First Friday of the month
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EPISODE 01: Wa Wa Wa Wa Wa.....ALOT
FRIDAY 05 NOVEMBER, 7PM
“We have brand new lockdown songwriting from Māpura Music to share plus requests, poems, jokes & werewolf information from the wider Māpura studios community & archives. Stefan Neville has also chosen some complimentary music from all around the world much of it made by musicians living with disability.”
This episode was named by Hugh Hindle.
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EPISODE 02: Face The Battle
FRIDAY 03 DECEMBER, 7PM
“Our second episode & still finding our feet, but also finding piles of exquisite material to share from the Māpura community & beyond. Face The Battle features a one handed Rachmaninoff recital, jokes, poetry, a review of Celebrity Treasure Island, Pop singers doing folk songs, Folk singers doing pop songs, Punk bands doing disco songs, voice message mash ups & a recording of a music therapy session from 1959. With contributions from Allyson Hamblett, Colin Harris, Yung Sung Chen, Ululau Ama, Ela Tukuhaukava, Jemima Ahern, Leonie Brunt, Tom Cathrow, Keegan Lewis, Leisel Shepard & Natalie Heitmann.”
This episode is hosted by Stefan Neville, and was named by Jemima Ahern.
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EPISODE 03: I Look At My Disability As An Ability
FRIDAY 07 JANUARY, 7PM
“Named by Yung Sung Chen this episode shines a light on the activities of the Māpura Music group with several new recordings & an extensive interview about music & disability that the group conducted with itself last year. It also features poetry, singing postmen, music played on rubbish bins, summer feelings and the music of disabled musicians from all over the world. Hosted by Stefan Neville it features contributions from Jemima Ahern, Nunu Ama, Hugh Hindle, Leonie Brunt, Tom Cathrow, Yung Sung Chen, Sam Knegt, Trevor Bull, Keegan Lewis, Sushanna Shaw, Thais Nesbitt, Grant Dallow, Liesel Shephard,Tara & Pompom.“
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EPISODE 04: Egg Of A Witch
FRIDAY 04 FEBRUARY, 7PM
“Explorations, explanations, stories, stings, hilarity & horror from Māpura Studios & the wider world of differently abled human artists. Featuring deep thinking, zombies, the moon & the soul contained in gems. Also with Māpura tutor requests, musical elephants, parrots, dogs, lizards & leather rats. With contributions from Kay Clark, Arvine Verma, Tom Hamiore, Warwick Frankham, Brandon Hosken, Maria Williams, Ebony Gaensicke, Leisel Shephard, Rachael Burke, Catherine Thomson, Tim Danko. This episode is named by Ebony Gaensicke.”
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EPISODE 05: Some Art Show About People Eating Paint
FIRDAY 04 MARCH, 7PM
“For this months show we are thinking about colour. What it looks, feels, tastes, smells & sounds like. From blue mornings to the ends of rainbows, Brightness to beigeness, colourful language, conditions & musics. Featuring contributions from Russell Julian, Ebony Gaensicke, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Kay Clark, Trevor Bull, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Hugh Hindle, Yung Sung Chen & Liesel Shepherd. This episode was named by Hana Ellis-Kaa”
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EPISODE 06: The Species Defined By Its Brain Power Is Refusing To Use Any Of It
FRIDAY 08 APRIL, 7PM
“This month we have recordings specially made for the show by the Mapura Studios Cartooning group "TV Competition FutureFutureFuture". The sounds of actual cartoon drawing, deep thought speeches, drawing while singing (or drawsing) & an enactment of a ball of light will feature. Also brand new Mapura Music, Monster songs, River songs, Pensioner songs, Polio songs & more from the usual sparkling smorgasbord of world disability creativity & beyond. Featuring contributions from Rene Astle, Minji Baik, Kaan Saritepe, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Leisel Shepherd, Yung Sung Chen, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Trevor Bull, Allyson Hamblett, Thais Nesbitt, Michael Thorley and Tom Hamiore. This episode is named by Kaan Saritepe“
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EPISODE 07: It Was Easy Because I Had Confidence
FRIDAY 06 MAY
“Our seventh episode dips into archival recordings made by our Open Studio art classes including zoom lockdown podcast discussions with glitch music made from poor connections, ruminations on age & the deepest most guttural moans we could muster. New jokes, the joy of making noise & a comic enactment will also feature alongside some brand new NZ music, South African Polio jazz, Cerebral Palsy stand up comedy from England, a song about wasps from Wellington & a song about saveloy soup from Waimate.This episode features contributions from Fa'amanuiaga Lemaga, Jemima Aherne, Nunu Ama, Ululau Ama, Maria Williamson, Sarah Holten, Russell Julian, Craig Murray, Sacha Kronfeld, Cath O'Brien, Yung Sung Chen, Colin Harris, Kevin Tan, Heleen, Bruce Farnhill, Mary, Rene Astle, Maria Beshay, Leisel Shepherd, Trevor Bull & Grant Dallow. Hosted by Stefan Neville. This Episode was named by Jemima Aherne.“
