Professors Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are authors of the ground breaking work 'The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.' They are giving a series of guest lectures at the University of Auckland. In the first of these the share their meticulously collected and collated evidence on how socio-economic inequality within society causes all manner of social harms. Forgive the poor quality recording.

Kate Pickett & Richard Wilkinson. The Human Cost Of Inequality.

Californian post-hardcore crew letlive are touring New Zealand, playing Auckland's iconic venue The Kings Arms on January 18th, 2017. I chatted to vocalist Jason Butler about their new album,growing up mixed race in America  the goals of the band to challenge the status quo, sonically and ideologically and the white and boys club nature of the Hardcore scene. Interview will l be up on our blog, arohardcore.com

Interview With Jason Butler, Vocalist of letlive

I interviewed Marcus Bridge, vocalist of Sydney Metalcore band Northlane ahead of their 2017 tour of New Zealand.

Northlane Interview

Former Radio host and DJ on Auckland's independent station, 95bfm, now I spend too much time on social media, and blog at vivalahardcore.com sometimes.

Richie Hardcore