cohaus.nz/ * Christopher Kelly's Architecture NZ review of CoHaus 12 Jan 2022 https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/watching-the-collectives/ * Thom and Helle's response to the above https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/letter-to-the-editor/ *Stuff article on the project and talking to residents https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/retirement/128510805/what-its-like-to-retire-to-a-cohousing-development-with-neighbours-from-1-to-80 Theme Music: The Cosmic Wheels

A special show, recorded live at Smokin' Cole, Grey Lynn! We catch up with our mate Croyden Cole about joining the show as a sponsor and then the main act, Brett and Ced from BBQVANA who have been tearing up the NZBA this year.  Noel gives you the tip for Pork Steaks (yes!) and we round up recent competition action and talk Raro!  #getitinyourears!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year. It's nice to be back after a long summer break during a summer that was both brilliant and awful. When it was beautiful it was very beautiful and when it was horrible it was appalling. The East Coast mutilated not just by the elements but by the slash washed down from the hills. This is not the first time this has happened by any stretch and it has to stop.  The industry is well aware of the risk.  Like any industry you need to be able to clean up after you. And now the new year welcomes a new Prime Minister. Firstly, the resignation of Jacinda Ardern saw the most incredible outbreak of Jacinda Derangement Syndrome I've ever seen. Fans and acolytes from the left were left wailing and despairing. Truly bereft. Grown men crying. Meanwhile champagne corks were popping in the Koru Lounge, rural pubs filled up and the right wingers felt that all their troubles were over. All of which was a wild over exaggeration of Jacinda Ardern and her acheivements and abilities. For the past 5 years I've been saying that Ms Ardern was not as wonderful as her fans believed but nor as dangerous as her enemies said. But she was becoming a liability to her party. 5 years of mud throwing was sticking. The middle ground of voters were starting to believe the claims that she was a dictator and a control freak. That she was a narcissist ruling an idealogically driven cabal of communists committed to ruining everything about the country right up to changing the name unilaterally. So with a quick sidestep Cindy was replaced by Chippy. And that's an important point. An older generation used Cindy to infantilise her which was part of their misogyny. Hipkins used to hate Chippy but is now at home with it so that's an offensive weapon neutralised. Hipkins is a good call. He's a scrapper. He's got a thicker skin. He's not addicted to always being right. He's prepared to accept and admit he's made a mistake. He's a worker and he seems normal. Like the New Zealanders who vote. Like the New Zealanders who are doing it hard, and they're the people he mentions every time he's near a microphone. I see today on Twirtter that Matthew Hooten said: ‘In 3 days the Labour party rebranded themselves from Grey Lynn to Glendene and Wadestown to Naenae.' And that's a good line. Meanwhile, take note that Chris Hipkins was on ZB this morning unlike the previous Prime Minister. He's prepared to stand his ground. Whether this is enough for Labour to regain the Treasury benches is a matter we'll have to wait and see. But I think they have more chance under Hipkins than Ardern. Hopefully it will be a wakeup call for National, who seemed to be sleep walking to the election. Christopher Luxon makes much of his party having real world experience but he seems to forget how new his troops are, and that Hipkins and Robertson do have real world experience that his Ministers don't. They've been running the shop for the past 5 years and should not be underestimated. It's making for a great election. I'm looking forward to the Hipkins-Luxon debates and the Robertson-Willis debates. And then we'll see who really has the chops to lead a country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An uncomfortable confrontation in Auckland... after a top fashion brand dumped allegedly good clothes in a rubbish skip outside. A charity caught wind of what Moochi had done right outside its Grey Lynn office, but says when it went to fish out the clothes an employee of the fashion store threatened to call the cops! Moochi says its staffer felt threatened, and the clothes were not fit for purpose - a detail being disputed by the unnamed charity. Jane Treseder from Fix Up, Look Sharp - another charity which helps men find clothes to wear to job interviews - joins us now!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doughnut Economics Advocates NZ have launched a number of sustainable initiatives over the years. Their latest project is a community compost hub which has been set up in partnership with Newton Central School in Grey Lynn.

Today's conversation is with iconic New Zealand artist and mum of two boys FLOX.Having built her brand over many years, FLOX is one of New Zealand's most recognised contemporary artists, redefining what it is to be a practicing artist in the 21st century. An aerosol and stencil artist with a fine art degree, FLOX first made her mark on the inner cityscape of Auckland in 2003. Her trademark native birds, ferns and flowers are a celebration of New Zealand's environmental taonga (treasure).FLOX has always maintained a philosophy of “making art for the people” and making her art accessible which has seen her take her own artistic lane by avoiding the traditional artist/gallery relationship. Utilising her long term experience and skill set, FLOX has also spent the last few years putting energy into teaching workshops and passing on her creative knowledge.  Her shop and working studio - Haus Of Flox can be found in Grey Lynn, Auckland and she has just opened up a new gallery space next door called Eyes on Fire which aims to be a gallery by artists, for artistsHaus of Flox, 13 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealandwww.flox.co.nzInsta: @floxnz Eyes on Fire Gallery, 15 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealandwww.eyesonfire.nzInsta: @eyesonfire.nzLinks from today's episode:iPad Pro & Fresco AppBooks illustrated by FloxTu Meke Tutatara Tu Meke TuiInspired by:Charles and Janine Williams@charlesjaninewilliamsWatching:Handmaids TaleHouse of DragonAbout your host:Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children's book illustrations and hand painted murals. She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding and inspiration.www.katehursthouse.com@katehursthousewww.creativemotherpodcast.com@creativemotherpodcastIf you are wanting to start or grow your creative business I have just the thing for you. I have learned over the years that to succeed as a creative, you must understand business. I wish I had a guide to help me when I got started, and the way I see it the more we can share with each other the better it is for all creatives. So I have created a Free e-book with an overview of some of the things I think are essential to know when starting a creative business. I have included:5 things you need to get your business started7 revenue streams to make income as an artist5 ways to sell and share your workYou can download ‘The Basics of Running a Creative Business' f