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EPISODE 08: Chicken is A Magic Word
FRIDAY 03 JUNE
“Māpura Studios is fizzing busy this month & our latest show is bursting with it. We preview musicians playing at our celebratory Tuning Fork concert coming up on June 15th. We also preview our impending Matariki exhibition at Alberton called "Wishing Upon A Star" with a poem & soundworks made specially for it. There are messages and stories specially sent in by new friends Arts Project Australia & there will be Chickens! Up to 10'000 of them clucking in a symphony, Chickens in a band, in jokes, on the bone & infiltrating the Pentagon. Chickens casting spells & recorded in stereo! Featuring contributions from Maria Beshay, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Leisel Shephard, Trevor Bull, Jemima Aherne, Thais Nesbitt, Belinda Xinyu Liang, Kerry Deane, Allyson Hamblett, Lorraine Richardson, Liebchen Tamahori, Alvie McKree, Jenny Gordon, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Yung Sung Chen and Hugh Hindle. Hosted by Stefan Neville, this episode was named by the Māpura Takapuna Art Group.”
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EPISODE 09: I Just Sing From My Heart
FRIDAY 08 JULY
“We asked some of our Artists & Tutors to pick a favourite song for this month's show. A terrifying impossible question but we managed to make an episode out of the results. Timeless melodies abound resonating with distinction, belief & taste. Treasured favourites dance across the ages of song to the most obscure corners of "that's my jam". Love cry's & gabba bangers nestle amoungst spiritual rippers & circle songs. And we talk from the heart about who/why/where/when & what these songs mean to us. Features contributions from Maria Williamson, Shyro Henry, Ululau Ama, Maria Beshay, Leisel Shepherd, Lennox, Jamie, Cath O'Brien, Matthew Allerby, Sam Knegt, Kay Clark, Russell Julian, Yung Sung Chen, Trevor Bull, Ursula Valeli and our friends at Arts Project Australia. This episode was named by Kay Clark.”
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EPISODE 10: Crazy Music
FRIDAY 10 AUGUST
“A very special episode this month hosted by Māpura Artist, Musician, Dancer, Designer & Activist Yung Sung Chen. Yung goes deep to reflect on his creativity & practice, discusses the importance of disabled voices being heard & laughs his head off. He also selects the tunes which include dream, storm & immortality themes, computers, sugar & 4 variations on the black dog winter blues. Features contributions by Warwick Frankham, Thais Nesbitt, Allyson Hamblet, Jemima Aherne, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Trevor Bull, Hugh Hindle, Yung Sung Chen, Jennifer & Pompom, Kevin Tan, Leisel Shepherd, Maria Beshay, Sam Knegt & Arts Project Australia.“
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EPISODE 11: Breathe In & Breathe Out
FRIDAY 02 SEPTEMBER
“Shyroe Henry names & introduces this month's show with a guided meditation. We meet artists from Māpura's new satellite class in conjunction with Geneva Healthcare as well as collaborator's who will be joining Mapura Music sessions this month to rehearse for a concert on Sept 24th. Hear an explanation of Autistic multidimensional full sensory communication & listen to music made by robots, children & massed horns. We also pay tribute to our studio dogs & all the virgos. Featuring contributions by Shyroe Henry, Helen Bong, Lennox, Warwick Frankham, Maria Beshay. Leisel Shepherd, Russell Julian, Trevor Bull, Sushanna Shaw, Sam Knegt, Yung Sung Chen & Stefan Neville.“
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EPISODE 12: STRANGE
FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER
“Titled because everybody is strange, Māpura artist & volunteer 2000LxMxGx is this month's special guest host. Hear him rummage deep into his favourite playlists & share art philosophies, practices & mysterious techniques. Also featuring new Māpura Music songwriting, Our regular Takapuna joke machines & lots of tunes! Includes contributions from Thais Nesbitt, Trevor Bull, Jemima Aherne, Russell Julian, Brandon Hosken, Allyson Hamblett, Yung Sung Chen, Leisel Shepherd, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Maria Beshay, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Hugh Bawden-Hindle, Sushanna Shaw, & 2000LxMxGx.”
