Podcasts about karangahape road

For the first time in the festival's 11-year history, Karangahape Road will close to cars to allow people and music to fill the street.

Reuben Bonner phones-in from Bestie in St Kev's to chat to Jonny all about the announce of K'Rd's most beloved festie.That's right, The Others Way is back for 2025! Taking place on 29 November, the festival has another stellar line-up for you and this year will be shutting down an entire block on Karangahape Road for a brand new outdoor stage. 

A years-long fascination with the life and photography of a man named John Johns has lead art curator Charles Ninow to make him the subject of his Karangahape Road gallery's second ever exhibition.

Today on Various Artists! Sofia had a kōrero with Senior Curator of Global Contemporary Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Natasha Conland, about the gallery's newest exhibition - Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey. Eliasson is an Icelandic–Danish world renowned artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience, often speaking to a broader reflection of the history of human interaction with the environment and its impact, raising awareness about the climate crisis and the climate's impacted state. Beth had a kōrero with artist Chloe Summerhayes about her exhibition of recent paintings at Suite Gallery. Summerhayes is a visual artist who often explores themes of the subconscious in her work. Sofia had a kōrero with fine art dealer and gallerist Charles Ninow about his new gallery which opened on Karangahape Road last week, and the current exhibition it's showing by Ralph Paine - Leaves from a Pillow Book. And for Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton joined us in the studio to give us her 2024 theatre round up of the year. Whakarongi mai!

Charles Ninow is a new gallery space that has recently opened at 102/203 Karangahape Road.  Ninow is a dealer, auctioneer, and promoter of fine art in Aotearoa who draws inspiration from the first-principles approach of New Zealand's earliest commercial galleries of the 1960s and 1970s, believing in the transformative power of art by committing to expanding its audience. Ralph Paine: Leaves from a Pillow Book is Ninow's first and opening exhibition in this new space, continuing on from some of the less well known artists and projects he worked on and championed at his former boutique gallery and auction house, Bowerbank Ninow.  Sofia caught up with Charles about the new space and the exhibition by Paine.

Auckland Transport has been forced to scale back its 'bus to the mall' campaign after facing pushback from local business owners. The campaign included a singing bus stop in Newmarket - but more controversially, billsticker posters placed throughout Auckland's small retail villages. Karangahape Road business owner Muy Chhour says this campaign is a 'kick in the guts' to local business owners in Auckland. "It's not good at all - it tarnishes the relationships with business districts and Auckland Transport. It takes away the customers from local businesses and takes them to the mall." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland Transport has been forced to scale back its 'bus to the mall' campaign after facing pushback from local business owners. The campaign included a singing bus stop in Newmarket - but more controversially, billsticker posters placed throughout Auckland's small retail villages. Karangahape Road Business Association chair Muy Chhour says this campaign is a 'kick in the guts' to local business owners in Auckland. "It's not good at all - it tarnishes the relationships with business districts and Auckland Transport. It takes away the customers from local businesses and takes them to the mall." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Businesses on Auckland's Karangahape Road are fed up with the lack of public toilets on the iconic street, with some having to clean up human waste outside their shop fronts each morning.There used to be a public toilet just off the street in Beresford Square, but it was removed for construction of the City Rail Link. Since then, it's only had couple of portaloos on a nearby street for people to use and they're locked overnight. In the meantime, businesses are being left to clean up the remnants of K Road's rowdy nightlife, Luka Forman went for a visit.

Platform for Palestine is an online raffle fundraiser with local artists, designers, jewellers and tattoo artists in Tāmaki Makaurau.   It has brought together artists - including Claudia Kogachi, Sung Hwan Bobby Park, and Taarn Scott, tattooists - including Thom Hinton, Barby World, and Cyril, jewellers - including Shannen Young, PL.AT.FO.RM._, and Wilbur Hsu, and designers - including Lela Jacobs, Goldi, and Outerlines. As well as many more.  The fundraiser will be launched online and at The Keep, 504 Karangahape Road, tomorrow and will run until the 31st October.  All ticket sales will be donated to Kiwi Trust for Palestinian Children Relief, to provide urgent aid to children in Gaza.  Sofia caught up with some of the organisers of the initiative, Ningyi, Yuyi, and Sophia about the kaupapa

A building which is a big part of the social fabric of Karangahape Road in Auckland is celebrating its centenary with a series of special events to mark its 100 years. St Kevin's Arcade has seen its fair share of New Zealand history. Now home to busy restaurants and groovy vintage stores, it was once the country's seat of power and the grand residence of the Nathan family, of Lion Nathan fame. Its history is being celebrated as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival which kicks off tomorrow. Mark Leishman is joined by joined by broadcaster and avid history fan Hamish Williams.

Featuring a chat with Kédu, That's The Spirit, and an interview with Goodspace ahead of the opening of their installation in Lim Chhour on Karangahape Road called Vendor.  Thanks to The Beer Spot!

