Backch@t is magazine-style arts and culture show.
1Maori Artefacts Should Maori artefacts be returned to New Zealand? When can you no longer keep a present? How do we protect taonga? The return of the Mataatua whare and the return of other Taonga; Te Hau Tutuua, master carver; Aroha Mead, Te Puni Kokiri; Hon Tau Henare, Minister of Maori Affairs. 00:14:45 Studio debate on the quest to return moko mokai with Dalvanius Prime, ethnomusicologist and Professor Hirini Mead, Te Maori Manaaki Taonga Trust
2Opera Angela Tavernier singing with Opera New Zealand.
3Arts News Lucy Lawless to fund short film written by Emily Perkins, produced by Robin Laing; Greg O’Brien, writer / curator on Exhibition of the Century at City Art Gallery; interview with Rena Owen, actor.
4Developers and Winston Stables Winstone Stables City Art workshop threatened with sale to property developers; Judith Tizard, Auckland Central MP; Malcolm Peterson, Auckland City Council; Sonia Spellers, Shruti Yatri, artists; Kate Leslie, Hobson Bay Community Board; Gavin Smith, artist
5Arundhati Roy, 00:50:04 Interview with Arundhati Roy, author of ‘The God of Small Things’.
6Film Review Film review of ‘The Ice Storm’ with Chris Knox and Helene Wong.