Takatāpui Talk

Send us Fan Mail Steven Oates | Television, Radio, Pride & Community | Takatāpui Talk For decades, Steven Oates has been a familiar face and voice in Aotearoa's rainbow community. From his beginnings in radio and television to organising Pride events, fundraising, and creating Woof! , Steven has dedicated much of his life to ensuring LGBTQIA+ people could see themselves represented and ce...

Send us Fan Mail At a young age, Raureti Ormond is already helping shape the future of Takatāpui storytelling in Aotearoa. A playwright, performer, drag artist and creative storyteller, Raureti joins Donald for a thoughtful and inspiring conversation about identity, belonging, self-expression, and the power of being unapologetically yourself. Together they explore what it means to be seen, how cre...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Takatāpui Talk , Donald Hollingsworth sits down with dancer, choreographer and breathwork facilitator Taane Mete . Taane shares the story of a life shaped by movement — from childhood imagination and the freedom he found in dance, to performing with some of Aotearoa’s most respected companies, exploring drag, and eventually guiding others through breathwork, yog...

Send us Fan Mail For the first time on Takatāpui Talk , the host becomes the guest. In this deeply personal episode, award-winning journalist and broadcaster Claudette Hauiti turns the microphone on Donald Hollingsworth — internationally recognised hair and makeup artist, salon owner, and creator of Takatāpui Talk . Together they explore Donald's childhood in Rotorua, growing up Takatāpui, th...

Send us Fan Mail Claudette Hauiti — Media, Politics, Identity & Belonging In this episode of Takatāpui Talk , Donald Hollingsworth sits down with broadcaster, political journalist, media leader, sports enthusiast, and proud mother Claudette Hauiti. From her upbringing in Aotearoa to her years in the media spotlight and the halls of Parliament, Claudette shares a deeply personal journey of iden...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Takatāpui Talk, I sit down with playwright, storyteller and proud uri of Ngāti Hine, Czahn Armstrong. Together we explore identity, whakapapa, grief, whānau, creativity and the journey home to Te Ao Māori. From memories of his father and childhood in the North, to the origins of his play ĀE WOMAN — inspired by the true story of his g...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight on Takatāpui Talk we kōrero with Woshē Williams — a proud whakawāhine whose story is filled with honesty, humour, resilience, identity, and heart. 🌈 In this deeply personal conversation, Woshē speaks openly about becoming who she is, the relationships that shaped her along the way, and the strength it takes to live authentically in a world that does not always understand...