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Street performers: Imogen Stone and Zane and Degge Jarvie - 160 | Regional News

Street performers: Imogen Stone and Zane and Degge Jarvie

We caught up with street performers Imogen Stone and Zane and Degge Jarvie, whose outdoor show Biggest Little Circus has seen them tour Aotearoa and even 13,000 kilometres through Canada.

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Music is how Hollie Smith breathes - 159 | Regional News

Music is how Hollie Smith breathes

Soul singer-songwriter Hollie Smith has three number one solo albums to her name and returns to cement her mark on New Zealand’s music landscape with her fourth, Coming In From The Dark.

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40 years of Flying Nun - 158 | Regional News

40 years of Flying Nun

We speak to Flying Nun Records founder Roger Shepherd about the label’s past, present, and future.

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Street performers: Matthias Goed - 158 | Regional News

Street performers: Matthias Goed

We catch up with Matthias Goed, who grew up in the circus with an elephant in the backyard and specialises in Rola-Bola – which he can balance on while juggling knives or fire!

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Street performers: Fraser Hooper - 157 | Regional News

Street performers: Fraser Hooper

We chat to award-winning clown Fraser Hooper about his decades-long successful career and famous boxing act.

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Bringing Māoriness to the world - 157 | Regional News

Bringing Māoriness to the world

Pre-lockdown, we sat down with actor, producer, director, and musician Jamie McCaskill to chat about his extensive stage and screen career over a cuppa.

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Literally living her dreams - 156 | Regional News

Literally living her dreams

From leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses to travelling the world, Jillian Webster has found the life she was always searching for. The second book in her climate fiction trilogy, The Burn of a Thousand Suns, came out earlier this month.

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Thomasin McKenzie’s big year - 155 | Regional News

Thomasin McKenzie’s big year

We chat to the Jojo Rabbit star about her latest flick The Justice of Bunny King, collaborating with Taika Waititi and Edgar Wright, and her tendency towards darker characters.

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Street performers: Mr Fungus - 155 | Regional News

Street performers: Mr Fungus

We chat to iconic performer Mr Fungus, the goofy guy with glasses who’s been making an impression on Wellington since his career began in 1984.

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Music for people - 154 | Regional News

Music for people

New Zealand indie-pop superstar BENEE will hit all corners of Aotearoa this August, playing hits like Supalonely and Glitter alongside new tracks at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on the 8th.

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A cornucopia of songs and stories - 152 | Regional News

A cornucopia of songs and stories

With nearly 400 songs to his name, Kiwi singer-songwriter Greg Johnson has been touring for over three decades and has a heck of a lot of stories to tell. Catch him and his new album, Tilt Your Interior, at Meow this July.  

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Tim Minchin brings BACK back - 151 | Regional News

Tim Minchin brings BACK back

We got the chance to chat to internationally renowned entertainer Tim Minchin ahead of his encore return of BACK, a concert tour spanning all four corners of his phenomenal career and eclectic repertoire.

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