A massive project to create a super-sized wastewater tunnel in Auckland is creating history this week as Hiwa-i-te-rangi, Watercare's central interceptor tunnel boring machine, is tunnelling 1500m across the Manukau Harbour, in the most challenging section of her 14.7km journey from Māngere to Grey Lynn. Shayne Cunis is the Watercare Project Head, and he joins us now with more on this fascinating story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A couple of weeks ago we were talking about the farming community and the fact that the latest surveys out showed they didn't have a great deal of confidence or optimism about the future of their livelihoods. And you would have to wonder how they're feeling now with reports of foot and mouth getting closer to New Zealand. A new outbreak in Indonesia, a first for that country, has both Australia and New Zealand on edge. Bali is a popular tourist destination for Kiwis and particularly Aussies, and even though there are no direct flights to Bali from New Zealand, biosecurity officials say they'll be on the lookout for anyone who's traveled there recently.  At the PM's post Cabinet press conference yesterday, she said that if foot and mouth reached New Zealand, all rural trade would be stopped and more than 110,000 jobs would disappear. Biosecurity Minister, Damien O'Connor, put it more bluntly, it's the doomsday disease. And he says officials are doing all they can to prevent the disease arriving on these shores.  So we have to do our bit and we have to be vigilant as well. If you're heading to Bali then you'd want to make sure the shoes, and whatever else you wearing on your feet were washed, anything else that came into contact with any kinds of animals.  Mike Hosking expressed doubt this morning on his show, whether this Government could cope with a biosecurity risk as big as this. But I think successive governments, including this one and their associated departments have shown they can.  Remember the great 2015 Grey Lynn fruit fly hunt? And the subsequent 2019 Auckland fruit fly response that saw around $34 million spent on eradicating a handful of fruit flies. I think it was just over $1 million a fruit fly that they found, which might have been considered an overreaction, but I would say it was money well spent. As the fruit fly if it had established itself here, could have decimated an industry worth $6 billion in domestic sales and exports kiwifruit, honey and the like, gone. And remember M. Bovis? In 2017, the Government made a commitment to eradicating Mycoplasma Bovis and that would have been, or is, a world first. And although the relevant departments were unprepared for such a widespread response. Shock me sideways and color me pink they weren't ready! They rallied. And an independent review found that New Zealand is well on track to being able to make the claim that we are M. Bovis free.  But I think the lessons we can take, is that we know how to get rid of biosecurity threats, thus far. The threat was identified, the threat was eradicated in terms of the fruit fly and in terms of M.Bovis. If the lessons have been learned, that can be adapted to foot and mouth and that should give you some confidence, shouldn't it? That we'll be able to keep this latest by a security threat from establishing itself on our shores? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man remains in a critical condition tonight, after being shot by police in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. Police say the man was armed.. and shooting at his own, empty, home. Felix Walton reports.  

Gun Control advocates are calling for an end to firearms advertising to help stem gun violence. A 32-year-old man was shot and critically injured by police in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn on Monday evening, after shooting up his own house and then turning his gun on police. Gun Control New Zealand spokesperson Hera Cook says there are anywhere between 1.2 and 1.7 million guns in the country, and it's easy enough for unlicenced individuals to get their hands on one. She spoke to Kim Hill.

Graeme Gunthorp was holding his 1 year old, when he went to the door at his Grey Lynn home around 5pm last night to see what the loud bang was outside.  When a second gunshot rang out he immediately retreated inside, where his wife was getting their 3 year old child ready for bed.  It's the kind of nightmare no one wants to experience, and it happened in a normally quiet residential area in central Auckland. The shooter is in a critical condition after being shot by police.  His neighbour - Graeme Gunthorp joins me nowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The neighbour of a man shot and critically injured by police in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn last night says he and his family huddled in the basement until the shooting stopped. Armed police swarmed Wallingford Street shortly after 5pm on Monday after reports a man in an agitated state was standing on the street with a gun. Police Superintendent Karyn Malthus said the 32-year-old had been firing at his own house, although there was no-one inside. Malthus said there will be an increased police presence in Grey Lynn today as officers investigate what happened. Waitemata Local Board member Graeme Gunthorp lives next door and called the police after hearing the gun fire. He spoke to Kim Hill.

Police remain at the scene of a shooting in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. Armed police swarmed Wallingford Street shortly after 5pm on Monday after reports of a man in an agitated state was standing on the street with a gun. Police shot and critically injured the 32-year-old who had been firing at his own house, although there was no-one inside. Reporter Felix Walton spoke to Kim Hill from the cordon.

The biggest change in healthcare in a generation starts today. The country's 20 district health boards which have run hospitals and services since 2001 are out. They are being replaced by Health NZ - to be called Te Whatu Ora - a central agency aimed at streamlining the system so you get the same level of care whether you live in Greymouth or Grey Lynn. And the Māori Health Authority is to be called Te Aka Whai Ora RNZ's Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.

