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Finlay Macdonald
It is in the job description that Finlay Macdonald must draw forth the panellists' wisdom on all things wrath. And in the absence of any insights, his role is to beat it out of them… Finlay believe's that in some ways we are still an angry society, so let's hope the night goes off without any random acts of violence.
Finlay 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 from 2003 to 2011. He writes and presents for television and radio, teaches journalism at AUT, and lives in Auckland with his wife, broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld, and their two children.
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Professor Michael Corballis
Michael C. Corballis is emeritus professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Auckland. He defines wrath as being a little more than pissed off. And while he doesn't think New Zealanders are particularly inclined to wrath, he does feel that it is a concept well worth reviving, if only to fight the obsession with money.
He has an M.A. from the University of Auckland and a Ph.D. from McGill University, where he taught from 1968 to 1978. His most recent books are Pieces of Mind: 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain (Auckland University Press) and The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization (Princeton University Press), both published in 2011. His interests are in cognitive neuroscience, language, and evolution.
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Dr Janet Fanslow
As an Associate Professor in Mental Health Promotion at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, and Co-Director of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, Janet knows that wrath is alive and here in Aotearoa. She has been engaged in violence prevention research since 1989 and so is very well researched on the topic of wrath.
Janet is principal investigator of the New Zealand Violence Against Women Study, and the author of the NZ Ministry of Health Family Violence Intervention Guidelines Child and Partner Abuse, and co-author on Elder Abuse and Neglect. She also wrote "Beyond Zero Tolerance: Key issues and future directions for family violence work in New Zealand," a commissioned report by the Families Commission.
Fanslow's background is in psychology and public health. Advocates, practitioners, and policy makers pay her the compliment of using her research work on a regular basis.
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Ruia Aperahama
Fostered in the music cradle of Ratana, Hareruia (Ruia) Aperahama is one of the few composers to conquer the contemporary and traditional music charts. From penning the hit, What's the Time Mr Wolf for South of Bombay to his award winning solo album, Hawaiki, his songs have become popular anthems across the country.
Born in 1969, his upbringing through Ratana brass bands, church choirs and kapa haka sealed his pathway to music, one that has crossed boundaries with ease.
Ruia doesn't just think outside the box. He creates a whole new one - a gift that inspired students to believe and turn new corners in their music and their lives. Ruia was the helm for Songs From The Inside, guiding the entire production through unchartered waters and bringing the waka to shore, physically, emotionally, spiritually and safely intact.
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Maisey Rika
Maori singer/songwriter Maisey Rika, has one of Aotearoa's most impressive lead vocal styles. Her spine-tingling vocals fused with her honest and thought invoking messages is capturing the hearts of soul-seekers both in New Zealand and abroad.
Maisey has been performing since the age of 13 and now, in her 20's, has released 2 albums both charting in NZTOP40 and gaining critical acclaim. Her songs are filled with the universal emotions of hardship, happiness, love, justice and sorrow, creating touching music that everyone can relate to.
Live performances have put her alongside Dave Dobbyn, Hinewehi Mohi, Tama Waipara, Stan Walker, 5 time U.S.A Grammy award winners "The Blind Boys of Alabama", 4-time Grammy award winner George Kahumoku Jr. and many more well-known musicians and artists from New Zealand and the rest of the world.
Maisey has just completed Songs From The Inside, the successful Maori Television series that follows four top Kiwi musicians – Rika, Anika Moa, Warren Maxwell and Ruia Aperahama – as they teach songwriting to prison inmates. Gritty and thought-provoking, Songs From The Inside has been critically acclaimed since it premiered on Maori Television in March.
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Gang Violins - Sonic Band
Gang Violins is a collaboration of four multi-talented musicians who together create a dark, dreamlike and enveloping sound. They create sonic landscapes that leave their audiences both elated and affected. Jae Lurman created Gang Violins as an atmospheric ambient solo project, but by the time a debut show was on the cards, collaboration was being considered.
Micah Templeton-Wolfe, a vastly experienced saxophone and keyboard player, was the first to join. Next Felix Lun, a star violinist was brought into the fold. Widely sought after for his talent, Lun has embraced the electric form of the violin, and all its many possibilities. Lastly, Eddie Giesen was recruited. A multi-instrumentalist with a palatable hunger for live performance, Giesen revels in the spontaneity Gang Violins provides. An opportunity to experiment with musical toys both old and new, and to explore the distinct musical territory these four gifted artists find themselves in.
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Shane Hollands – Beat Poet
An innovator in the performance poetry scene in New Zealand for decades, Shane has been instrumental in New Zealand's poetry-music crossover renaissance. Shane founded The Literatti and was creative director for the collective's initial year. He was one half of the Cellotronics/Beatspeake duo Beautiful Losers and the creator of The Kerouac Effect, New Zealand's annual celebration of Beat Poetry. Shane ran the spoken word music collaboration The Dirty Wordz Radio Show on Fleet FM, instigating the Dirty Wordz Live Sessions pairing performance poets with live musicians in an improv setting.
Shane currently fronts the jazzbeat poetry-rock band Freaky Meat. He has performed throughout New Zealand and his work has been published in Live Lines, Side Stream, & Tongue In Your Ear.
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