It was my niece's birthday this week. She is currently in Argentina as an AFS student. Her mum and brother are visiting and it's been a fabulous reunion. There have been many comments via WhatsApp about Argentina's inflation rate - in the year ending February 2024 it rose 276.2 percent - as well as acclimatising to the later hours when Argentinians eat dinner. It's normal to see queues of people outside restaurants at 10.30 - 11.00pm.   We've always known some Latin countries have a quite different approach to dinner time to us - but I hadn't realised how much we've gone back in time with our preference for early eating until I read an article yesterday in The Guardian. I don't know about the rest of the country - but apparently Aucklanders are a bunch of very early eaters.   According to international food magazine Chef's Pencil, restaurants in Auckland take the earliest last orders in the world. It's usual these days for a restaurant to be full at 5.30pm, and unusual to take a booking after 8.30pm.   What has happened to us?   I don't go out much - basically can't afford it - but once upon a time we wouldn't dream of heading out to dinner before 7.30 or 8pm. This might have had something to do with getting kids ready for or in bed before the babysitter arrived. With the cost of babysitters nowadays, I'd be totally expecting them to cover this off.   But over recent years, and definitely post-Covid, when making a booking I've noticed the switch from being able to book at 7.30 to selecting a table at either 6 or 8pm, with instructions you will need to vacate the earlier tables within two hours.   I thought this was a trend started by restaurants trying to making the most of turning over their tables twice in a night - and I get it. With the hospo trade in dire straits, I'm right behind them doing all they can to stay alive. Turn-over those tables!   But is it just about restaurants making the calls, or are they responding to our own cultural behaviour when it comes to eating out?   Journalist Michelle Duff, who wrote the story for The Guardian, trawled Karangahape Road asking diners why people like to eat early, from say 5pm. The answers ranged from simply being hungry to having their evening to do other things, to getting home early, and giving the meal time to digest.   What does this say about us? Are we boring?    It does reflect something about the lives we're leading. I think we want to head home as soon as we can so we can kick off our shoes and binge another Netflix series. I think it's a reflection of how busy we are – why go home and struggle to find the energy to leave the house again when we can eat dinner on the way home.   People are a bit more health conscious. Going out for dinner doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get on it and make a night of it. It means head out to enjoy a meal, maybe have a drink or two, or not at all, and get out of there – with plenty of time for your meal to digest and give you 16 hours of fasting before you eat again.   Culturally we have always eaten early. If you headed out for dinner in the 1960s, you generally had to be seated between 6 and 7.30 pm - those were the rules of virtually every hotel in New Zealand.  Seems like nothing has changed!   So, long gone is the idea of booking a table for 8 - 8.30pm and settling in for the evening … and while it sounds a little dull, maybe it's a positive thing. In bed nice and early and in a better state, leaving plenty of tables available for Argentinian tourists!  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland's Karangahape Road restaurants say road works, no parking and anti-social behaviour are putting customers off. Several hospitality businesses along the colourful strip have been forced to shut their doors or move as tough economic times bite, including some veteran restaurants, Fabio Bernardini, the owner and chef of Latin eatery Tempero speaks to Lisa Owen. 

Blue Field is a new project by Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Gavin Hipkins showing at Michael Lett Gallery.  It exhibits hundreds of unique cyanotype prints in a large-scale gridded installation, a process which was invented in the 1840s to reproduce technical drawings and scientific tables. Blue Field exhibits a continuation of exploring photographic techniques used in previous exhibitions of Hipkins' including The Field, which was first exhibited in 1995 at the artist-run gallery Teststrip on Karangahape Road, and more recent works at Hamish McKay Gallery in Pōneke late last year.  Sofia spoke to Gavin about the show, using cyanotype photography, and his practice. 

Residents of an apartment building run by Auckland City Mission say anti-social behaviour in the area shouldn't be blamed on them. The apartments are on a side street in the city's red light district near Karangahape Road. Amy Williams has the story.

We come to you live from Bestie Cafe in St Kevin's Arcade, mere metres from Karangahape Road's roadside for one big party sending Rachel off. With performances from the incredible cc.tv and Jim Nothing, the final installment of Hobby Goblins and a round of arcade Second Guessing. Whakarongo mai nei!

We come to you live from Bestie Cafe in St Kevin's Arcade, mere metres from Karangahape Road's roadside for one big party sending Rachel off. With performances from the incredible cc.tv and Jim Nothing, the final installment of Hobby Goblins and a round of arcade Second Guessing. Whakarongo mai nei!

Auckland's Karangahape Road is known for it's colourful community and today, that community is furious after the vandalism of it's rainbow crossing. White paint was slathered over the crossing by three people in the middle of the night. Auckland Transport said it will be removing the paint tonight, but the crossing won't be repainted right away. However, residents and workers of the street are determined to bring it back and make it even brighter than before. Maia Ingoe reports.

Professor Peter Lineham joins the Panel to discuss the painting over of a rainbow crossing on Karangahape Road, which police are treating as hate crime.

Chlöe Swarbrick expects the pride of Auckland's rainbow community to shine through tenfold after vandalism overnight on Karangahape Road. Three people in balaclavas poured white paint on the road's rainbow crossing, then fled in a car without registration plates. Police are declaring it a hate crime and searched a Flat Bush property this afternoon, seizing a number of items. Green Party co-leader and Auckland Central MP Swarbrick says it's a sad and petty use of energy. "This is a symbol, which is out there- but you can't paint over people's existence." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Castor filled in for Thursday Wire's usual host, Caeden.  For our weekly catchup with the Labour Party's Jan Tinetti, Caeden discussed the outcomes of National's childcare policy and the continuation of Labour's free menstrual products policy. They also spoke to Counsellor Lotu Fuli about the vandalisation of the rainbow crossing on Karangahape Road this morning and the end of Auckland Transport's half price fares. Producer Jasmine spoke with Dr. Shaun Awatere and Professor Christine Kenney about the role of te ao Māori in disaster management following the independent review released last month on the Hawke's Bay emergency response to Cyclone Gabrielle.

For City Counselling this week, Wire host Caeden spoke with Counsellor Lotu Fuli about the early morning vandalisation of the Rainbow Crossing on Karangahape Road. They also ask about the end of half-price fares for under 25s, and the relationship Wayne Brown, as well as Auckland Council more generally, has with Auckland Transport.