There is the ideological debate around cycleways.Whether or not they actually achieve anything. Whether they cut traffic. Whether it's real to expect large numbers of people in large cities to cycle everywhere. Whether the damage you do to the roading network and the resulting congestion is worth it all. Whether all the court cases that are fought over planning and execution make the battle worth it.Then you have the issue of incompetence and ineptitude that, even if cycleways did make sense, they have cocked it up anyway.Just this week, the Grey Lynn cycleway debacle, where it is accepted, by even the cyclists who love these things, that it doesn't work, isn't used, and cost too much.And now we have Waka Kotahi, the Ministry with more spin doctors than anyone, adding to a fiscal mess they don't know how to get out of.The Petone cycleway cost has tripled to $63 million. There is the $1 million clerical error. Between now and 2024 there is an overspend of $670 million. That triggers a breach of approval issue which means delays, stalling, and panic. It's very Christchurch stadium.That $670 million by the way doesn't include a couple of projects in Auckland that also include cost overruns.This, by the way, comes to public attention thanks to the Official Information Act.  If you read the whole thing, the Petone mess is comical as well as depressing.The lack of investigation, the work that was done and redone, the consenting, and the miscalculation, you couldn't have cocked it up more if you set out to cock it up in right royal style.It's what you get when you combine public service ineptitude and the ideology that you are right and everyone else doesn't know what they are talking about.Cycleways don't work in big cities. Certainly not as a mean of mass commuting.Recreationally through parks? Sure. The countryside like Central Otago for tourists? Fantastic.But through butchered streets of downtown New Zealand with parks destroyed, businesses affected, budgets blown, and lane after lane of no use because people don't cycle like they do in Amsterdam? No.When you're blowing out by hundreds of millions, when the lanes you have built don't work and aren't used, when the whole idea is so clearly a bust, who's got the gonads to call it for what it is and accept the idea is fatally flawed?We are spending money we don't have on stuff that's wasting everyone's time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you hate cycleways, you're probably going to hate them a whole lot more when I finish telling you about the latest instalment in this.Turns out cycleways are getting really expensive. The country's cycleway building programme is blowing out big time.Waka Kotahi has set aside $618 million to spend on cycleways over the next three years, but the budget has blown out already to $670 million, which is an overspend of 10 percent.Why? In some cases, because of dumb mistakes.The Petone cycleway seems to be a case of dumb and dumber where mistakes like an administration error of $1 million and forgetting to talk to KiwiRail to plan the route has made it quadruple in price. It should've cost $17 million, now it's $65 million.That works out at $21.7 million per km. That is miles too expensive.That is not the first time this has happened, but all of these cycleways are too expensive per kilometre.The cycleway in Grey Lynn cost $10 million and barely anyone uses it.Auckland Transport is going to spend $144 million on 18km of cycleways - $8 million per kilometre.Christchurch Council is going to spend more than $300 million on 13 cycleways - $3 million per kilometre.It does not have to be that expensive. There is a cycleway on Auckland's Viaduct that only costs $500,000 per kilometre.Frankly, the people at Waka Kotahi need to stop overengineering their cycleways. It doesn't have to be miles away from cars with planter boxes lining the sides and a beautiful pink or green hue.Doesn't always have to be the case that they have to rip up all of the carparks and rebuild the entire road.Sometimes what they should do is just paint a white line down the edge of the road and call that a cycleway.It's not crazy to have a single white line separating cycles from cars. Most of our roads have a line separating cars from cars and it works.We are overdoing it on the cycleways, which means we have fewer of them for the cyclists to use, so cyclists are annoyed, and they take too long so the cyclists are annoyed, and the businesses are annoyed and they cost too much and the motorists are annoyed, so all of us are annoyed.Keep it simple, keep it cheap, keep all of us happy.

Auckland Transport has spent close to $10 million since 2013 on a barely-used Grey Lynn cycleway.It caused controversy when carparks were removed and bus stops relocated when it was built in 2017 and has since been re-designed and extended.The money's been spent with 50 different contractors and other parties and an unspecified number of third party suppliers.Bike Auckland chair Tony Mitchell told Heather du Plessis Allan it's a lot of money - especially when it's not complete or safe.“People in Auckland won't ride unless it's protected cycleways. And what we mean by that is there is a small protective strip in between where the cars and buses are and the bike.”LISTEN ABOVE  

HELLO FROM CANADA MY BEAUTIFUL LISTENERS!!! Just a warning - I'm extra excitable today... And that's all down to the fact that I'm recording for the first time in my new home, Canada!   In today's episode I share all the nitty gritty details of the night I booked into one of Auckland's boutique hotels, The Convent, out of convenience, but didn't find out that it was a known haunted building before it was too late. The Convent was (surprise, surprise) a convent, turned halfway house that was suspiciously burned down. It has now been refurbished and is a swanky wee spot for a stay in Auckland's Grey Lynn. Pray for past Lyd!   Keep an eye out on my podcast's Instagram @psychicishpodcast, for an unsettling photo that was taken outside of the hotel when my family returned to Ada for dinner a few days after my stay. I'll have a question box up on the Insta as always on the Thursday after the ep has released for you to share any theories/thoughts/explanations or similar stories... (secretly hoping you don't have any similar stories).   Best of luck getting to sleep tonight!!! xo

Hamilton City Councillor Mark Bunting says he's thought of little else since he heard four children broke into a Hamilton mall to steal toys in the early hours of Thursday morning. The children were aged between seven and 12. It follows a spate of youth crime further north in Auckland, including a 12-year-old driving a getaway vehicle after a dairy robbery in Grey Lynn on Sunday. Bunting spoke to Kim Hill.

From bake sales and uniform-free school days, NFT auctions bringing in millions of dollars in crypto - our increasingly digital and social world is opening up new ways of getting much-needed funds to people in Ukraine. Nearly two weeks ago, the Ukrainian government tweeted that it's accepting cryptocurrency donations to aid its military effort. It's already brought in over US$64 million. Here in New Zealand, Kiwis are sending money through online platforms like Airbnb and Etsy to help families directly, and they're using social media to promote fundraising initiatives - with incredible results. Penny Sheffield has the story of how a cook book store in Grey Lynn brought a community together to stand with Ukraine.

Lawrence Arabia is going on tour around New Zealand soon, find out which town or city he thinks has the best place to swim, and how after ten minutes in a Grey Lynn flat he was propelled around the world, playing at big venues like Wembley Arena, in this Off The Record chat with Greg Prebble on Radio Hauraki.

Lawrence Arabia is going on tour around New Zealand soon, find out which town or city he thinks has the best place to swim, and how after ten minutes in a Grey Lynn flat he was propelled around the world, playing at big venues like Wembley Arena, in this Off The Record chat with Greg Prebble on Radio Hauraki.

Auckland is finally opening up after months in lockdown. The team at Bread and Butter bakery and cafe, in Grey Lynn, are getting the final touches done before opening the doors at 7. Owner Isobel Pasch spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Auckland is finally opening up after months in lockdown. The team at Bread and Butter bakery and cafe, in Grey Lynn, are getting the final touches done before opening the doors at 7. Owner Isobel Pasch spoke to Susie Ferguson.

The Wild Initiative is promoting the benefits of letting the grass grow wild. 

