Article Magazine
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Interview with Riiki Reid
Riiki Reid is a Pōneke-based singer-songwriter, choreographer and producer of Samoan, Latvian, Scottish and Māori (Ngāti Porou) descent. After a string of hit singles and touring as support for local legends such as Lorde, Dave Dobbyn and L.A.B, she is joining the Fly My Pretties line-up for their upcoming Wellington Jazz Festival show, Elemental.
I caught up with Riiki to find out more about the show, how it feels to join a supergroup like Fly My Pretties and much more.
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A Chat with Maarire Brunning-Kouka
Pōneke-based Maarire Brunning-Kouka is one of two commissioned artists for the Wellington Jazz Festival, composing the captivating soundtrack for Oro Māia, a show featuring poems by acclaimed American poet and activist Dr. Maya Angelou, translated into te reo Māori.
Featuring a cast of talented wāhine toa, Oro Māia is a brand-new work and will be performed in Wellington for the first time on Saturday 19 October after having its world premiere at the Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival.
We caught up with Maarire to chat about the genesis of the project and her creative process as a commissioned artist.
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Five Questions with Shona Riddell
Shona Riddell is a Wellington-based writer with a love of cold weather and an interest in the history of remote locations. She has written three books including Trial of Strength: Adventures and Misadventures on the Wild and Remote Subantarctic Islands and picture book, The Tale of the Anzac Tortoise. With a new book, Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women releasing in late August, I caught up with Shona to find out about the book and where her fascination with lighthouses began.