Another rainbow crossing has been painted over, this time on Auckland's Karangahape Rd. The vandalism comes just a few days after a similar rainbow crossing in Gisborne was painted white by Destiny Church in protest of a planned drag event at the city's library. RNZ reporter Maia Ingoe spoke to Morning Report.

A rainbow crossing on Auckland's Karangahape Rd has been painted white overnight. The vandalism comes just a few days after a similar rainbow crossing in Gisborne was painted white by Destiny Church in protest of a planned drag event at the city's library. Auckland Central MP and Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick's office is on Karangahape Road. Swarbrick spoke to Corin Dann.

This week Castor filled in for Thursday Wire's usual host, Caeden.  For our weekly catchup with the Labour Party's Jan Tinetti, Caeden discussed the outcomes of National's childcare policy and the continuation of Labour's free menstrual products policy. They also spoke to Counsellor Lotu Fuli about the vandalisation of the rainbow crossing on Karangahape Road this morning and the end of Auckland Transport's half price fares. Producer Jasmine spoke with Dr. Shaun Awatere and Professor Christine Kenney about the role of te ao Māori in disaster management following the independent review released last month on the Hawke's Bay emergency response to Cyclone Gabrielle.

Ayla tells Andi about the murder of Jayne Furlong. A "side step" from the Hayden Poulter case, Jayne regularly worked down Karangahape Road in Auckland... until 1993. Wayne McGrath is the only named suspect on this open case.Support the showListener discretion is advised, our content will not be for everyone.Music by Kyle Hsieh

Auckland Council has teamed up with NZ Police in a new initiative to enhance safety in the city centre. The 'Together for Tamaki Makaurau' partnership is designed to establish a more visible safety presence on Auckland streets from Karangahape Road to the waterfront. Auckland Council CityWatch and Compliance teams, police, Māori Wardens and Community Patrols NZ (CPNZ) will run co-ordinated efforts to address anti-social behaviour and crime in the CBD. Heart of the City CEO Viv Beck says these efforts will address the social issues and deterioration that's impacted the area over the last three years. "It's about the crime, the social issues and also some of the anti-social types of behaviour. One of the things we have said is that it doesn't replace the need for more police." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Molly Lewis is in the studio to chat about The Others Way, which is tomorrow night across Karangahape Road. 

Professor Jennifer Curtin gives some Political Commentary on the newly formed government, from policy plans to first impressions. Molly Lewis is in the studio to chat about The Others Way, which is tomorrow night across Karangahape Road. Jess B chats about her new single, Hold Me Down. Brooke Singer from French for Rabbits speaks to Rachel about the band's new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home. We recap your 95bFM Top Ten. Whakarongo mai nei!

HINA is in the studio to talk about her show coming up on the 18th November at Raynham Park on Karangahape Road as a live premiere of her record OMEN, coming in early December. Whakarongo mai nei!

We visit the pub (metaphorically) in Australia (mentally) on Travelling Tunes, talking Aussie pub rock with Dr Kirsten Zemke. Rita Mae is in the studio to chat about her new single, The Nightmare. Our Viewmaster Litia reviews the Spinoff Documentary which has recently been released, Every Word Counts. HINA is in the studio to talk about her show coming up on the 18th November at Raynham Park on Karangahape Road as a live premiere of the record coming in summer. Whakarongo mai nei!

HINA is in the studio to talk about her show coming up on the 18th November at Raynham Park on Karangahape Road as a live premiere of her record OMEN, coming in early December. Whakarongo mai nei!

We visit the pub (metaphorically) in Australia (mentally) on Travelling Tunes, talking Aussie pub rock with Dr Kirsten Zemke. Rita Mae is in the studio to chat about her new single, The Nightmare. Our Viewmaster Litia reviews the Spinoff Documentary which has recently been released, Every Word Counts. HINA is in the studio to talk about her show coming up on the 18th November at Raynham Park on Karangahape Road as a live premiere of the record coming in summer. Whakarongo mai nei!

Transport has jumped back into the spotlight in Auckland, as Stuff Senior Auckland Affairs Journalist Todd Niall explains. On Monday an 'interim' busway will enter service from Westgate into the city centre, after decades of indecision, and strangely discussion has already begun on what will follow it. And, Auckland Transport u-turns on its decision to cull carparks on Karangahape Road, following pressure from mayor Wayne Brown.

Car parks are about to vanish from the iconic K road entertainment and shopping strip, to make way for more public transport. But some businesses are not along for the ride. From Sunday, more buses will be travelling along Karangahape Road outside of peak hours too. As part of the new western express connecting west and northwest Auckland to the city, buses will run the route every ten minutes. Auckland Transport believes banning carparking at all times on K Road will mean more consistent bus trip times and help encourage more people onto public transport. But some business say there was little consultation, the change is a shock, and they rely heavily on park and pop in customers. But late this afternoon Auckland Transport decided to pump the brakes on changes to the bus lane operating hours and apologised for not managing the process as well as it could. The extended bus lane hours wont come in until February next year. Karangahape road Business Association chairperson Muy Chhour, who runs the popular Lim Chhour Supermarket, speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6340710091112

Businesses along Auckland's Karangahape Road say they are looking at taking take legal action against plans to strip out car parking. From Monday, all car parking along the road will be gone, but plans to replace them with full bus lanes have now been delayed until February Auckland Transport says until then, the car parks will operate as a loading zone for shuttles, taxis, and buses between 10am and 3pm, and as a bus lane outside of those hours. Local shop owners say there's been no consultation. Jordan Dunn reports.

Wallace and panellists Sue Bradford and Scott Campbell discuss Labour's potentially shifting stance on a capital gains and wealth tax and the uproar in Auckland over the sudden announcement of a plan to remove all carparks and loading zones on Karangahape Road. 