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EPISODE 13: ART PARTY
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER
“A pure splattered playlist of creativity & the arts being celebrated in song & sound. Why not make something while you listen & let us know how you get on. Featuring contributions from Leonie Brunt, David, Shyroe Henry, Craig Murray, Artilepsy, Kevin Tan, Daniel, Allyson Hamblett, Trevor Bull, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Thais Nesbitt, Jemima Ahern, Hugh Bawden Hindle, Sushanna Shaw & Yung Sung Chen.”
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EPISODE 14: AHOY
FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER
“In conjunction with our new exhibition "Waves: A Reflection Of The Sea" (at Hui Te Ananui A Tangaroa, Auckland's Maritime Museum, 5th-21st December) we bring you a soaked & salted playlist of songs, stories, poems & moments relating to the sea. The things that live in it, on it & under it. The people who move around & through it & the thoughts & feelings it churns up in us. Featuring contributions from Victor Giborees, Daniel Moore, Erica Tiedemann, Guy Seanyear, Yung Sung Chen, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Lorraine Richardson & our friends at Arts Project Australia. Hosted by Stefan Neville.“
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EPISODE 15: I SOUND LIKE A DUCK
FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY
“Māpura radio returns with recordings from last year's Māpura Christmas party open mic stage. There's archival treasure from 2015/2016 when we ran sensory art programs with Carlson School for people with Cerebral Palsy. We investigate honks, squeals, beat boxing, lilting, throat singing, yodelling and mouth music. Plus our usual excavations of sound by disabled musicians from all over the world. Features contributions from: Madeleine Wilson, Oliver Craw, Cameron Davies, Leisel Shepherd, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Carlson School, Lizzie Collinette, Ela Tukuhaukaua, Kimmy, Sushanna Shaw, Lynette Loye & Victor Giborees. This episode was named by Lynette Loye.”
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EPISODE 16: LIGHTBULB
FRIDAY 10 MARCH
“New songwriting works in progress from Māpura Music & our new music program at the City Mission feature this month alongside our regular jokes, stories & poems from Māpura Studios artists & other worldwide disability arts communities. Featuring contributions by Ernie Tawhai, Jordana Monaghan, Dave Kane, Trevor Bull, Tom Cathro, Allyson Hamblett, Thais Nesbitt, Hugh Bawden Hindle, Yung Sung Chen, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Maria Beshay, Leisel Shepherd, Sushanna Shaw, Jemima Aherne, Kirstie Price, Stefan Neville and our friends at Arts Project Australia.“
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EPISODE 17: SHE’S BANG ON
FRIDAY 21 APRIL
“This month we proudly play the first recordings by our Māpura Sings At Otahuhu program. Leisel Shepherd delivers her final batch of jokes and hands over the joke machine keys to classmates Ilze Pistorius & Maria Beshay. Māpura Music delivers a geographical rock song sung by Cheyenne Minhinnick & Trevor Bull as well as some rainbow songwriting by new member Emma Ferens. Liam Young & Daniel Moore combine percussive headpointer headbanging with human bean beatboxing & new friends from Studio 2 in Dunedin share some music they have made. This episode was named by Maria Beshay & is hosted by Stefan Neville.“
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EPISODE 18: We Are Alive On The Radio
FRIDAY 02 JUNE
“More examinations of song, sound & story from The Māpura Studios community & beyond. Electronic dance experiments, symphonic cellphone singalongs, spontaneous joke generators & music with the mouth. A recording from 1908, dedications to loved ones, mindfulness brass & a new regular segment from Yung Sung Chen sharing important issues & thoughts. Featuring contributions from Helen Bong, Miki, Daniel Moore, Liam Young, Ilze Pistorious, Maria Beshay, Yung Sung Chen, Donna & Pompom.“
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EPISODE 19: The Boppers
FRIDAY 28 JULY
“A fresh batch of music, story & sound focusing on the new for Matariki. Featuring a live poetry performance by Leonie Brunt, New songs from studio attendees Banging Box Head Beat, Maria Beshay, Warwick Frankham & Māpura Music, as well as the usual celebrations of audio disability diversity from around the world. Also featuring Hugh Bawden Hindle, Tom Cathrow, Sushanna Shaw, Beth Taylor, Trevor Bull, Ela Tukuhaukava, Dave Kane & Yung Sung Chen. Hosted by Stefan Neville.“
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EPISODE 20: SING QUIETLY IT'S ALRIGHT
Friday 1 SEPTEMBER
“This month we learn that if you sing quietly & draw at the same time the squeaks of your felt pens can become quite musical. We delve into mortality & comedy. Ghosts, graves & giggles. Magic dragons, machetes & music made inside coffins by the worst vampires. Yung Sung Chen discusses Matariki & Māpura Music performs live at Alberton House. Māpura cartoonists Shaw Anderson & Rene Astle share a haunted head story & some classic comedy history. Also featuring contributions by Maria Beshay, Ilze Pistorius, Daniel Moore, Tom Cathrow, Warwick Frankham, Allyson Hamblett, Thais Nesbitt, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Jermima Aherne & Tim Danko.”