Hairdressers are frustrated there's no roadmap for them. They're among those bearing the brunt of Auckland's lengthy lockdown; it's 10 weeks since they've had to shut up shop. Ashley Green owns Society, a salon in Grey Lynn, and told Kate Hawkesby they have the ability to operate one client to one staff member, who's in full PPE. She says they can open safely. “If we are waiting for vaccinations to go up, why not let us look after clients who are already vaccinated? My team are fully vaccinated, we're ready to go.” LISTEN ABOVE  

If your family is like Vincent's, then you'll love meal kits but hate the packaging –polystyrene meat trays, foil bags and more plastic wrap than a Grey Lynn building site. Is there a way to get the convenience of a meal kit with the discernment of a sustainable shopper? Toby Skilton reckons there is. He and partner Elise Hilliam have launched MenuAid, a meal kit for the conscious consumer. 

Broadcasting from home in Grey Lynn, Olly spins some speedy cuts - UKG, Baile Funk, Footwork and Afrobeat - then moves on to the slower stuff to finish. ~ universal harmony ~ Percolating a grateful ora whilst massaging the creative mind

Watercare is about to press the “go button” for their giant tunnel boring machine, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi.Hiwa-i-te-Rangi is about to dig her way under Auckland city to create Watercare's $1.2 billion Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel.It's an almost 15km underground tunnel that will stretch from Grey Lynn to the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant and will clean up 80% of Auckland's waterways by preventing wet-weather sewage overflows.Watercare Central Interceptor Executive Programme Director Shayne Cunis joined Kerre McIvor.LISTEN ABOVE 

Two months ago residents finally moved into an alternative housing project in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Cohaus resident David Welch talks to Jesse about how the living arrangements are going for the residents so far.

A massive piece of machinery will soon be digging and boring a tunnel in Auckland to divert wastewater and storm water from inner city suburbs to the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant. Watercare's Central Interceptor project involves a 15 kilometre pipe running underneath the Manukau Harbour and finishing in Grey Lynn.

A massive piece of machinery will soon be digging and boring a tunnel in Auckland to divert wastewater and storm water from inner city suburbs to the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant. Watercare's Central Interceptor project involves a 15 kilometre pipe running underneath the Manukau Harbour and finishing in Grey Lynn.

A major gang member's funeral, and the procession that followed, appears to have gone off without a hitch.Hundreds gathered for a service at a church in Grey Lynn, before the procession traversed across Auckland.During the service, police temporarily closed part of the street outside the church..Gang expert Dr Jarrod Gilbert told Heather du Plessis-Allan Police are a bit damned, either way, whether they took more action or not."If they tried to break this up, it perhaps would create more potential violence, so I guess it's best to work with them."There have been no arrests - but Police say anyone who witnessed concerning behaviour should call 105.LISTEN ABOVE

Smoke and the sound of burnouts filled the air in a central Auckland suburb on Friday as hundreds of patched gang members turned out to farewell a senior Head Hunters member. On bikes and by foot they spilled out onto the street, blockading a major arterial route into the city, forcing buses to divert and causing major disruption. They were out in force for the funeral of Taranaki Fuimaono who died in police custody last weekend. Police put cordons in place to manage the congestion around a church in Grey Lynn, and the eagle helicopter tracked the procession as it travelled through the city. Jean Bell reports.

The funeral for a gang leader saw one of Auckland's main roads jammed up by patched member blocking four lanes - forcing parts of Grey Lynn to close down and traffic to be diverted. They were out in force for the funeral of Taranaki Fuimaono who died in police custody last weekend. The police were also out on force too monitoring the situation. Auckland District Commander Superintendent Karyn Malthus talks through the police response with Lisa Owen.  

Just 10 minutes - that is all a grieving daughter is pleading for so she can say a final goodbye to her late mother.Tapaita Lapao'o is the woman who was captured in a heartbreaking video crying behind the gates of a managed isolation facility while reaching out to a hearse carrying her late mother.In between heart-wrenching sobs, a few disjointed words can be heard: "Mum. Please. I cannot reach out. Hold my hand. My mother."She is heard apologising to her late mum: "I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry ... I cannot come."Speaking to the Herald, the distraught daughter of 80-year-old Ilaisaane Saafi said it was one of the hardest moments of her life."I wanted to just go and kiss her. She won't come back and I won't see her again. I wanted to thank her for everything she's done for me."Lapao'o is waiting to hear from officials as to whether or not she will be granted an exemption to come out of managed isolation for a short period of time so say a final goodbye to her mother."Maybe an hour is too long. But half an hour, 20 minutes or even 10 minutes just to kiss her and then out the door and come straight back here."Just 10 minutes, that's enough for me to say goodbye to my beautiful mother."The funeral home caring for the pensioner - Tīpene Funerals, from the TV show The Casketeers - has already signalled that if Lapao'o is allowed to come out, they will organise a room at their establishment for that final farewell to happen.Funeral director Francis Tīpene said a room would be set up accordingly and Lapao'o would have to wear full personal protective equipment during the visit, before the casket would be taken away for burial.The room would then be fully sanitised afterwards and Lapao'o returned to the managed isolation facility to finish her quarantine period."I just hope she gets to give her mother one last kiss," Tīpene said.Under the current rules, exemptions for exceptional reasons are approved only in "rare circumstances," the MIQ Government website says.Exemptions that are approved are only done so for a temporary period and people involved must return to an MIQ facility to complete their compulsory 14-day managed isolation.A daughter's desperate plea"Any exemption from managed isolation requires a strict release plan which you must agree to before it is granted," the site says."This includes a requirement to maintain a 2-metre distance from other people, including family and friends, and you will be closely monitored by Government or security personnel."Lapao'o has been in managed isolation in Auckland since arriving from Australia last Friday, March 19. Sadly, her mother died two days later.Other than being a diabetic, Lapao'o said their mother was "very well and healthy". So it was a shock to everyone when she suffered a stroke about two weeks ago.When she was told her elderly mother was in a coma, Lapao'o searched for days on the MIQ website in a bid to find a spot in managed isolation, as she wanted to get home to mum."I didn't think I would find anything. But one day, when I was looking, somehow that date came up on the calendar - Friday 19th of March. I clicked it straight away."Paying tribute to her mother, Lapao'o described her as a soft and caring woman who was known for her beautiful voice and love of singing in the church choir.Hailing from the Vava'u and Ha'apai in Tonga, she came to New Zealand with her then young children before remarrying and settling down in Grey Lynn; working as a kitchen-hand and cleaner.Her husband, Semisi Taunga Saafi, died last year.Lapao'o said all her Covid tests had come back negative and she was hoping that a daughter's desperate plea for compassion could be recognised."I'm deep in pain, but I'm healthy. This plea comes from the bottom of my heart - from a daughter wanting to see a mother who gave us everything."Exemption process needs improvement - funeral directorTīpene said they had helped many families who had had to deal with losing family members...