Auckland's Mayor doesn't understand the decision to make infrastructure changes to accommodate more public transport on a popular city centre road.  Auckland Transport's decided to remove car parks on Karangahape Road and restrict the times on loading zones to allow room for a new bus service.  Businesses were given less than a week's notice.  Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown told Mike Hosking that he doesn't know why this has to happen.  He says there's no car parking until 10 in the morning anyway because there's a lot of people catching the bus, and there aren't many carparks and those businesses need them.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Businesses being left frustrated about transport changes in Auckland's city centre is being put down to poor communication.  Auckland Transport has decided to remove all car parking on Karangahape Road and restrict the times on loading zones to allow room for a new bus service.   Businesses say they've been given very little notice.  Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive Nick Leggett told Kate Hawkesby that no shop owner should wake up and find their loading bays are all but gone.  He says these things always become a problem because we don't engage properly in discussions right at the start  AT has apologised to businesses for the communication around the change.   It says there will be a grace period until December 11 for vehicles caught using the bus lanes at the wrong time.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Others Way is set to take over Auckland's Karangahape Road this December, and it's promising a variety of local and international acts. The headliners include Oakland rap group Souls Of Mischief, harp virtuoso Mary Lattimore, Puerto Rican dub sensation Pachyman, and Kiwi reggae icons Herbs- to name a few. Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall says more acts will be announced in the leadup to the festival. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a Sunday afternoon on Auckland's aromatic Karangahape Road, we welcomed winemaker, Nick Mills from Rippon to the newly christened Coco's Sound Lounge. In town, for the annual Negociants New Zealand Fine Wine Tour, we were grateful that Nick could squeeze us in for a little not serious chat and a laugh or two. This one is for the winos but it's also for the ski hounds and the musos.  I don't use the term Original Gangster that often but in the case of Nick Mills and his family they are nothing short of Central Otago's OGs. This family's contribution to their local village goes back four generations and covers sustainable farming, grape growing, winemaking, a music festival that spanned 20 years and showcased some of our favourite musicians and a counter culture ski movement known as Free Skiing. Much like the vines that grace the schist slopes of the Rippon site, Nick's roots go deep. He's a philosopher both by education and natural curiosity. He's learned and deeply, passionately invested in anything he puts his mind to.  Had it not been for a serious wipe out just a few months before the 1998 Nagano Olympics, this well known winemaker could have been a well-known Winter Olympian.  He worked through that heartbreak and headed for France where his learnings and love for biodynamic grape growing really took hold. For a not serious chat, we definitely had moments of intense reflection much of which was inspired by the absolutely epic 20 year old Pinot Noir Nick brought along for us to enjoy. Between utterly delicious sips we learned about the parallel lives of a ski racer and a winemaker, we learned how to taste for texture and how, as the current custodians of this remarkable place, this family strives to secure their future on the land. And let's not forget how much these mountain people like to party. So, pull on your one-piece, pop in your ear buds and tighten your bindings. This is the not serious Nick Mills chat. not serious wine chats would like to thank our supporters:TradecraftBy the BottleAntipodes Water Co. Special thanks to my pal, Benj Brooking of Popular.nz for his help with the editing. An expert filmmaker, editing these chats is being done as one mate helping another. Thanks Benj! join the chatinstagram | facebookIf you're struggling to put that glass down, perhaps our chats aren't the right ear candy for you. While the chats are not serious, living your best life is a very serious matter indeed and a life fuelled by addiction doesn't sound dreamy at all. If you think you need a hand, visit the Ministry of Health site for platforms that might help you take the first step towards taking control back. Our warmest wishes for success on that journey.

This week on the show: Frances speaks to Cat Ruka from Basement Theatre about new research on the economic & wellbeing benefits of seeing live performances in Aotearoa   Liam has a yarn with Luna from Parallel Aotearoa,a new speculative fiction bookstore that has just opened up on Karangahape Road. Frances speaks to visual artist, graphic designer and researcher Grace Mirams about her practice, relationships with local practitioners and a new show opening in Japan in August.  And finally we have your art guide for Tāmaki Makarau this week. Whakarongo mai nei!

A brand new bookstore has just opened up on Karangahape Road! Parallel Aotearoa has just moved in to bring all sorts of awesome speculative fiction, lefty non-fiction, graphic novels, and locally made wares on offer.    The owners, Luna and Jess, have been running Parallel for a few months, but the physical space has just opened up last week. Liam had a chat with Luna to learn more about the bookshop, its origin story, and what's next.  

Why wait until 3am to party on Auckland's Karangahape Road when you can smell like it 24-7? The limited edition perfume "Road by Karangahape" is being dubbed 'K Road in a bottle - with notes of dance floor sweat, nicotine, and wet concrete. Motion Sickness' executive Creative Director Sam Stuchbury says that the scent's quite musky and has the atmosphere of the notorious road. The perfume will be sold at local businesses for six weeks from today - with all sales revenue going directly to housing support charity Lifewise. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland's Karangahape Road is home to more than 400 businesses and is widely known for its restaurants, coffee shops and boisterous night life. But street crime is causing headaches for business owners who say they don't go a day without being robbed or harrassed. The local Business Association says anti-social behaviour and drug and alcohol abuse are marring its reputation. Rayssa Almeida has more.

