TARS Season 2
The first of its kind, an Asian show on commercial radio in Aotearoa New Zealand, funded by New Zealand On Air.
This is an irreverent show that is a platform to bring into mainstream discourse the stories of Asians in New Zealand, Asian opinion on all things that matter and an attempt to break patriarchal, exotic stereotypes.
It is a show with attitude; a show that is inclusive and a show in which nothing is taboo or sacred. This is season2 (2009).
Show 13 – Season 2 – Ep#1
Sahar Lone talks to David Malacari, director of Auckland festival 2009 about Asian programming, the festival and has a conversation with path breaking Auckland artist Shigeyuki Kihara. Tarun Mahonbhai asks what is Asia and Who are Asians?
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Show 14 – Season 2 – Ep#2
A continued discussion on what is Asia and who is Asian. Sahar Lone picks up where she left off with festival director David Malacari and talks to Michiko Aoki, international producer for Japanese theater company Inshinha, who is visiting with the play Nostalgia.
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Show 15 – Season 2– Ep#3
Rida Malik on People In Your Neighborhood project, a collaboration between the Urban Soul Orchestra in the UK and local Musicians in Auckland and an interview with Michael Field, Senior correspondent ,Fairfax Media, about relations between new Zealand and south Asia, and why there needs to be more knowledge and expertise about the region.
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Show 16 – Season 2 – Ep#4
Is there a critical mass of creative Asians in New Zealand? A discussion on Asian creative expression in Aotearoa with Alistair Kwun and Peap Tarr. Thomas Watts talks to the head of the Gandhian Peace foundation about advertising in India.
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Show 17 – Season 2 – Ep#5
Rida Malik looks at how New Zealand can engage in the Israel Gaza conflict followed by a discussion headlined “are Asians racists”.
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Show 18 – Season 2 – Ep#6
A discussion on Asian Women doing business in New Zealand. Sahar Lone explores the cult of Anime and Manga in Auckland.
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Show 19 – Season 2 – Ep#7
Nigel McCulloch talks to Chinese singer Sa Dingding who performed during Womad and our panel of Indian ladies Louella Fernandes and Christine Pandya tell us about celebrating Easter in India and how they do it here in New Zealand.
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Show 20 – Season 2 – Ep#8
In our Cambodia special Nigel McCulloch talked to Dave the founder of the New Zealand helicopter salvage business based in Siem Reap and then an interview with Matthew Crawford who co-owns the bar Miss Wong, also in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Show 21 – Season 2 – Ep#9
In this episode Sahar investigates how in some workplaces it is compulsory to speak English and then, in an Anzac special young Asian New Zealanders; Mathew Hawley and Marya Mehmood talk about the relevance of Anzac Day in their lives.
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Show 22 – Season 2 – Ep#10
Glynis Bartlam goes shopping in Asian fashion stores to find out how they run their businesses and then we have an interview with the New Zealand writer of ‘The Year Of The Shanghai Shark’; Mo Tzi Hong. His award winning book is on the shortlist for the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book Awards.
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Show 23 – Season 2 – Ep#11
Rida Malik goes to the cinemas to find out about the emerging trend of screening Asian movies in mainstream theatres in New Zealand and we talk with local comedian Noor Razzak. Noor is of Iraqi origin, grew up in America and now lives in Wellington.
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Show 24 – Season 2 – Ep#12
Nuredin Mohammed finds out how rising costs and the recession are affecting the rice industry. And then we talk to Patrick Snedden about how Asians can understand the Treaty Of Waitangi. Pat chairs the Auckland DHB and is an adviser to the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board and is the author of the book ‘Pakeha And The Treaty’.
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Show 25 – Season 2 – Ep#13
Sahar Lone finds out what the Asians in Mt Albert have to say about stereotyping and their idea of South Auckland. And we talk to award winning Bangladeshi-English writer from the UK, Monica Ali. Monica is the author of the popular book BRICK LANE which was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2003 and then made into a film.
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Show 26 – Season 2 – Ep#14
Sahar Lone attends the supercity hikoi to find out if representation for tangata whenua will also mean Asian ethnic minorities getting a say in local government. And our guest in the studio is the winner of the Commonwealth Best First Book Award; Mohammed Hanif for his book A Case Of Exploding Mangoes.
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Show 27 – Season 2 – Ep#15
Thomas Watts takes us on tour of Asian fast food places in Auckland CBD with his guide Alistair Kwun. Then Mahinda Attanayake, a local Sinhalese and Nirupa George, a local Tamil, discuss the situation in Sri Lanka.
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Show 28 – Season 2 – Ep#16
Rida Malik finds out about Project Neo-Cutlery, a movement that started in Taiwan and has now made its way in New Zealand. Then we talk to Malaysian writer Tash Aw who was in New Zealand during the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. His first book THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY won the Whitbred Book First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Prize for the Best First Novel in the Asia-Pacific region in 2005. His latest book MAP OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD was released in April 2009.
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Show 29 – Season 2 – Ep#17
Nuredin Mohammed has a story on Indo-Fijians and their love for football. And we talk to Daniel Sing about his experiences as an Asian actor in New Zealand.
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Show 30 – Season 2 – Ep#18
Glynis Bartlam finds out if its possible to be addicted to tea. And our guest in the studio is Shuchi Kothari, film writer and lecturer in film studies at the University Of Auckland. In 2008 her film APRON STRINGS opened the New Zealand International Film Festival and her film FIRAAQ, played in this year’s festival.
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Show 31 – Season 2 – Ep#19
Sahar Lone investigates food court politics at the Ponsonby food court and our guest in the studio is South Asian-Australian writer and frequent columnist for the New Zealand Herald, Irfan Yusuf.