Kerre McIvor shares her thoughts on housing intensification and NIMBY-ism below, and chats with National Party leader Judith Collins about finding the balance. Residents in Christchurch are up in arms about ugly intensive housing developments popping up in their neighbourhoods. They've started a petition, and National MP David Bennett is also behind a petition in Hamilton to halt a Kainga Ora housing development as it was a “high density development in a low density suburban area” that would “change the character of the suburb”. I can totally understand how residents would feel.  When we were living in Grey Lynn and Wellpark College, which was a big college on a large piece of land went from one side of the block to the other, when that was sold, we assumed it was going to be an apartment complex put up there. Why wouldn't there be? It made absolute sense that an apartment building would be put there.  Though, as it turned out, beautiful, single level dwellings were put up.I still think they should have put apartments there. It was a perfect site for an apartment building, if you were looking to create lower cost housing in the central city.When residents of Point Chevalier, a lovely seaside suburb close to the central city complain, about six storey apartment blocks popping up next to family homes, again, understandable. But if the only reason to oppose the development is because you don't like it, that's simply not good enough.  Not when people are desperate to get into their own homes in the cities. Even the National Party is now backing the Government's National Policy Statement on Urban Development, which will stop councils from enforcing height limits of less than six storeys near major transit routes in an attempt to intensify cities. There is no need for intensification to necessarily be ugly. I can understand why people are opposed to intensification when you look around and see what's happened to the monstrosity that is Auckland Central. But we need more homes – more thoughtfully planned, well designed homes, and that cannot be impossible.And interestingly, successful NIMBYs seem to come from the leafier, more expensive suburbs.  They know how to use the process.  But one of their more potent weapons may be done away with under the changes announced to the RMA.  The NIMBY's weapon of choice is the RMA appeals process - blocking consents - and the Environment Minister won't commit to keeping it.

Note: This was recorded pre COVID-19 Introducing Julia Arnott-Nee, strategist and advocate for bridging the gap of technology in our Pacific communities. Raised in Grey Lynn, Auckland and Christchurch, Julia talks about her journey into the tech industry, including her time at HP in America. We talk about Julia having an arts background and how she moved into tech, the hustle of applying for jobs, embracing her uniqueness and allowing space for others to do so and lastly, her current pursuit of empowering Māori and Pacific into the tech industry. If you have any questions for Julia you can reach her on Facebook: Julia Arnott-Neenee Instagram: jarnottneenee LinkedIn: Julia Arnott-Neenee

Sophie Gilmour and Simon Day are joined by special guest Hugo Baird, co-owner of Grey Lynn’s Honey Bones and Lilian, to talk about opening new pub Hotel Ponsonby.Auckland is a city of many bars but few really good pubs – the kind of places you’d be just as comfortable going with your parents as you would with your mates, on a Saturday night or for a Sunday lunch. The kind of place you can call your local.Hugo Baird set out to change that when he opened Hotel Ponsonby in the Ponsonby Post Office building late in 2020. The man behind some of Simon’s favourite spots, Hugo opened his first cafe Crumb when he was just 24, and now runs and owns Honey Bones cafe and neighbouring Lilian osteria and wine bar in Grey Lynn with his business partners Willy Gresson and chef Otis Gardner Schapiro.He joined Sophie and Simon for the first Dietary Requirements of 2021 for a chat about what makes a good pub, opening one of his own, cursed hospo spots and the chaotic year that’s been. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If an architect were to conjure up their ‘model client', the couple behind this Grey Lynn villa renovation wouldn't be far off. Listen in as HERE editor, Simon Farrell-Green,  speaks with architect Evelyn McNamara about designing a modern extension for a house rooted in history.See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/beautifulconstraints

You've heard of a top dog, but last night it was the top sausage that had everyone talking as the Great New Zealand Sausage winner was announced. Grey Lynn Butchers snagged the coveted prize beating 600 bangers from across the country with their Swedish Istaband sausage. Lucia Rodrigues is co-owner of Grey Lynn Butchers.

Film maker, Writer, Producer Arani Cuthbert, of Diva Productions is a very successful music, film and TV producer from Aotearoa New Zealand. She also manages NZ's very own and much loved, Topp Twins. Listen to Arani's insightful perspective on whats been happening in Aotearoa New Zealand and life in general. I end with 'Angel' a song, I wrote in the Topp Twins Caravan, in Grey Lynn, Auckland, years ago.

A new book in the BWB Texts series highlighting a period of Auckland's late 20th century history The Platform by Melani Anae explores the legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. It's also the author's personal story. Melani is New Zealand-born Samoan, long fascinated by her own culture and history. As a seventeen year-old she snuck out of her parent's Grey Lynn house to join a meeting of the Polynesian Panther party and joined a battle for validation, and against the discrimination and racism of the 1970s. Melani is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland. She tells Kathryn Ryan about her new book.

A new book in the BWB Texts series highlighting a period of Auckland's late 20th century history The Platform by Melani Anae explores the legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. It's also the author's personal story. Melani is New Zealand-born Samoan, long fascinated by her own culture and history. As a seventeen year-old she snuck out of her parent's Grey Lynn house to join a meeting of the Polynesian Panther party and joined a battle for validation, and against the discrimination and racism of the 1970s. Melani is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at the Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland. She tells Kathryn Ryan about her new book.

Alert Level 4 is over - but will level three actually change much in our day to day lives? Some people are gearing up for a return to work, while others have been salivating at the prospect of their first takeaway in weeks. RNZ's Sarah Robson set her microphone up on her letterbox in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn and asked her neighbours - from the safety of her front porch - what level three means for them.

