This year I am properly investing in my mid-life crisis. I’ve enrolled at Massey University as a student on the Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism. It’s a bold move, and was heralded by questions from my nearest and dearest such as, “Mum, isn’t this a bit like the time you thought you wanted to be … More Guardians of the Rabbit Holes and other stories
Missed ReCooper8 on Sunday? Well, do not despair – you have a second chance! It really was a goodie. We chatted with Jen Olson about Featherston Booktown; Jane Ross about the upcoming Wairarapa Film Festival; Rebekah Merhtens about life travelling around the South Island in a bus with her family; and Christine Eliseev about her … More April’s show was a corker!
Chat, giggles and music with Katie and Coops and special guests Becky Bateman, Rebekah Mehrtens and Jenni Hall! … More Happy New Year! January 2022’s ReCooper8
Missed August’s edition of ReCooper8? Well that was bloomin’ silly! Catch up again now from our blog, YouTube, Spotify or iTunes! … More August’s edition of ReCooper8
We had a blast on June’s edition of ReCooper8! … More June’s edition of ReCooper8!
Oh, didn’t we have fun! Thank you to Jen Olson for the music appreciation, to Kathy Bartlett for the art, sex ed awareness and all round sass, to Nikki King for the muscles, the fitness inspo, and of course the Talent Wairarapa intel, and to Peter Murray for the lowdown on the upcoming model train … More April’s show available now!
This week, Sav, Mike and Pete, aka SPOKED, pedalled into Wairarapa having completed roughly half of the TA, the Tour Aotearoa. Katie and Lucy caught up with them in Parkvale, Carterton, just before they pushed on to The Top Pub in Greytown to see their family and friends for couple of days R&R. SPOKED are … More SPOKED – progress update
Throughout February 2021, the Miracle Room in Featherston will host Carterton-based artist, Rosalie Jurczenko, and her beautiful exhibition, Seen/Unseen. I caught up with Rosalie and gallery owner, Campbell Kneale, to talk about the exhibition and the wonder that is the Miracle Room. My sincere thanks to Rosalie and Campbell for sharing their time with me. … More Interview with artist Rosalie Jurczenko
Katie and Coops started 2021 with a bang with some fabulous guests! We drank wine with vino-entrepreneur Richie Ferguson from Down to Find Wines; chatted night skies with Friend of the Show and stargazer par excellance Becky Bateman; got to know COVID-refugee, photographer and podcaster Carmel Jane; and rounding off the show nicely, talking up … More Happy New Year! Jan’s edition of ReCooper8
On 14th November at 3pm at Featherston’s beautiful Anzac Hall, Annabel Langbein, Aotearoa’s most popular cookbook author, will be in conversation with Wellington based journalist and food critic David Cohen about her new memoir “Bella: My Life In Food“. The event is part of Featherston Booktown’s Words in November. Before and after An Afternoon with … More Featherston Booktown: Words in November with Annabel Langbein
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