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Show 32 – Season 2 – Ep#20
In this show Nuredin Mohammad had a story about the all Chinese rugby team and we talked to Kai Luey; President of the New Zealand Chinese Association and Bo Li of cross cultural communications agency; Bananworks, about the Chinese community in New Zealand and their dialogue about identity through the Rising Dragons, Soaring Bananas conference
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Show 33 – Season 2 – Ep#21
Sahar investigates why our recycling is being shipped off to Asian countries and two filmmakers of Asian origin, Roseanne Liang television director and Sally Tran art director and music video director talk about their work.
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Show 34 – Season 2 – Ep#22
Rida Mulock travels to Wellington and talks to Asians involved in the Voluntary sector and the volunteer programme ‘Volunteer Wellington’. And we speak with filmmaker Megan Doneman who’s documentary “Yes Madam Sir” about Kiran Bedi; the first Indian woman to enter the police service screened during the New Zealand International film festival in Auckland.
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Show 35 – Season 2 – Ep#23
Rida Malik talks to the musicians of Wellington based group Big Bada Boom and then our guest in the studio is Kar Po. Kar Po works for the Counties Manukau District Health Board and is a trustee of the Asian Health Foundation. She is also a breastfeeding mum and we talk about her experiences in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week that was held from the 1st till the 7th of August.
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Show 36 – Season 2 – Ep#24
This is a Sydney special. Jarrod Holt travelled to Australia and spoke with Brett Chan a successful Kiwi of Chinese origin that now lives in Sydney and has a successful career in skateboarding, filmmaking and art. Jarrod also speaks to Kenny about what it’s like to be a young asian student living and studying in Sydney.
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Show 37 – Season 2 – Ep#25
Glynis Bartlam looks at gambling problems in the Asian community and we discuss the consumption of mainstream media by ethnic communities with Professor Paul Spoonley and Phoebe Li.
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Show 38 – Season 2 – Ep#26
Nuredin Mohammed chats to Model Nadisha Gudamunne. about being an Asian in the modelling and fashion industries. And we talk to labour union organiser Dennis Maga
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Show 39 – Season 2 – Ep#27
Sahar Lone investigates Asian gangs in New Zealand and we chat to Meretai Turei
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Show 40 – Season 2 – Ep#28
Glynis Bartlam finds out what makes Asian hair unique and in part one of a two part series we talk to Ruth Davy, Dr Kawshi deSilva and Ranjna Patel about the state of Asian women’s health in New Zealand.
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Show 41 – Season 2 – Ep#29
Rida learns about the life of a refugee Asian janitor and in the final part of our discussion with Ruth Davy, Dr Kawshi deSilva and Ranjna Patel we continue our talk about the state of Asian women’s health in New Zealand.
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Show 42 – Season 2 – Ep#30
Nuredin Mohammed gives us some insight into what it is like to experience Ramdan and fasting then Tarun interviews Chinese rock chick Louise Yeoung
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Show 43 – Season 2 – Ep#31
Thomas Watts and his guide Alistair Kwun experience an Asian Kareoke bar and then we talk to David Daniella of the Auckland Heritage festival.
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Show 44 – Season 2 – Ep#32
Sahar Lone finds out about the Asian sport of Kierin and talks to Asians who cycle in Auckland and then Jarrod Holt talks to Paul Chong who is a Kiwi-Asian who lives and does business in Sydney.
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Show 45 – Season 2 – Ep#33
Glynis Bartlam explores the economic benefits and social effects of the business of exchange students and then Tina Huang the past president of the Kowiana association chats to us about the group.
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Show 46 – Season 2 – Ep#34
Sahar Lone finds out about the Diwali festival and what it means to Aucklanders and in the studio we talk to Eric Ngan of the Auckland City Council and Verpal Singh of The New Zealand South Asia Trust.
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Show 47 – Season 2 – Ep#35
Rida Malik talks to an Asian Refugee about her experiences and then we talk to Ivan Yeo of the Mental Health Foundation.
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Show 48 – Season 2 – Ep#36
Glynis Bartlam finds out whether Bad Asian drivers are a myth and in the studio we talk to Isaac Mao, the godfather of the blogging movement in China.
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Show 49 – Season 2 – Ep#37
In this show we have the story of Areez Katki, the Indian boy from Bombay who knits high fashion pieces. Then an interview with Indian businesswoman Bernadette Soares.
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Show 50 – Season 2 – Ep#38
In this show Sapna Samant has a story about the attitudes of Asian men towards cancer and our guest is Maria Hayward. She is manager and senior lecturer at the centre for refugee education at AUT. She is also one of the organisers of the conference on Refugee Health and Wellbeing.
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Show 51 – Season 2 – Ep#39
In this show Glynis Bartlam talks to Rashmi Pilapitiya about her theatre production G.A.S. and in the studio we have Tayyaba Khan who started the Muslim Girls Association and who is also helping create a positive image for Islam in New Zealand.
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Show 52 – Season 2 – Ep#40
Glynis Bartlam has a report on domestic violence in the Asian community. She talks to a victim of domestic violence and an agency that offers support to these victims. Then an interview with Ramesh Patel of Hockey NZ on whether hockey is popular or not with young Asians in New Zealand.
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Show 53 – Season 2 – Ep#41
Sahar Lone travels to Hamilton to check up on the makers of Zeelong Tea and Sapna Samant talks to Human Rights Commissioner Joris De Bres.
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Show 54 – Season 2 – Ep#42
Sahar Lone continues her discussion in Hamilton with the makers of Zeelong Tea and Sapna Samant is with the visiting Dalai Lama.
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Show 55 – Season 2 – Ep#43
In our last show of 2009 Sahar Lone catches up with Asian Surfies and Boaties in Raglan and in the studio we talk to Chris King of Esquires Coffee who is taking their coffee chain to China.
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