B-side Stories

Laura and Sadie chat to Rob Wilson and Dr Serena Cox from Ghost Fishing NZ. They dive into the harbour and coastline of Wellington to clear-up t the gnarly rubbish that's littering the sea floor! https://www.ghostfishing.co.nz/

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Steve Jardine is a trustee of Menzshed, an organisation set up to give men a place to relax, socialise, and put their hands to good work. A buddy system, a roomy shed at the Hataitai Community House and a warm community means Menzshed can take care of the vulnerable and the lonely, and offer them a place to feel valued. Also featured in our episode this week is the local delight French for Rabbits! If you haven't yet, check them out, they're pretty great: http://www.frenchforrabbits.com/

Stella Reid and Laura Robinson tell Sapeer and Perrine about their fabulous 11 minute short film, Drop Down Globe: Shakespeare as you've never seen her.

Thomas LaHood from Wellington theatre company Barbarian Productions talks to Perrine and Laura about being a clown, taking kids seriously, and using theatre to make life better.

Samantha Jones, founder and CEO of Little Yellow Bird just won the Innovation Award's coveted prize of Young Innovator of the Year, and LYB was a finalist in the Sustainability and Renewable Energy category. Little Yellow Bird is breaking into the uniform and corporate workwear market with organically grown cotton and ethically treated growers, manufacturers and workers. They're blazing the trail in ethical fashion and demand better from their peers in the fashion industry. Check out LYB at their website www.littleyellowbird.co.nz or on Instagram: @lyb_uniforms.

The Executive Menstruator and Creative Menstruator of the new social enterprise Wā Collective came on B-Sides to talk about ending period poverty, and being okay with using a menstrual cup! Olie Body and Marie Larking join Laura and Perrine in the studio. Visit http://wacollective.org.nz/ to learn more, and keep an eye out for their PledgeMe campaign in the coming days.

Michael Barnett talks to Laurie Foon about the best solutions for our towns tricky transport situation. After a career as a civil engineer whose expertise in urban transport had him linked to Welly's transport system, including being the WCC liaison engineer on planning for the Terrace Tunnel to the Basin Reserve section during the 1990s, he is now a co-founder and convener of FIT(Fair Intelligent Transport) Wellington and a member of Congestion Free Wellington!

Tony Kuepfer is the only glass blower in the Wellington region! He keeps a furnace of molten glass out in Mirimar, and came in to tell us about how he got started and why, 30 years on, he's still in love with glass. Tony's studio is open for visitors Friday's and Saturdays 10am - 4pm, at 9 Ropa St, Mirimar!

Sapeer and Laura chat about Mental Health Awareness Week NZ, and interview Tracy Wellington from Kiwi Community Assistance. Kiwi Community Assistance (KCA) is a registered charity based in Tawa, Wellington that is run by volunteers. As a distribution hub to local schools, foodbanks and other charities they provide fresh produce, non perishable food, clothing, books, toys, through to household goods including furniture and whiteware to families in need in communities throughout Wellington

Katharine and Laura chat with Chris from Wellington Timebank about what time bank is, some new treats on-offer, and some of the more fun and unusual trades that he's seen!

Laura from BURBS talks to Perrine and Sapeer about this excellent local web series

Michele Frank is the Head of Conservation Projects at the World Wildlife Fund, who are one of the many partners behind the Great Kererū Count. You have until Sunday 1st October to help conservationists and scientists count our Kererū, which will help save our native bush and ecosystems. To learn more, and log your sightings, go to https://www.greatkererucount.nz/ and get counting!

Frank Burkitt joins Laura Keown and Laurie Foon to talk about the Wellington Independent Music Showcase: BATS Theatre, Sept 27-30 2017. He performs a live song and chats about the hard work of being an independent musician in Wellington.

Cally O'Neill is a Wellington woman who spends her time supporting communities in Co-Design; and more recently focusing on the Newtown community to help them come up with ideas on how the council should spend 3 million dollars on facilities improvements with the Our Town Newtown project. Hear what this community wants to happen most!

Stavros Kyriakides has lived in Island Bay since 1973, and since 2013 has been creating sculptures along the shoreline from the natural materials he finds there. We talked to Stavros about his inspiration, keeping fit, and the reactions of locals to his art. Stavros is soon to be the subject of a documentary film, and we also met with Antony Kitchener and Simin Littschwager who are in the process of editing this to submit to the Doc Edge film festival.

Emmet Maclaurin joined us on Tuesday to explain Just Speak's brand new Election Scorecards. JustSpeak represents the youth and rangatahi voice in the criminal justice conversation and at the decision-making table, and their scorecards help explain the criminal justice attitudes and policies held by our parties. Check them out: http://www.justspeak.org.nz/_election17scorecards

Perrine and Laurie talk to Mustenser Qamar from Meet a Muslim about the great community work they are doing.

Women Who Get Shit Done Unconferences are a chance for a diverse group of women to get together and share, learn....and dance to Beyonce. Katharine and Laura spoke with Jess Ducey co-founder of WWGSD about the importance of diversity, the great things that happen when women get together and what even is an unconference anyway.

The Wellington flock of Frocks on Bikes hosted a progressive dinner on electric bicycles as part of Wellington on a Plate 2017. Laura rode along and talked to people about their experience biking around Wellington for delicious food. Listen to hear the mystery locations of the A La Carless event revealed!