Sponsored by Huckleberry – Your organic grocer and one stop shop for better food and living. Recycling - is it a crook or not? Turns out the answer is a complicated NO but also a very interesting story. Today we tap into Waveney's years of expertise on this issue to discover what ACTUALLY happens when you throw items into the recycling. We discuss the difference between recycling and downcycling, what a MRF is and figure out why Malaysia is buying bails of materials and the burning them. Ministry for the Environment are calling for submissions on setting up regulated stewardship for six particularly problematic waste streams. This is a game changer for waste in Aotearoa and such a relief that its finally on the table. If you have 2 mins, go in and just say yes, yes, yes to everything. Its time well spent because the government may get industry back lash and they need to know they have a mandate - that’s how plastic bags got over the line. If you want to engage a bit more the Zero Waste Network have put together a simple guide to making a submission and there is also this video from Grey Lynn 2030. Submissions aside if, like Waveney, you have a geeky level of interest in recycling in New Zealand, check out: Waste MINZ, (New Zealand’s representative body of the waste, resource recovery and contaminated land sectors in New Zealand) and the Zero Waste Network (Aotearoa’s network of community based recyclers). Also if you live in Auckland, Auckland Council has a good online search tool for what you can do with unwanted items, although like we say in the show, we recommend landfilling tetrapaks, cartons and plastics #3,4,6,7 until there are better options for the end products. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of the Logg Cabin podcast, MC Slave sits down in Red Bull Studios Auckland with Diggy Dupé, an on-the-rise storyteller who proudly calls Grey Lynn home. In 2018 Diggy was handpicked by David Dallas to take part in 64 Bars and later that year released Island Time, a five-song EP that showcased his skills as a dynamic lyricist. We discuss the mantra ‘product over promo’, the influence of Polynesian performing arts on him, and the struggles of being creative and maintaining a 9 to 5.

Grey Lynn hip-hop duo Eno x Dirty perform new songs and talk about some of the inspirations behind their high energy party raps

Benee is a nineteen-year-old singer from Grey Lynn in Auckland, who recently signed a deal with Republic Records, home to some of the world's biggest pop stars.

In a small corner of Grey Lynn, Auckland, trees are being cleared and tired old buildings are being demolished for a new development. That doesn't sound particularly unusual - but it is.

Grey Lynn rapper Diggy Dupé catches up with RNZ Music's Danielle Street to chat about his new EP Island Time.

Elspeth Orwin talks with Sue Berman about the exhibition case 'Run for Office'. She discusses the stories related to Ellen Melville, Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, Dame Catherine Tizard and Georgina Beyer. References: Electors of Grey Lynn. 1919. From: Ellen Melville. Election scrapbooks. NZMS 1569. Group portrait of Auckland City Council, 1921-23. Photo ref: 7-A11634. Elizabeth Wratislav with contributions from Lucy Hammonds and Tryphena Cracknell. Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan: travel in style. Hawke's Bay: MTG, 2014. Georgina Beyer. Change for the better: the story of Georgina Beyer, as told to Cathy Casey. Auckland: Random House, 1999. Cath Tizard: the Mayor for Auckland.1983. Ephemera Collection. Cath Tizard. 1983. Ephemera Collection. Our Mayor – Cath Tizard. 1986. Ephemera Collection.

Sunshine is a qualified naturopath and medical herbalist based in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Check out sunshinenaturalhealth.co.nz for more details.