Big changes are planned for Auckland's Karangahape Road precinct as Auckland Transport prepares for the City Rail Link. Once completed, up to 40,000 people are expected to pour through the K-Road Rail link station every day. The project aims to ensure those numbers can be safely managed. Auckland Transport's Graeme Gunthorp spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

James is the head chef of Sneaky Snacky - home of the Wagyu Donut Burger. This Korean-fusion spot is not just aesthetic for your eyeballs, but a place where you put on some kitchen gloves, and eat a burger that should be consumed behind closed doors.We all know that salty and sweet can make a beautiful combo, but this really spices things up. I can say from experience - I had the chicken donut burger, and it was insane. James and I chat all things hospo - how he went from not knowing how to cook an egg, to working as a chef at Sugar Club, to now head cheffing at Sneaky Snacky. Buckle up, we may or may not get a little drunk.  Be sure to check out Sneaky Snacky, located at 184 Karangahape Road. And be sure to check out the video trailer to this series by clicking here. Support the show

Albert has a severe love for coffee which has led him to open up a coffee shop : Daily Daily. I don't even like calling it a 'coffee shop' because the name alone feels unjust. Walking into Daily Daily, you feel an instant wave of tranquility wash over you. It's one of the few places in Auckland that prides themselves on bringing in imported coffee from all over the world. He's also created a super warm and inviting space with the idea of giving him a place to come in after dentistry, to relax and make coffee. Sounds dreamy, right? It is. Albert is also a dentist! How this man finds the time to do both - is beyond me, but it sounds like he's got a daily routine that i'm pretty jealous of.Albert and I talk about the coffee culture differences between New Zealand, Taiwan, and America, and we both fan girl over some of the coffees he's bringing in from overseas. We discuss how coffee brings people together, and discuss the importance of making people at all levels feel welcome when it comes to specialty coffee.  Be sure to check out Daily Daily, located at 452 Karangahape Road. PS. He's about to bring in some Onyx Coffee Lab, so.. better get in quick to snag a brew! Support the show

A bite that takes you home. Danielle is the owner/operator of The Pie Piper - an amazing pie and desert shop located at 3/321 Karangahape Road. I think we clicked straight away because, ya know, we're American, and we both love diners and desserts. Danielle and I talk about the importance of the diner, how kiwis don't like sweet pies, and what makes K Road so special. There's also lots of nostalgic chat about America and what we miss about home.  Danielle also does Thanksgiving takeaway dinners so - get your orders in! Go check her out, get the bacon maple bar or the loaded mac and cheese. Support the show

Renee co-owns Coco's Cantina with her sister Damaris, and it's a super iconic restaurant on Karangahape Road. Think - Italian food meets fever dream.. but in a damn good way.  Throughout all of my interviews, Coco's Cantina has been brought up multiple times for Damaris and Renee's hospitable vibes, and the care and love they share to their community. There is no place like Coco's and you can't beat this place on a Friday night for Happy Hour. Renee and I chat about how she found herself in hospo at 15, and stuck with it. At first it was a way to buy a pair of Dr. Martens, and she was pleasantly surprised to find she had fallen in love with the industry. The common long-lasting love affair that is hospo. Support the show

Crushes store co-founder Rose talks to Karyn about their weekend event 'Meet a Mate: Friendship Speed Dating".

Auckland's multi-billion dollar City Rail Link (CRL) project is a public transport dream providing a key link in the city's rail network or business owners' nightmare with construction impacting business for several years. The currently costed NZ$4.4 billion project will connect Britomart to Mount Eden via a 3.5 km long double-track rail tunnel with two new underground stations being constructed, Te Wai Horotiu near Aotea Square and Karanga a Hape near Karangahape Road. After COVID lockdowns impacted operating schedules and facing delays in our supply chain and labour shortages, the 2024 completion deadline is in limbo. The question on every Aucklander's lips is - when will the CRL be up and running? Wilhelmina Shrimpton spoke to City Rail Link CEO Dr Sean Sweeney about when we could see an update on the project's completion date.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the last five years I've lived in an apartment on the Karangahape Ridge, with amazing views across central Auckland.I'm very lucky. If I look North on a good day, I can see Tiritiri Matangi Island and even Hauturu Little Barrier. South is Maungawhau Mt Eden. South West is Eden Park. And dominating my view from the 16th floor is a view right down the guts of K Road.There's always something happening on Karangahape Road. I can see the beautiful people walking their designer dogs or alfresco-ing in the afternoon sun. I can see people driving off in their new vehicles at the Tesla showroom. I can see drunks stumbling about on a Friday night, homeless people chatting to each other, and the clientele at both of the Peaches and Cream stores (It's not who you might expect).I'm also afforded a unique view of the traffic.Over the last five years, Karangahape Road has changed. They've introduced partial bus lanes. They've built bike lanes in both directions. They've restricted parking. And watching on from the 16th floor, the effects on the traffic don't take a PHD to decode. They're obvious.Firstly - and this isn't rocket science!! - buses are far and away the most efficient way to transport a lot of people in the city. When the traffic snarls and slows to a painful crawl, as it often does, I stare down at the cars as they sit there idling. One bus has ten or twelve times the capacity of a single sedan or hatchback. When it can use the K Road bus lane, it immediately overtakes the idling vehicles as they wait. Easy.Secondly, more often than not, the fastest way down K Road is on a bike. I often ride mine along the cycle path and stop at a few places on the way. If there's bad traffic, in the time it takes a crawling car to travel from the Ponsonby Road intersection to Pitt Street, I can dismount my bike to collect a coffee and a heated cinnamon scroll and still beat them there. Happy Days.My third observation from on high, is that parking spaces are an excellent way to shut down an entire lane of traffic. It's crazy. It's so inefficient. K Road has clearways between certain hours, which open up the traffic to two lanes in both directions. When the clearways aren't in place, in order for a handful of cars to park, the entire road has a lane restricted, and the traffic often snarls. At 2am on a Wednesday it's not an issue. But at busier times, it often means cars are bumper to bumper for the length of K Road. It's madness. The convenience of a few is prioritised over the convenience of hundreds or thousands more.Why am I telling you this? It's not because I want to spend my long weekend wading through your hate mail. I know how transport changes get people going. Auckland is proposing changes to onstreet parking to some of its roads and from some of the initial feedback, you'd worry the World was ending. This is something all of cities have to consider, but even though the changes concern about 3.25% of roads in Auckland, they're already facing stern opposition.Smarter lane usage in busy areas is such an obvious, cheap solution to the challenges faced by growing cities in a warmer climate. As our population increases, congestion and productivity and won't improve unless we move people more efficiently.Maybe you can't ride a bike. Maybe you have cargo and the bus is too awkward. Fine. They're not banning cars. They're not banning carpark buildings. You can still drive, find a spot, pay for the time, and walk a few minutes to your destination.The irony of the transport debate is that the loudest critics of bus lanes, cycle paths, and reduced street parking, are those who will actually benefit the most from the changes. If you are absolutely determined to remain glued to your steering wheel for every journey in the coming decades, it's in your interests for councils and transport authorities to reduce congestion. Take it from the view on the 16th floor. Get with the times.

