B-side Stories

Melissa Keys, one of the backbones of Conscious Consumers, talks about the organisations rapid traction and their next steps with the Good Spend Counter.

Nadia Reid is one of the new generation of folk artists. In this interview she talks about her windy journey in music so far and her up and coming concert at Meow Wellington on June the 28th.

Clare Bowden, designer for Mandatory menswear talks about why her iconic Wellington business is still going strong after 18 years and why the store is moving to pop up in Miramar.

Midge Murray one of the dynamic duo behind the NZ Art Show talks about the reasons for success behind this gem of a Wellington event.

Fathia, her son Mohammed and refugee voluntary support person Kate talk about the journey of settling on wellington 10 years ago to celebrate world refugee day.

Neil Anderson a ranger at Zealandia, for 15 years talks about the effect the Eco sanctuary has on our city.

Jennifer Whitty, lecturer, activist and designer talks about the new fashion label called Space Between made from up-cycled NZ Post corporate uniforms.

Jen Riches talks to Myele Manzanza about the Welly Jazz Festival and the Documentary Edge Film Festival directors, Alex Lee and Dan Shanan.

DJ Kelvinator talks to Ebony from Eb and Sparrow and owner of Bicycle Junction Dan Mikkleson.

Mag E Read was an artist and a school teacher until 7 years ago when an incident changed her life. Hear Mag E's amazing story on how she persisted in re-knowing herself, re-finding her inner artist and the challenge to do her first exhibition at Roar Gallery called Wall to Wall Fashion.

Wellington jazz musician talks about the roots of the flourishing Wellington Jazz scene and our up and coming Jazz festival.

Ali Whitton talks about the road back to performing in his new life in Wellington and does a live set as Lost Bird.

Donna Redmond and Casey James talk about the impact the Boys and Girls Institute are having on families in Wellington and how they use the food they receive from Kaibosh.

Daniel Kinne, a coffee farmer from Papua New Guinea, visits New Zealand to celebrate Fair Trade Fortnight and talks about the impact we have on villages like his, when we buy Fair Trade.

Local lads, Nik Bruce-Smith and Rob Harris talk about the burgeoning comedy scene in Wellington, the Medicine Show and their latest act in the International Comedy Festival.

Ben Dowdle, the Campaign Director of the Unmask Palm Oi Campaign talks about why he has devoted every spare hour in the last four years to getting mandatory labeling on Palm oil and the simple thing we can do to help.

Ryan O'Connell and Sofia Robinson talk about how their new e- bike Business Switched on Bikes, is about to take Wellington by storm.

Russell Silverwood talks about his new business No Car Cargo, that was his idea from the Smart Energy Challenge.

Charlie Hanna and Rory Wagner talk about their Smart Energy Challenge idea; to turn our coffee grinds into a Bio gas. With a city that turns around one tonne of coffee grinds from only 30 cafes per week, there'll be no gas shortage in this town.

Megan Wraight and John Hardwick Smith talk about the design and vision for the Pukeahu National Memorial Park.