Megan Jones talks about making Six Angry Women

Victoria Quade talks to documentary filmmaker Megan Jones about making Six Angry Women, a film about a controversial moment in New Zealand's recent history.

Deals with the issue of rape. | Watching Six Angry Women you can "Revisit the events of 1984, when six female vigilantes kidnapped an Auckland University lecturer and assaulted him in a violent political action, triggering debates about gender politics that divided New Zealand and led to social change. Made with the support of NZ On Air" From https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/six-angry-women/episodes

Tune in to the WEA show, Educating for Social Change at 7pm Sunday 14 March on Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM or the podcast on www.wellingtonwea.org.nz

Interview with with the director of the film Capital in the 21st Century

Victoria interviews Jill Oakley and Simon Bowden from the upcoming Whenua Ūkaipō Connectedness exhibition

Victoria interviews Jill Oakley and Simon Bowden from the upcoming Whenua Ūkaipō Connectedness exhibition.

A United Nations 75th anniversary art exhibition, bringing forward authentic Māori, indigenous and many cultures artistic visions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Featuring over 80 artworks from 17 artists.

https://whenuaukaipo.nz/

Hidden Histories - Arts and Disability (Part 6)

Hidden Histories – the untold stories of the Disability community in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Guests include audio descriptor and advocate Judith Jones, Arts Access Aotearoa Executive Director, Richard Benge, Vincents Art workshop with Coordinator Glen MacDonald, Sumara Frazer, the Artistic director of Wellington Integrated
Dance and Kezia Bennett a member of Wellington Inclusive Dance.

[image - image of mural from Vincents Art Workshop]

https://vincents.co.nz

No more pokies in Wellington -Tina McIvor from the Problem Gambling Foundation

Victoria and John interview Tina McIvor - Health Promotion Lead at Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand

Sign up to the campaign here:

https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/no-more-pokies-in-wellington

Find out more here about the Problem Gaming Foundation:

https://www.pgf.nz/

Mike Gourley’s Hidden Histories returns with a discussion with the authors of ‘Here We Are, Read Us: Women, Disability And Writing’

You can read more here:

https://artsaccessadvocates.org.nz/Crip-the-Lit-telling-our-stories-our-way

Victoria talks with two young people about voting and Grant Brookes from Unions Wellington

Leading up to the elections next month, Victoria talks to Grant Brookes from Unions Wellington about their activities and to Micah and Jamie, two high school students about why the elections are important to them.

Victoria Quade talks to Sitene Peta Si’ulepa about Matariki, the Polynesian Panthers and Samoana Jazz Festival.

Hidden Histories with Mike Gourley Part 4

Mike Gourley is joined by Wendi Wicks and Robyn Hunt and discusses the often acknowledged role of disabled women in our society, especially at those times we mark the successes of Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand, which was achieved at the end of the nineteenth century. 

The second interview is with Kate Hunter from Te Herenga waka and Director of the Stout Research Centre.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/robyn-hunt/
https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/kate.hunter

[Pictured Kate Hunter at podium]

Emalani Case reads her poem FISSURED

Dr Emalani Case reads her poem FISSURED and talks about what inspired it.

Please sign the petition against NZ involvement in RIMPAC in Hawai'i (Rim of the Pacific Warfare Exercises)

https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cancel-rimpac-2020-new-zealand-withdraw-1

You can read more here:

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-06-2020/dear-new-zealand-please-dont-bring-your-war-games-to-my-hawaiian-home/

And listen to her interview with Education for Social Change here:

https://wwea.podbean.com/e/interview-about-rimpac-with-dr-emalani-case/

[Photo of Emalani with 'Demilitarize Hawai'i' sign at Pōhakuloa in 2018]