Landlord Paul Reid has been trashing some of his own tenants for their vaccine pass policies. Whammy Bar on Karangahape Road still uses the passes for safety, even though they're no longer legally required. Now Reid, their landlord, is accused of acting badly on social media, giving the bar a one star rating and a negative review. In one post he refers to the venue's history as a punk rock anti-establishment dive bar, inferring nothing is as uncool as asking to scan a pass. But it's the landlord that's getting an ice cold response. Katie Todd has the story.

Bars around the country still requiring Covid-19 vaccine passes are finding themselves at the forefront of online activity by anti-mandate supporters. The requirement for hospitality and close-proximity businesses to use vaccine passes was scrapped last Tuesday. But days later, some venues started getting negative online reviews and comments on their social media. Auckland's Karangahape Road stalwart Whammy Bar co-owner Lucy Macrae and Wellington beer bar Hashigo Zake owner Dominic Kelly spoke to Corin Dann.

If these walls could talk! Our guest today is a Victorian building by the name of Vicky B. She has been on Auckland's Karangahape Road for 180 years, designed by settler and architect Edward Bartley. Vicky used to be architecture, but now she's just another building. It's the same tired story; "desperate heritage seeking repairs and occupational fulfilment". Miss Vicky B is leaky, lonely, and looking for love (or at least a decent landlord)... • You can support the production of future episodes by donating here. Bypass Podcast is produced by Gabi Maffey. Our sound engineer is Ariki Perana. Intro music by Gabi Maffey, episode music by Gloria Florence. A transcript of this episode can be found at our website.

We talk to Sam Te Kani, a sexpert, a public face of the Ending HIV campaign, pop culture authority, well-known resident of Karangahape Road and author of Please, Call Me Jesus, his first collection of stories. It's a joyride to the digital frontier of sex -- a pulp paperback that takes all the entertaining qualities of erotica and marries them to a delicious, imaginative conjuring of new technological possibilities.

Karangahape Road's unofficial Mayor Keegan Fepuleai popped in for a chat ahead of 'Te Karanga Ā Hape' tomorrow, a free afternoon/evening of music, art, fashion, poetry and more. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Businesses around Auckland's famed Karangahape Road are facing yet more financial woe, as City Rail Link construction drags on. Today, the Transport Minister and Auckland city officials lauded the Karangahape Road Enhancements project, which has seen the street tidied up, and cycleways installed. However the pain rolls on for businesses on Pitt Street, which runs into Karangahape Road. Huge barriers have turned the central city street into a noisy, narrow lane, shielding owners from the people who pay their bills. With CRL works delayed by Covid-19, the government may be forced to extend a Business Hardship Programme that's already paid out hundreds of thousands.

Kia ora listeners, you have tuned into Auckland Libraries Heritage Podcast - Panmure Stories! Miss Annie Finnerty attended secondary school at Auckland Girls Grammar off Karangahape Road. In this track Annie and her brother Michael describe the different forms of transport needed to get there. Bill Durbridge recalls the large crowds who attended boat races and swimming competitions held on the Tāmaki River. Reference Annie and Michael Finnerty interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2707/rec/2 Reference Bill Durbridge interview, 1982 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2616/rec/2 Original interviews were recorded by Richard Baker, commissioned by Mt Wellington Public Library in 1982. The project captured recollections of life, work and play from the early 1900s across the changing landscapes of the decades that followed. They offer us a unique and personal insight into Panmure of the past. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2874/rec/1 Image: NZ Graphic. Dinghy racing at Cowes Bay Waiheke, 1908. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, NZG-19080111-9-5. https://bit.ly/327Ujqq Curated by Renee Orr and Zoe Colling from Auckland Libraries Heritage Engagement team, with Sound production by Sue Berman (April 2021)

A cash-strapped cafe in Auckland that provides meals and outreach to people experiencing homelessness have been saved after a surge of community support. Lifewise's Merge Cafe on Karangahape Road was about $60,000 short in funding, after Covid-19 cancelled their annual fundraiser - Auckland's Big Sleep Out. Merge has been a space where customers can buy a meal for themselves and someone else at the same time. The pay-it-forward system helps provide for those customers experiencing hardship. But for months the cafe had been running at a loss after Covid-19 lockdowns meant fundraising events were cancelled, and there have been fewer paying customers in the CBD. After sharing their story at the beginning of March, the fundraising response was overwhelming, Merge's manager Manu Kahlon told Checkpoint. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6240460656001

In your heart of hearts, are you reducing waste enough? We all try our best but it can be difficult to actually reduce our waste footprint, especially when things break.

