LATE 07 Innovate: City
Thursday, 2 September 2010
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Finlay Macdonald
Finlay Macdonald has worked as a journalist, editor, publisher and broadcaster in New Zealand since 1986. He was editor of the New Zealand Listener magazine from 1998 to 2003, commissioning editor at Penguin New Zealand from 2003 to 2005, and a weekly columnist for the Sunday Star-Times since 2003.
He also hosts interview and music programme Talk Talk and contributes to book show The Good Word on TVNZ7.
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Pete Bossley
Pete Bossley is director of Pete Bossley Architects in Auckland. He has an extensive reputation in architecture and interior design, with particular experience in galleries and museums, residential and retail.
He was the joint principal responsible for design and documentation of the architecture of the national Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, whilst a Director at Jasmax, including interior design of all public and work spaces. |
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Dr Chris Harris
Dr Chris Harris is a transport planner and researcher with a background in engineering and town planning, specialising in the economics and feasibility of public transport and public transport / land-use integration.
Chris is the urban design co-champion of the Institution of Professional Engineers Transportation Group, and in 2007 received an Endeavour Executive Award from the Australian government for scholarship on the origins of automobile dependency in Auckland. |
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Rod Oram
Rod Oram is a high profile commentator and writer about financial, economic and political issues. He is a columnist for the Sunday Star-Times, a regular broadcaster on radio and television and a frequent public speaker.
He is an adjunct professor in the business school at UNITEC in Auckland and he has contributed to several regional economic development projects – including ones concerned with the future of Auckland. |
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Drab Doo-Riffs
The band is fronted by long-limbed Supergroove frontman Karl Steven and talented newcomer Caoimhe Macfehin, with the line-up completed by Lucy Stewart, Marcus Joyce and Mikey Sperring.
The group take cues from early rock’n’roll, punk, garage and rockabilly – their first EP, Bury Me in Drab, has songs about Dr Spock (I Wanna be Spock) and Bruce Springsteen (E Street), and there are elements of pure raucousness that are apparent on songs likes Motorscoot Scoot and Drive Me Crazy. Their shows are every bit as unpredictable, with Steven and Macfehin leading the band with reckless energy to burn. |
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Miho Wada
Miho Wada was born in Tokyo, and grew up by the sea in Miyazaki, Japan and Christchurch, New Zealand. She started her musical training at the age of four on piano at the Yamaha School of Music, studied flute at the University of Canterbury, NZ and later at the Trinity College of Music, London.
In 2009 Miho recorded with Iggy Pop, performed with Jarvis Cocker and toured around the world with the Ska Cubano, including performances on main stage at WOMAD festivals. She was also mentored by Seun Kuti on Saxophone during the tour of WOMAD.
After the world tour 2009, she formed a 4 piece band based in Auckland, New Zealand, performing music she calls "Japanese Punk Jazz". Miho's music is unique in every way - with a mixture of beautiful Japanese melodies, quirky bilingual punk songs in catchy J-Pop style, sunny Pacific beats, clever Jazz chords and Cuban flute solos. |
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Scratch 22
While his roots are in hip hop music, his sound is as varied as his many influences, from 60's folk to 90's hip-hop and futuristic dance and electronic sounds, he maintains a cohesiveness that ties the many elements together.
In the past he has worked with artists such He is currently working as producer for Jamaican Dancehall group The Yung Shottaz, local hip-hop group Homebrew and also indie rock band 1995, as well as putting the finishing touches on his own debut solo LP and doing remixes for artists all over the country.
Not only the a talented and sort after producer Scratch 22 has been rocking clubs jammed beyond their capacity since he was 15. From night clubs and art galleries, to theatres and basements, Scratch 22's turntablist skills and ability to blend seamlessly from one genre to the next have earned him a reputation as a rising star of NZ's club scene and the respect of industry veterans. |
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Popstrangers
Popstrangers hail from Auckland and have bounced their way into indie kids’ hearts with a string of wonderfully warped singalongs on their debut EP.
A three-piece whose brand of psychedelic, pop-infused noise rock is quickly collecting fans and admirers. Made up of a highly anticipated collaboration between Adam Page, Elliot Rawson, Joel Flyger, Popstrangers emerged victorious from a nationwide band competition conducted through the bNet radio stations and Groove Guide winning an opening slot at the Big Day Out 2010. Already proving adept at slipping swiftly through the gears of fast/slow dirty/angelic dynamics with a Doorsy psychedelic swoon on tap, Popstrangers are one of the most exciting new bands in town. |
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