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EPISODE 21: SCRIBBLE ME TENDER, SCRIBBLE ME TRUE
FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER
“Field recordings, found sounds, plant & monster music feature this month as do special effects via cheap echo karaoke microphones from the mall. Yung Sung Chen discusses the different ways people with disabilities communicate. Kaan Sariteppe explains mind bending Planet Māpura concepts & Māpura Music embrace the rock n roll tradition of obnoxiousness. Also featuring contributions by Jemima Ahearne, Maria Beshay, Liam Young, Daniel Moore, Hana Ellis-Kaa, Thais Nesbitt, Sushanna Shaw, Tom Cathrow, Emma Ferens, Tim Danko & Dave Kane.”
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EPISODE 22: THIS IS ME
FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER
“Audio treasure & odd songs from Op shops. Operations, X-Rays & transfusions. New Māpura Music & Money for nothing. Songs with jokes in them & a visitation by a giant green moth. Featuring contributions by Warwick Frankham, Helen Bong, Jemima Aherne, Dave Kane, Laura Donaghey, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Ying Ying, Thais Nesbitt, Tom Cathrow, Sushanna Shaw & Russell Julian.”
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EPISODE 23: STILL LIFE MASKS
FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER
“This month we remember & celebrate our friends Sarah Holten & Colin Harris who both passed away in October. A recording of Colin, A favourite song of Sarah's and tributes specially recorded by Yung Sung Chen & Māpura Music. We also play a special sound collage of recordings from Māpura Studios 2023 Open day featuring interviews & performances from Ela Tukuhaukava, Thais Nesbitt, Lynette Loye, Maria Williamson, Maxine Morgan, Fa'amanuianga, Oliver Craw, Dave Kane, Yung Sung Chen & Ululau Ama. Also expect the usual eclectic wonders from the world of disability sound making.“
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EPISODE 24: BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN
FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER
“A festive program celebrating the summer holidays with xmas messages & songs from the Māpura population. We also delve into healing chants, ceremony & musical medicines. A swag of hip hop from rappers with disabilities. Music from jails, internment camps & other marginalized communities. Also Heavy Metal with squeaking. Featuring contributions by Trevor Bull, Yung Sung Chen, Allyson Hamblett, Laura Donaghey, Dave Kane, Stefan Neville, Maria Beshay, Daniel Moore, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Liam Young & Warwick Frankham.“
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EPISODE 25: HOW DOES TERROR FEEL?
FRIDAY 8 MARCH
“Our first Māpura radio show for the year was named by Indika Gamage - Mendis and features new music by Māpura Music, Christian, Daniel Moore & our volunteers Lilly Brown & Dorian Noval. Also a special message from Hana Ellis Kaa to get the year rolling. There's music that imitates animal calls & hunts, 13 tiny songs in under 2 minutes & stories that have stories. Gaelynn Lea discusses disability as a form of diversity & turns us on to other disabled musicians. Also featuring contributions from Trevor Bull, Jemima Aherne, Indika Gamage - Mendis, Dave Kane, Yung Sung Chen, Hugh Bawden Hindle, Allyson Hamblett, Kieran Monaghan, Tom Cathro, Cheyenne Minhinnick & Stefan Neville is your host.“
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EPISODE 26: HONEY ALMOST ON EVERY FOOD
FRIDAY 26 APRIL
“An autumnal gorging of audible honey as we say good bye to summer. Ilze Pistorius brings jokes and her talented sister. Warwick Frankham interprets Men At Work. Banging Box Head Beat change their name to The Boppers. Ela Tukuhaukava talks about seizures & Yung Sung Chen asks you to think about what it would be like to be in a wheelchair. Enriched with near death experience, joggers running too close, Tahitian black metal, one string phono fiddle impressions, dog blues, choking blues and getting out of bed being a triumph. This episode was named by Ilze Pistorius and is hosted by Stefan Neville.
