18th April 2023

Twice a week, Evie Orpe, So'omalo Iteni Schwalger and Liam Brown serve up music, culture, laughs and the latest goings-on around Aotearoa. In this episode, So'omalo chats to Māori singer-songwriter TE KAAHU (aka Theia) about her two Taite Music Prize nominations, Evie asks if it's ever okay to spoil movies and we find out how the people of Huntly responded to their new pizza delivery drones. Twice a week, Evie Orpe, So'omalo Iteni Schwalger and Liam Brown serve up music, culture, laughs and the latest goings-on around Aotearoa.In this episode, So'omalo chats to Māori singer-songwriter TE KAAHU (aka Theia) about her two Taite Music Prize nominations, Evie asks if it's ever okay to spoil movies and we find out how the people of Huntly responded to their new pizza delivery drones. Listen to the podcastQueen Fiapoto: switch, code, reverseSo'omalo recently got a special private tour of his first-ever art exhibition by Malae/Co. - "a creative collective of incredible Samoan women".Queen Fiapoto: switch, code, reverse, which is now showing in Tautai Gallery on Auckland's K Road.switch, code, reverse explores the idea of Pasifika code-switching, So'omalo says, in which people adjust their self-presentation in different environments to make others more comfortable or get fairer treatment."Seeing some PI women doing their thing in town, in the heart of Auckland's CBD, it's really sick... as cheesy as it sounds, it's an experience."Exhibition details: Queen Fiapoto: switch, code, reverse is on in Auckland until 6 MayTautai Gallery, Level 1, 300 Karangahape Road, Auckland TE KAAHU TE KAAHUMāori singer-songwriter TE KAAHU (aka Theia) says it's a huge honour for herself, her whanau and her iwi to be nominated for two awards at this week'sTaite Music Prize.Her 2022 album Te Kaahu O Rangi was a way of giving some "permanence" to her whakapapa and Māori culture."Something I was really surprised about was the amount of Pakeha and non-Maori who just absolutely embraced these waiata and the project.TE KAAHU has pride in te reo Māori and sees herself as part of a multi-generational musical mission to reclaim and promote cultural knowledge."I'm just carrying on that history, I suppose."Later this year, TE KAAHU is heading to North America, where she'll perform at LA's Pride Festival (as Theia) and at Folk On The Rocks and other Canadian folk music festivals.https://youtu.be/tqUXgWaTo_w What we're listening to:So'omalo Iteni Schwalger: 'SIVA MAI' by Samoan-NZ musician Aaron Pulemagafa, aka TheWesternGuide…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details