Moana
Chelsea Winstanley: Overcoming trauma and coming out on top
Oscar nominated film producer Chelsea Winstanley talks to Anika about overcoming trauma, taking risks and coming out on top. Video, Audio
A kaitiakitanga approach to studying pēpi kōura
Both Mātauranga Māori and marine science are informing PhD student Kiamaia Ellis’s research into the resilience of baby crayfish. Audio
The Best Song Ever Written: Laura Daniel
Actor and comedian Laura Daniel joins the show to discuss what she has on at the moment, her desire to get overseas to perform, and why 'King of Wishful Thinking' by Go West should be viewed as one of… Audio
Tweedie Waititi: Bringing Disney classics into te ao Māori
From lion to raiona, princess to pirinihehe and ocean to moana! Kathryn meets Tweedie Waititi, film producer, writer, director and one of the creators behind the Te Reo Māori adaptations of some of… Audio
Calling Home: Jane Va'afusuaga in Vailima, Samoa
Jane Va'afusuaga fell in love with Samoa the first time she visited in the late 1980s. She vowed to return one day but never imagined that she would eventually marry a Samoan Matai and end up living… Audio
Olivia Foa'i performs 'Home'
She's a vocalist and a dancer and from the very talented musical Foa'i family (of Te Vaka fame) - but it was as the voice of Moana on the Disney movie soundtrack that cast Olivia Foa'i into the… Video, Audio
PNG artist not happy with push to rename Oceania
Last week, a group of Pacific scholars gathered for the Va Moana Talanoa session in Auckland. They wanted Oceania renamed Moana. But Papua New Guinea artist Julia Mage'au Gray says a name change does… Audio
How do the internet and Pacific peoples get on? It’s complicated
Writer and artist Lana Lopesi and academic Damon Salesa discuss the complicated relationship between Pasifika people and the internet – the subject of Lopesi's book False Divides. Audio
Songs of Moana with Te Vaka and Orchestra Wellington at the Michael Fowler Centre
Eight-year-old Yaya Alley reviews the sold-out live show Songs of Moana at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre on the weekend.
Te Vaka relishes sold-out Moana movie soundtrack tour
Te Vaka, the award-winning pacific fusion band behind the soundtrack to Disney’s Moana, are on the final leg of a one-off tour of Aotearoa playing the songs of the popular animated movie. Audio
Vodafone Music Awards
Alex Behan from Music 101 joins us to talk about Lorde, who will be at the Spark Arena in Auckland tonight for the Vodafone Music Awards. Audio
Rob Ruha awarded prestigious Arts Laureate Award
Each recipient receives $50,000 to be used in any way they choose. Past winners include Taika Waititi, Chris Knox, Moana Maniapoto, Eleanor Catton and Jane Campion. Video, Audio
Moana Reo Maori
University of Auckland lecturer Katarina Edmonds helped translate the Hollywood blockbuster Moana into Te Reo. Audio
Moana in Māori hits the big screen
The te reo Māori version of Disney's hit movie Moana will have its red whāriki premiere in Auckland tonight.
Music 101 Pocket Edition 150: Apple Music/Kirin J Callinan/Moana
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition,we talk to Victoria Banks who has started an online petition asking Apple Music to include liner notes on their streaming platform. Tony Stamp hosts a live session with… Video, Audio
Moana: "You'd better get Maui's song right, we love that song!"
The blockbuster Disney film Moana has been translated into a record 54 languages, and the latest of those is te reo Māori. Musical director Rob Ruha spoke to Yadana Saw about what it was like creating… Video, Audio
Rachel House: 'There's a change in the air'
Rachel House's face is familiar from her many acting roles, but she's also working behind the scenes on HUI – a film script based on the play of the same name which she will eventually direct. Audio
Moana in Māori a great chance for te reo renewal
"Our children will see that our culture is part of a global community of films and stories as well."
Joy at Moana being first Disney film to be translated into Te Reo
Hollywood is on the lookout for women fluent in Te Reo after it was announced Moana will be the first Disney film to be translated into Te Reo Maori. Video, Audio
Taika Waititi looking for the Māori Moana
A new Māori language version of Moana is being recorded, with the Hunt for the Wilderpeople filmmaker looking for a star who can speak Te Reo. Video