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B-Side Stories

Stories from the people who make Wellington tick! B-Side Stories takes us beyond the mainstream to celebrate the unsung heroes, rebels and enthusiasts who shape the fabric and flavour of Wellington, N... Read more

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Gabriella Jimenez Rojas from Women in Urbanism

Gabriella Jimenez Rojas from Women in Urbanism

Gabriella Jimenez Rojas from Women in Urbanism Aotearoa talks to B-Side Stories about this urban design movement, which ... Read more

3 Dec 2019

27mins

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Brooke Roberts from Sharesies

Brooke Roberts from Sharesies

CEO and co-founder of Sharesies Brooke Roberts came in to talk financial literacy, start up life and pineapples.

7 Nov 2019

19mins

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Bernadette Casey of The Formary

Bernadette Casey of The Formary

Every year, 100 billion bits of clothing get made on the planet. Only about 1% of that gets made from recycled materials... Read more

14 Sep 2019

27mins

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Local election: Victoria Rhodes-Carlin for Greater Wellington Regional Council

Local election: Victoria Rhodes-Carlin for Greater Wellington Regional Council

Laura speaks to Victoria Rhodes-Carlin, a student at Victoria University running for Greater Wellington Regional Council... Read more

8 Sep 2019

9mins

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Laura O'Connell Rapira and RockEnrol

Laura O'Connell Rapira and RockEnrol

B Sides caught up with Laura O'Connell Rapira about what RockEnrol have been up to since last time they were on the show... Read more

15 Aug 2019

7mins

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Rachel Benefield of Plastic Free Kāpiti

Rachel Benefield of Plastic Free Kāpiti

Rachel Benefield is a mum committed to going plastic free! Laurie and Laura spoke to Rachel about how her family reduced... Read more

7 Jul 2019

36mins

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Professor James Renwick

Professor James Renwick

Climate Scientist James Renwick is a Professor at Victoria University, the winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Prize ... Read more

21 May 2019

30mins

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Urban Habitat Collective: a co-housing project in the city

Urban Habitat Collective: a co-housing project in the city

Urban Habitat Collective are a diverse group of Wellingtonians working to collectively design and build a medium-density... Read more

17 May 2019

20mins

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Stu Farrant - What Wellington can do better for our Water

Stu Farrant - What Wellington can do better for our Water

Stu Farrant is one person championing Wellington's water! He is an ecological engineer for Morphum Environmental, the ch... Read more

17 May 2019

19mins

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Urban farming ideas to make our cities climate ready

Urban farming ideas to make our cities climate ready

As an end cap to Organic Week NZ, the Sustainable Business Network organised a series of speakers on urban farming in Ao... Read more

7 May 2019

21mins

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Every Body's Clothing Swap: reducing waste while building community

Every Body's Clothing Swap: reducing waste while building community

Rhona O'Neill and Sadie Coe chat about the regular (this is the second one!) inclusive clothes swap that they are part o... Read more

30 Apr 2019

24mins

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Richard Jeffrey from MOSAIC - Supporting Male Survivors of Sexual and Child Abuse

Richard Jeffrey from MOSAIC - Supporting Male Survivors of Sexual and Child Abuse

Tim Foote speaks with Richard Jeffrey from MOSAIC about the organisation’s work supporting and empowering male survivors... Read more

25 Apr 2019

17mins

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No Car Cargo

No Car Cargo

Christian and Jamie from NOCAR CARGO talk to Perrine and Laura about pedalling wares around the streets of Poneke

20 Apr 2019

32mins

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Living Wage Aotearoa with Lindy McIntyre

Living Wage Aotearoa with Lindy McIntyre

Lindy chats to Perrine about how the Living Wage movement can help people participate as active citizens and why equal s... Read more

11 Apr 2019

23mins

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How to get your compost rocking, with Nina from Sustainability Trust

How to get your compost rocking, with Nina from Sustainability Trust

Having a compost bin is a great way to reduce your household rubbish, and make rich soil to feed you garden. Nina Atkins... Read more

3 Mar 2019

19mins

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Bitches, Baking And Kindness

Bitches, Baking And Kindness

Marie Fitzpatrick (photographed left) and Nic Murray (right) started sharing baking to light up the lives of others goin... Read more

28 Feb 2019

31mins

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Captain James Cook and the actor behind him, Tom Clarke

Captain James Cook and the actor behind him, Tom Clarke

Amazingly, Captain Cook is back from the dead and walking around Wellington reflecting on how maybe he didn't actually d... Read more

14 Feb 2019

23mins

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PopUp Business School

PopUp Business School

Want to start a business or have a great idea or just want a catalyst to change your life? Ruth croft talks with Tony He... Read more

3 Nov 2018

23mins

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Brooklyn Trail Builders

Brooklyn Trail Builders

Rob Lee talks about the amazing work of The Brooklyn Trail Builders. Hear about the new track underway, how tracks are b... Read more

24 Aug 2018

28mins

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Cross-over: Ruth Croft interviews Ryan and Amy on Youth Zone

Cross-over: Ruth Croft interviews Ryan and Amy on Youth Zone

B-Sides host Ruth Croft was in the studio(practicing her skills) and recorded an episode of Youth Zone for Wellington Ac... Read more

28 Jul 2018

17mins

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