Breakfast Interviews

The Breakfast Show – Weekdays, 7-10AM

Dominic Hoey on Breakfast – 12/05/2025

His debut novel Iceland was a New Zealand bestseller, long-listed for the 2018 Ockham Book Award and his short story 1986 won the 2021 Sunday Star Times Short Story Award. Sunaina sits down with Dominic Hoey o...

The Slug Pop-up on Breakfast – 09/05/2025

It's the time of year again for The Slug Pop-up, a handpicked collective of designers and artists that supports a mix of established and upcoming artists. The mastermind With an unwavering vision, fashion d...

“Forgive Us All” Film Release – Gino Acevedo on Breakfast – 08/05/2025

Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals, FORGIVE US ALL is a new feature-indie film shot entirely in Queenstown. The film is out today in cinemas across the country, and this morning on Parakuihi ...

Pātaka Kai Interview on Breakfast with Jessica Hutchings – 07/05/2025

A new book, Pātaka Kai challenges the dominant food narrative, highlighting the Indigenous food heroes of Aotearoa and offering a bold, new direction. The book was co-written by verified hua parakore farmer...

Mamaeroa Munn Comedy Showcase Matariki – Breakfast 06/05/2025

The Wellington Comedy Club is bringing together the country's best and brightest comedians for a 2 hour Matariki comedy showcase. The show highlights some of our favourite Māori and Pasifika performers from...

Jude Kelly on Breakfast – 06/05/2024

Rising Aotearoa / New Zealand-based singer-songwriter Jude Kelly shares her debut EP, The Seven Spirits Of Her, out now via The Orchard. LISTEN HERE. Crafted over the past two years with producers Josh Fountain (BENEE, Ruel) and Devin Abrams, The Seven Spirit...

Mamaeroa Munn on Breakfast – 06/05/2025

Viki Moananu on Breakfast – 30/04/2025

Coming up is the NZ International Comedy Festival. This year over 100 local and international comics will descend on the city to deliver a wild festival of humour, and one of those comedians is Viki Moananu. ...

Iris Little on Breakfast – 28/04/2025

Regarded as one of the leading lights in the capital’s refreshed young indie folk, jazz, and neo-soul scenes, Iris Little’s spellbinding stage presence, magnetism, and distinct, emotionally honest voice has won over audiences around the motu, North America an...

Mikhail Laxton Interview on Breakfast – 16/04/2025

An aboriginal Australian musician based in Ottawa Canada, Mikhail Laxton has his own timeless sound, and has been regarded as one of the most vital new voices within the Canadian music scene! In 2020 Laxton ma...