Creative Social Communicator with early history, first peoples and the awakening connection to the earth mother and the elements. Today she is a celebrated filmmaker, producer and director covering the canvas of earth, water, and sky and the growing people’s reverence of Aotearoa and our great sustainer Mother Earth - Papatuanku.    Early Years: Born in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, whilst studying at Canterbury University she did the ‘poet rounds’ of local pubs with people such as Kerri Hume and other home grown celebrities.   Then when visiting a playwright’s workshop in Australia she realised that only 1% of the world’s playwrights - were women this then inspired her to fire up and write. She then had a play produced on stage in Australia and in Christchurch help set up the Woman’s Action Theatre. Then for 8 years produced one play per year, ‘Mother Tongue’ being one of them and with the NZ Listener giving it an amazing review it ended up touring the country. Being based on the first stages of a woman’s life. Featuring chant, song, dance and scenes through different aspects of a growing woman – like Offspring – the first 6 months of the 1st baby – and then another of an older woman who was a successful gold miner in the West Coast - Buller region. That Christchurch Ōtautahi is where Kate Sheppard, who initiated the vote for women lived and was buried there. Kate also tells of her unique connection to the 1st vote by women in 1893. Nuclear Awakening Then to working in Free Theatre and Court Theatre and then onto radio drama which she loves. One of these was called Charlie Bloom, about blowback from a French nuclear test in Polynesia which went from East to West covering Samoa and affecting the the Samoan inhabitants 3,610 km from French polynesia and Mururoa. This  bomb test was on the 12 September 1966. As a consequence of this test, called Betelgeuse, (named after the 9th brightest star in the night sky) in which a 120 kiloton bomb hanging under a balloon was exploded at a height of 600 metres in difficult wind conditions. Not long after this Kathleen was living for a while in Hakano St, Grey Lynn in Auckland and there were many Samoans living in that street and there was a disproportionate number suffering from strange cancers and odd diseases then she found a book by Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and also the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research entitled Environmental Effects of French Nuclear Testing. This exposed what was happening,  including a  map of the rain-out hot spots and rain-out dry spots all over this part of the Pacific. This was when leukaemia sickness was spiking at one of the worst rates at that time in this region. Her play was also broadcast in Australia and Kathleen’s parents were over there for a few days and just looking for a decent radio station to listen to, heard Kathleen’s  ‘Charlie Bloom’ being broadcast – just out of the blue and this is a theme that runs through her life – many magical moments of synchronicity. Her most recent book is Earthquakes and Butterflies based on the Christchurch Earthquake and was played for a week on National radio here in NZ. Her book is a delightful, beautifully designed novel and photographic journal following Hone, Kara, Pieter, Hemi, Helena, Kay and Tess as they navigate their way through the tragedy of the Christchurch earthquakes. "This is surely one of the finest pieces of writing to come out of the Christchurch earthquakes. Kathleen Gallagher tells, with deep tenderness and compassion, the story and spirit of all that the moving earth laid on the heaving doorsteps of Christchurch... Jane Hole,"Tui Motu" Nov. 2015, Film   The documentary Water Whisperers - Tangaroa the film – evidently, it just sort of happened. With no finances or major strategy, when some people came to her at the last minute and asked her to film a raft journey from Lake Sumner in the Southern Alps to the Pacific ocean, this was enough to pay for Water Whisperers – plus when it came to support with this production - she says “it just seems to show up!” This vibrant environmental documentary explores the healing and recovery of polluted and fished out waterways, and the conservation of wild water places - from mountain lakes, through rivers and out into the ocean. Subtle, sensitive and beautifully photographed - it is a quietly convincing voice amid the clamour of our fast paced society. People from very different backgrounds stand together - being real about the challenges they face, they show us there are solutions as well as problems that we have to address. This is an eloquent and utterly convincing call for greater protection and care of New Zealand’s lakes, rivers, coastlines and oceans. "This beautifully put together and refreshingly optimistic local doco is one of the most enjoyable films I've seen in months ... Seeing an eco-doco so informative, entertaining, light of touch and unashamedly Kiwi was a real treat ... Four stars, easy ... a very accomplished and compelling film." Graeme Tuckett - Dominion Post, Wellington When filming Sky Whisperers - Ranginui - she tells of a small number of large hawks or kea flying right in front of her car windscreen blocking her view that she had to stop the vehicle in a middle of a mobile phone drop-out area. Whilst stopped a very tuned in Maori friend phoned her saying she must come to where he was – as the film had to start from Lake Waikaremoana - stating that “ I am waiting for you!”. She had not planned on including him in the film and so due to the ‘strangeness’ of the moment, she then detoured to where he was some hundred plus kilometres away even though they were going to another destination to start the film. So driving through a storm she arrived at Lake Waikaremoana where he was standing waiting for her and her team, still in the middle of that storm. Where she proceeded to interview him then carry on back to the original destination. This fascinating environmental feature, calls us to a closer intimacy with our skies. Celestial navigators, climatologists, a Nobel prize winning scientist, biodynamic, Maori and radio astronomers, farmers, fishermen and business folk who observe the sky, the air, the stars, the moon and sun cycles. Together they show how we can establish a way of observing, living and doing business which results in non pollution of our skies. Tau Te Mauri - Breath Of Peace A fascinating story of effort towards global peace, featuring eight peace people of Aotearoa New Zealand - spanning some seven decades - peace walkers, petitioners, and folk in small boats and on the surfboards sailing out into the harbours in the face of huge warships. A unique documentary, embedded in the movement of aihe (dolphins), tohora (whales), kotuku (white herons), toroa (albatross) and with an original score blending contemporary waiata and traditional Maori musical instruments. This film tells the story of how Aotearoa New Zealand became nuclear free and anti-war. It is an inspiration for all people, young and old, and for peacemakers everywhere. Conscientious Objectors: The Peace People of NZ go back a long way – to the Chatham Islanders to Te Whiti go Parihaka in Taranaki - who it is recorded influenced Mahatma Gandhi in his expression of peace. Jack Rogers and the few who remain alive today … then Mary Woodward – protesting against the bombing of Hiroshima. Hautu Peace People of World War II “Hautu is the story of two WWII Conscientious Objectors put away in the rugged Hautu detention camp near Tūrangi on the Desert Road south of Taupo and their supportive womenfolk who were living in Christchurch and on the West Coast” in the South Island. Kathleen states that peaceful energisers come through in NZ, every decade and this ideal moves around the country as in George Armstrong up here in Auckland with the Peace flotilla and Bunny McDiarmid and her Greenpeace work. Especially with the Rainbow Warrior moving the people in the Marshall islands away from the radioactive island that the US atomic testers used and then sailed away from. The bombing in Auckland Harbour and all the other important Greenpeace issues that are still with us today. And Nicky Hager NZ’s top independent researcher and Kate Dewes - all have worked for decades, on peace issues, to bring more peace in our world. Kathleens Home Turf That Riccarton borough in Christchurch was the first Nuclear Free area in NZ. – That is where Kate Dewes lives and where Kate Sheppard once worked and lived. Deans bush there too. It’s a place of much change. Trees in the seven hectare bush include ancient kahikatea, totara, matai and hinau. The bush is now protected by a predator proof fence and is home to small populations of the Canterbury tree wētā and great-spotted kiwi/ roroa. Before European settlement, Pūtaringamotu was a valuable source of food and timber for the Māori. From the bush they produced carvings and canoes, and preserved pigeons. These trees, up to 600 years old, are the descendents of a podocarp forest established over 6,000 years ago. They are the sole Canterbury remnant of kahikatea floodplain forest and as such have national significance. Haharanga – Healing Journeys. He Oranga He Oranga Healing Journeys Many of Kathleen’s friends got breast cancer and numbers of them died. She talked to people who had terrible prognosis yet had survived and she found that it was in the quiet areas  of  place and the space – that healing took place. This inspiring feature documentary follows the journeys of eleven cancer survivors through - bone, bowel, breast, ovarian, prostate, brain cancers, Hodgkins and nonHodgkins lymphoma, and leukaemia - to better health. It begins where the boiling heart of the earth rises up to the surface. It climbs the mountain peaks, descends the valleys and flows through the bush and on out to sea, exquisitely blending taonga puoro - traditional Maori music, Celtic harp and flute, and contemporary waiata. She found that when people shifted to a more conducive environment their health improved immensely. That it was in the forest the ngahere the ancient forest  - the puawai – the blossom of the ancient forest are very healing in so many ways same for the way – running water swift flowing water helps cleanse - plus mirimiri  a rubbing motion this inspired her to do the film Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku. Earth Whisperers  Papatuanuku. Starring Rita Tupe – Tuhoi healer  Craig Potton EYEla  burgess herbal, herbalist, Gerry Findlay talks with birds Alan marks the botanist, hugh wislon who has a thousand hectoer  of regenerating forest  Jim ogorman organic farmer in Omaru  Charles Royal maori chef. Kay Backster Seed Saver Makere Ruka – Waitaha kuia.  This film went all over the world.  And going to the huge film festival in Abu Dhabi in the Middle East winning the Audience Award. Then around the world like wildfire. Yet to obtain funding is a major task … Then Water Whisperers Tangaroa Following the water from Mountains down rivers and out to the ocean – to the Poor Knights marine reserve area. Including Leigh as the oldest marine reserve in the world. Raglan Fred Lichtwark and Eva Rikards working on restoring nature in the spirit of kaitiaki went  from lowest to highest fish count in NZ shoreline waters. Riparian planting changed it all around increases of Eels (tuna) whitebait (īnanga) and over marine fish. A great success. In this film there are lots of models for people to follow Muscles farms out in the bay in Takaka were being affected by chemical and nutrient runoff from farmed land – So Landcare a Government Department brought the two groups together and after challenging times have sorted out!  A win win! Actions for today! Locking away huge areas to stop fish depletion and overfishing – Andy Dennis who died recently in Nelson states that half our bays need to be locked up all the way to the 200 mile fishing zone. He maintains that this would allow all fish to recuperate to the same numbers of fish, that were here when Captain Cook arrived. Yes, there are still vested interests who oppose this concept other than wanting to lock areas away – yet, when fishing sanctuaries a put in place the long-term results is for everyone benefits. This interview covers Te Urewera as a park now having human rights and the Whanganui River (awa) being classed as a living entity This opens up the narrative about Papatuanku the earth mother as a living super organism. That includes our intimacy with Papatuanku as a living being. http://www.ourplanet.org/articles/new-zealand-government-acknowledges-a-river-as-a-living-entity-and-a-park-as-having-human-rights Altered Realities That things happen ‘in the moment’ and time can alter and shift, it is not necessarily linear which we usually see from a rational standpoint.   In Earthquakes and Butterflies Kathleen states that time can also expand & contract - especially when major earth moments are happening. The conversation then enters more non corporeal subject matter and the metaphysical connection to the land of Aotearoa. She mentions when Leonard Cohen when he last came to NZ fairly recently, said “you live in the is place that is magical – yet you walk around it as if it is ordinary!” Connection and intimacy with the land whenua. Some years ago American First Nation peoples came to NZ to apologise to the salmon that swim and travel up the Rakaia River in the South Island (Te Waipounamu - The Waters of Greenstone) They wanted to honour the fish, because their rivers are depleted of chinook salmon today. These South Island salmon were brought from America to NZ in 1867. They then spent 4 days and 4 nights at the top end of the river singing, praying, dancing, talking and listening to the river. Plus there other stories of Maori and kaitiakitanga - guardianship, protection, preservation or sheltering. Kaitiakitanga is a way of managing the environment, based on the traditional and cultural methods. Listen to this fascinating interview of a creative, inner-directed New Zealander http://www.wickcandle.co.nz/ http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/gallagherkathleen.html