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EPISODE 27: BYE BYE SQUEAKY PENCIL
FRIDAY 17 MAY
“Produced during a grotty bout of flu & tropical spider bite fever by Stefan Neville, this month you can listen to Alzhiemers music therapy, Deaf stand up comedy. Compositions using neurodivergent voices as source material and the sounds of stationery haunted by mice. We examine evidence of the theory that everything ever recorded will someday get a retrospective reissue & the Māpura Studios community deliver new words and music. Featuring contributions by Christian Toleafoa, Hugh Bawden Hindlem Trevor Bull, Hana Ellis Kaa, Daniel Moore, Warwick Frankham, Allyson Hamblett, Sushannah Shaw & Cheyenne Minhinnick”
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EPISODE 28: MATARIKI MOVES
FRIDAY 21 JUNE
“This months show is hosted by Yung Sung Chen who discusses the impending Māpura Studios Matariki Exhibition "Ka Mua Ka Murt" as well as thoughts on the meaning of Matariki. We acknowledge the season with songs about & performed with sickness. We explore punk bands named after medical conditions & there are piles of recordings from disability community music projects as usual.”
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EPISODE 29: JAILHOUSE ICE CREAM
FRIDAY 26 JULY
“A very special show this month with every act on the playlist featuring performers living with disabilities or neurodiversity. We present old favourites & new discoveries, Gigantic classic hits, fresh obscurities & people who have had documentaries made about them. From Māpura Studios we hear Leonie Brunt on location reading poems live over wild K. road street noise, a preview of Māpura Musics new vinyl LP on the Horn of Plenty Label & The Boppers celebrate art & music with a new song "Drawing on Drums". This episode was named by Robert Gin & hosted by Stefan Neville & his crumbling computer.”
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EPISODE 30: I LISTEN TO MY SONGS
FRIDAY 23 AUGUST
“Last month we had a playlist completely made of artists with disabilities & neurodiversity. Because it was so easy we have done it again this month. We play a heap of tracks from NIAD sound recordings - a fabulous disability art centre in California, as well as a bunch from the French art brute label La Belle Brute. From Māpura studios we have new music from The Boppers - Daniel Moore & Liam Young, asking if its possible to beatbox with a lollipop, a stunning new vocal performance from Jemima Aherne with Māpura Music & Yung Sung Chen returns with his regular segment this time pondering accessibility. There are jokes & messages. Your host Stefan has a snotty nose & the show begins with two strange versions of "La Bamba" The show was named by Daniel Moore.”
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FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
“September’s show celebrates the Māpura Music group with a batch of classic hits & fresh bits incorporating duets, songwriting & conducting with silence. Ululau Ama & Matthew Allerby - Māpura artists currently exhibiting in Paris at the Artpara - Shine Together show are featured with archival recordings. Yung Sung Chen discusses the difficulties disabled people face in finding income & employment. We feature a heap of music coming out of the Heart n Soul creative community & charitable trust in London that works with people with learning disabilities. We play oddities from a 72 year old Scotsman, a neurodiverse sound ensemble from Australia, Syrupy & tragic country music monologues from the 1970s & deaf songscapes from Wellington.”
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FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER
“Sometimes a title just doesn't come up so this month we embrace the mysterious freedom of being untitled. We play clumps of music & performance from disability arts organisations The Gate (London, UK) , Les Turbulents (Paris, France) and NIAD (California, USA). Māpura studios sound archives are raided and provide spoken word experiments, synthesizer duets, folk song, mouth trumpeting and dog poetry. There are songs covering disability sexuality, being a pink elephant, the epileptic brain, Ghost stories, horror & waiting for your taxi.”
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FRIDAY 06 DECEMBER
“Packed this month with recordings from out in the field at Māpura studios art classes around Tāmaki Makaurau and from the open mic stage of our annual Open day event. Expect comedy routines, acapella anthems, Hip Hop freestyles & a puppet performance. We celebrate some iconic Aotearoa songwriters with disabilities Eddie Low & Claudia Mushin. And we preview fantastic new music & releases from the wide world of disability music. Featuring contributions by Yung Sung Chen, Allyson Hamblett, Cheyenne Minhinnick, Maria Beshay, Rene Astle, Oliver Craw, Warwick Frankham, Grace, Daniel Moore & Michael.”