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust and Link Alliance are proud to present the MOANA WALL. An outdoor exhibition space located on East Street’s hoardings surrounding the Karangahape Station construction site. Tautai will curate and project manage the outdoor exhibitions from 2020 – 2023. The 70m hoardings will be transformed into the MOANA WALL using the existing infrastructure as a canvas that highlights contemporary Pasifika artists and celebrates the diverse community of Karangahape Road.  The grand opening will be held tomorrow, Friday 4 December celebrating its first exhibition Inside the wave are ocean bodies by artists Natasha Ratuva and Hōhua Ropate Kurene, curated by Cora-Allan Wickliffe. The exhibition will remain until April 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust and Link Alliance are proud to present the MOANA WALL. An outdoor exhibition space located on East Street’s hoardings surrounding the Karangahape Station construction site. Tautai will curate and project manage the outdoor exhibitions from 2020 – 2023. The 70m hoardings will be transformed into the MOANA WALL using the existing infrastructure as a canvas that highlights contemporary Pasifika artists and celebrates the diverse community of Karangahape Road.  The grand opening will be held tomorrow, Friday 4 December celebrating its first exhibition Inside the wave are ocean bodies by artists Natasha Ratuva and Hōhua Ropate Kurene, curated by Cora-Allan Wickliffe. The exhibition will remain until April 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karangahape Road businesses are up in arms after a years-long roadworks' project has pushed them to breaking point. Owners say their complaints have fallen on deaf ears, with at least one business forced to close. The Barbershop Company, which closed its K Road shop this week, is directing frustrated customers to Mayor Phil Goff's PA's number. Reporters Ben Leonard and Taylor Tutawa took a walk down K Road to find out more.

An international sensation since its world premiere in 2014, Every Brilliant Thing is a warm, deep hug of a play, a story about depression, loss and finding all the beautiful things in your life – whether it’s ice cream, water fights or laughing so hard you snort milk through your nose. It is a solo show now playing at Samoa House, Karangahape Road, in Auckland city and stars one of our finest acting stars - award winning Anapela Polataivao who is one the line with us now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand. This week he’s joined by Morgan Donoghue from InMusic.Auckland’s Karangahape Rd has long been a home of live music, but it might be news to you that it’s also an internationally recognised hotspot for music software innovation and excellence. It's where InMusic, owner of some of the world’s biggest music brands like Numark, Denon and Akai make their software, while other big brands with offices in the neighbourhood include Serato and Melodics. Today’s guest has a connection to all of them.Morgan Donoghue was with Serato in key roles during its growth, is an investor in Melodics and is currently the MD at InMusic. On top of all that he’s also the COO for a very interesting new earphone technology company called Nura, who use software to create personalised audio experiences for listeners. Nura hit the news recently for a deal with the All Blacks, where the team took equity in the company in return for a sponsorship deal – a novel and interesting business approach.It’s just the latest step in a long and varied career in music for Donoghue, who before these roles acted as the head of global music for Vodafone and manager of Hollie Smith along with his wife Nicky. He joined Business is Boring this week to tell a few of the many amazing yarns he’s got from his time in the music industry, and talk about the All Blacks deal, his many different roles and how to make New Zealand music tech sing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An inner city Auckland rehab centre has seen a steep increase in the number of people taking synthetic cannabis and says Covid-19 stress could be to blame. Hundreds of people suffering from drug use or a mental health crisis are seeking help from the weekend service that runs out of Karangahape Road cafe. Katie Todd reports.

Join Rebecca Freeman (Senior Specialist Historic Heritage, Auckland Council) and Marguerite Hill (Heritage Researcher, Auckland Council) to hear about Queen Street’s cinemas and department stores. If you really wanted to go shopping in the days before suburban malls, you needed to head to Queen Street and Karangahape Road. There were five major department stores in central Auckland during the twentieth century. Three of these were on Queen Street: Smith and Caughey's and Milne and Choyce were an upmarket, luxury shopping experience, while John Court was a family-friendly alternative. Since the first films were screened in Auckland in the 1890s, cinema became an entertainment sensation, rivaling and eventually surpassing live theatre, vaudeville and opera as the most popular form of recreation and entertainment. Listen in to find out where Queen Street’s cinemas were located, and how the technology and theatre experience developed and changed from 1910 to 1990. Sources: Cinemas Ben Schrader, 'Theatres, cinemas and halls - Theatre rises, cinema declines', Te Ara - the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/42391/demolishing-the-majestic-theatre Hayward, B.W, and Selwyn P. Hayward (1979). Cinemas of Auckland 1896-1979. Lodestar Press, Auckland. Department stores New Zealand Fashion Museum http://nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/ Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, Milne and Choyce Department Store (Former) https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/2620 Each of the department stores mentioned have their own company histories, which are available from Auckland Libraries. Image: John Court Limited on the corner of Victoria Street East and Queen Street, 1961, photographer Vera Jane Ellis, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 958-112

Aucklanders could be forgiven for thinking homelessness is on the rise with a noticable increase in people on the street over the past few weeks. Businesses along Karangahape Road - an area typically welcoming of rough sleepers - are reporting a spike in antisocial behaviour. However, agencies working with the homeless say those who want to be housed have been - and they're sleeping in motels at night. RNZ reporter Anneke Smith filed this story.

Auckland teenager and sex worker Jane Furlong went missing back from Karangahape Road in 1993.

AUCKLAND CITY. AUCKLAND. 19th of October 1996. 9.40am. Sister Janet Swindle, a nun, was walking her dog along Karangahape Road. Sister Swindle and her canine companion entered Pigeon Park, an area of the Symonds Street Cemetery. Among the many corpses laid peacefully to rest, to her horror, Sister Swindle discovered one unpeaceful and unburied; the mutilated corpse of Natacha Hogan. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for additional information on this case. Including a transcript of this episode, with supporting pictures, sources, and credits.

