Saturday Morning for Saturday 23 October 2010

Guest details for Saturday Morning 23 October 2010

8:15 Stephen Fookes

Stephen Fookes chairs the National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests, an organisation representing the interests of woolgrowers, merchants, exporters, brokers, first stage processors, wool certification bodies and research bodies. He recently returned from Wool Week in London, the latest profile-raising event from The Campaign for Wool, launched in January by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

8:45 Peter Donelan

Dr Peter Donelan is Senior Lecturer at the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, Victoria University of Wellington. He will talk about Benoit Mandelbrot, best known as the father of fractal geometry, who died last week.

9:05 Mary Kisler

Mary Kisler is the Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, and the author of Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections (Random House, ISBN: 978-1-86962-135-3). Images from the book are available for view by clicking on the Art on Saturday Morning link on the right hand side of the Saturday Morning web page.

9:45 Tanja Jade

Auckland artist Tanja Jade, best known under the pseudonym Misery, will leave behind that persona at an exhibition and auction (29 October - 6 November), before departing to the border of Burma and Thailand as part of the Little Lotus project. This will see her join three other New Zealand artists to teach art to refugee and orphan children, and on her return write and illustrate a picture book based on the experience, with all proceeds going directly to refugee children.

10:05 Dudley Benson

Composer and singer Dudley Benson released two EPs in 2006 (Steam Railways of Britain; The Orders, Medals & Decorations EP) and the album The Awakening in 2008, all on his Golden Retriever Records label. He will release his second album on 1 November, Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne, an interpretation of bird waiata by the renowned Māori composer, before embarking on a nationwide tour of ten intimate venues, with his new ensemble, the Dawn Chorus.

10:35 Janet Frame-Cutmore

Janet Frame-Cutmore is the daughter of George Frame, brother of New Zealand writer Janet Frame. She spoke at the Autism NZ conference in September.

11:10 Patrick Evans

Professor Patrick Evans has taught English literature at the University of Canterbury since 1978. His 1977 book, Janet Frame (Twayne, ISBN: 0-8057-6254-X) was the first biography of the writer, and his third novel, Gifted (Victoria University Press, ISBN 978-0-86473-637-6), is an imagining of the 1955 relationship between Frame and Frank Sargeson.

11:45 Food with Ruth Pretty

Wellington caterer Ruth Pretty has a team in Shanghai presenting hospitality in the VIP area of New Zealand Pavilion at World Expo. As
Expo finishes they are preparing to return.

Music played during the programme

Sufjan Stevens: I Walked
From the 2010 album: The Age of Adz
(Asthmatic Kitty)
Played at around 8:40

Dudley Benson: It's Akaroa's Fault
From the 2008 album: The Awakening
(Golden Retriever Records)
Played at around 10:05

Dudley Benson (with Vashti Bunyan): Tui
From the 2010 album: Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne
(Golden Retriever Records)
Played at around 10:25

Lloyd Cole: Writers Retreat!
From the 2010 album: Broken Record
(Tapete)
Played at around 11:40

Studio operators

Wellington engineer: Steve Burridge
Auckland engineer: Jeremy Ansell
Christchurch engineer: Andrew Collins