Welcome to #DOUGIT! My first podcast #yolo! Certainly a work in progress and i'm certainly Tom Cruise on an Oprah couch excited to get the first episode out the door and on to the podcast airwaves. So much so i'm going to make like Tom and "cruise" outside to take my new Mexican running sandals for a late night run and to do chin ups in Grey Lynn park followed by cheap Tuesday Vegetarian Tacos. But before I take to some mean Mexican in Ponsonby a little about #DOUGIT, yea that's me referencing myself in third person, kinda... Inspired by the Rich Roll podcast, I will be sharing stories from people I "doug", namely the doers of the world who are contributing to create a more creative, positive and conscious planet, and ultimately a happier one :) and people who are just doing cool shit. People like my friend Timmy who broke his back doing back flips in Japan and then decided to break the back of 10 day silent meditation retreat; the happiest guy I know, Shaneo, who Kayaked between the North and South island for the fun of it and who once lived in a 16 person 5 bed house, with Timmy, and saved on dishes by eating out of a dog bowl. And plenty of other cool cats/dogs and an Afghanistan Soldier who likes to wear cowboy hats and recently stole the heart of beautiful heart researcher; an Artist who stole my Tinder date and identity; a lawyer, turned gardner, turned yoga teacher, turned the man; and an Eco cup entrepreneur of the year who shagged his way to success. Anyhow, more about the first episode! Super stoked, like surfing a barrel drinking a triple expresso with freshly pressed almond milk stocked, to have my Dad, Vince Moore, as the first guest with his reflections from his recent trip - TourD'Afrique - a 12,000+ km ride from Cairo Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa. Yes you read that type right, this ain't no corner dairy ice cream ride. This is a triple scoop, cherry on top, extra sprinkles and covered in shit with kids throwing rocks at you in the savannah flavoured bicycle ride. A remarkable journey and a truly inspiring and insightful and inspiring (yea I said inspiring twice, make that thrice!) recollection into what it means to stop choosing vanilla, to get out of your comfort zone, to get saddle sores and an anaconda in camp, and to ultimately live a life less ordinary. I hope parts of the story resonate with you and it can be a catalyst to take action, travel, explore and go do the things you love. And also to go buy a bike and if you're on the little Isalnd of NZ get a Little Islands coconut ice cream, you won't regret it :P Let me know your thoughts, or don't, and share if you enjoy. The podcast will get better with time, possibly a little drunk, and have a bit more body like a nice Pinot out of Dad's cellar. Thanks again Dad for your great story and nice wine! Ride on my friends, and till next time bon appétit! Think less, experience more, :Doug

Well - the fans have spoken.Yes, your ongoing silence and continued refusal to make any criticism whatsoever speaks volumes for the reverence and awe you all have for TE the Bubble V: Just in time to DIE! Here are just a few of the star-struck comments that we haven't received in response to Episode 2: Boo-boo the Floppy."I almost wet myself laughing" - Max (2 of Grey Lynn)"I didn't think they could make a worse episode than episode 1. I was wrong."- Kerr (80+ of Northcote)"We'll review anything if the money's good. But these cheapskates stiffed us on the free Pizza - no Anchovies! - so we'd say Episode 2 of Just in Time to DIE! is the worst episode 2 since "Joanie loves Cookie: The Catatonic Hebephrenic Years". Suck on that, Earthlings!"- Bing and Anus (1.5243 X 102 Intergalactic Ubervision)So, in the face of such devoted outpourings it is time to release you from your torment and permit you to download and listen to the latest installment from our previousSo, here it is folks - in all its ignominy - Episode 3: Warren and Jeremy