00:00:32 Tom Frewen, satirist published in National Business Review; Pinky Agnew, comedian who plays ‘Jenny Shipley’; Dave Armstrong, writer of ‘True colours’ on 1996 election; Simon Carr, National Business Review associate editor on ACT newsletter ‘The Goss’; Matthew McLelland, defamation lawyer. 00:13:38 studio discussion on political satire with David McPhail, tv satirist, Jane Bowron, tv reviewer, Richard Prebble, ACT leader and Sandy Ireland, Australian comedian. 00:27:30 interview with Helen Clark, Labour leader; glass works by Anne Robinson, displayed at Dowse Art Museum. 00:43:30 controversial and political visual artist Emily Karaka; Tim Renner, Fisher Gallery. Emily Karaka is a political artist communicating her ideas through a fusion of traditional Māori form and motif, and the bright colours and roughly textured surfaces of European Expressionism. Her work is an assertion of her identity as a Māori woman. It discusses issues surrounding the treaty and land rights. Her paintings often feature numbers which represent the number of land claims before the Waitangi Tribunal. In this she talks about her work as a protest artist and about her future plans to enter into politics. 00:52:30 studio discussion on departure of Neil Roberts as CEO of TVNZ with Paul Smith, media analyst; Smokefree Fashion Awards; listings. 01:02:30 Chris Knox and Tim Tsiklaouri, Russian born businessman, review the film ‘Prisoner of the Mountains’. 01:09:04 Backchat winner of week; and letter of wee

Backch@t is magazine-style arts and culture show.