This month Real Gold focuses on Matariki 2019. In this session Sue Berman talks with Heritage and Research Outreach coordinator Zoe Colling about the Matariki themed content featured in the Real Gold case in the Heritage Collections reading room Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library. The center of the case shows the Matariki Festival 2019 booklet that displays information about Waikato-Tainui - the iwi manaaki hosts of Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Council's 2019 Matariki Festival. In this podcast Zoe shares a Waikato-Tainui pūrākau related to Karanga-aa-Hape. This ridge site known now as Karangahape Road is captured in the early glass plate photograph on display by Henry Winkelmann. Also on display is an image of carvings from Kiingitanga master carver Piri Poutapu, sited on a hill known as Pukekaaroa and captured by digital photographer Brian Cairns (2008) Henry Winkelmann. Views of Rangitoto looking east from Birkenhead towards Bayswater, 20 June 1904. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/34977/rec/5 Henry Winkelmann. Views of Karangahape Road looking south west from Partington's Windmill, 8 October 1923. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1-W417. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll Brian Cairns. Totara at Pukekaaroa, surrounded by carvings from Piri Poutapu. 6 Mar 2008. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1477-233 http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll Image Credit: www.matarikifestival.org.nz

Auckland duo DJ Kush Boogie are becoming renowned for their warm and atmospheric house music, rich in melody and ready for the dancefloor. They already have two 12"s out via Lobster Theremin, as well as releases under their own aliases - Oli as Hugo Jay and Storage Media, and Dirk as d.tyrone. The duo cut loose for an hour at the start of the program. After that, we air a radio remix of a live set by Ducklingmonster, an Onehunga-based artist and one part of juggernaut Dunedin act The Futurians. Simon plays some warmth to round out the show. *Intro* Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft - Hanging Glass Structure [Melody As Truth] *DJ Kush Boogie* -No Tracklist- *Ducklingmonster - LiveBeehive* Recorded live by Jeff Henderson at the Audio Foundation's "Nowhere Festival", and featuring field recordings made over Auckland Anniversary Weekend 2018 on the side of Mangawhau and out the window on Karangahape Road. *Simon* Midori Hirano - Rabbits In The Path [Sonic Pieces] June11 - Who Is Still Dreaming? [STROOM] Woo - It's Love [Cloud Nine/Emotional Rescue] Nils Frahm - The Whole Universe Wants To Be Touched [Erased Tapes] Dedekind Cut - Virtues [Kranky] Mr. Perlman's Monologue Valeria Szervánszky & Ronald Cavaye - Le Jardin Féerique from Ma Mère l'Oye [Sony] @djkushboogie @d_tyrone @hugojay @lobster-theremin @ducklingmonster-futurian

If you're a dedicated follower of food and fashion, chances are you've heard of Jordan Rondel, aka The Caker. She talks about her love of food, her French roots and a precious family heirloom that involves a forbidden love story.

In this edition of CIRCUIT Cast we interview Tahi Moore about his show Psyche Rebuild at Hopkinson Mossman and discuss how his practice investigates the gap between thought and language; in our round table discussion our guests Mark Jackson and Ahilapalapa Rands discuss the Auckland Art Gallery’s summer blockbuster Light Show. Your host is Mark Amery. Image: Magic Hour (2004-2007) David Batchelor. Courtesy the artist, Galeria Leme, São Paulo and Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh Guest Bios: Dr. Mark Jackson is Associate Professor of Design in the School of Art and Design, Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at AUT University, New Zealand. He has published in the fields of design history and theory, the visual arts, film and media as well as architecture and landscape architecture. He has had a number of film and video works exhibited internationally. His current research focus is on ethics and design cultures with particular emphasis on the works of Derrida, Heidegger, Agamben and Levinas. Ahilapalapa Rands is the outgoing Education Intern at Artspace, a leading contemporary New Zealand gallery located on Karangahape Road in Auckland. In 2013 she co-curated Close To Home, the 6th Tautai Tertiary Exhibition at ST Paul St Gallery with her Mum Melanie Rands followed by her recent curation of Artspace exhibitionW e l co m e in September 2014. Ahi graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from AUT University. During her studies she worked in video and performance installation. Along with Maila Urale, Linda T, and Chris Fitzgerald she is one of the founding members of D.A.N.C.E. art club who have been working together since 2008. Ahi is a fourth generation New Zealander on her father’s side and second on her mother’s side with links to Hawai‘i, Tongareva, Fiji, Samoan, England & Scotland. http://www.artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2014/welcome.asp Dance - http://danceartclub.co.nz/

Listen HEREThis week I have a special guest on the show, Jordan Wyatt, who joins me from the South Island of New Zealand, from the city of Invercargill. We talk about protesting, activism and his experience as a young male vegan. We also talk about how it is to live in a small town or city where there are no resources for vegans for things like personal care products etc. Also a shout out to Nancy and Nick who are listeners who sent me emails all the way from America and Canada. Thanks so much for contacting me and for listening. And thanks to Jordan for coming on the show.Links to companies that make vegan personal care products:http://www.jason-natural.com/http://www.lush.com/and to groups that provide information about companies:http://www.uncaged.co.uk/crueltyfree.htmhttp://leapingbunny.org/indexcus.phpThis is link to an online store where you can buy Vegan products if you live in New Zealand, and you can go to the physical store in St. Kevins Arcade off Karangahape Road in Auckland. Note: I am not endorsing any welfare campaigns, I am simply endorsing this store and its vegan products.http://www.choosecrueltyfree.org.nz/index.php