Headbangers and Filmmakers this week on Te Pae (live Sunday at 6pm, repeated daily 12noon and 6pm). We look at film and filmmaking in the village with Graeme Tuckett (filmmaker, critic, grip and runner of www.crewwellington.co.nz), director of feature Pa Boys (now in postproduction) Himiona Grace, and on the blower from the Hutt, writer and director  of Shopping, a feature shot in Paekakariki last year, Louis Sutherland.

Our neighbour of the week is a Wellingtonian who gets honorary neighbour status from having worked at the Tramways Museum at McKays Crossing most weekends for the last 50 years, the dreadlocked and selfproclaimed provider of ‘Headbanger Services’Mike Vash. In our spoken word segment we haveRachel O’Neill.

We have Will’s Sports Round-up and our Squawk of the week is from Hunter Donaldson about Tai Chi in the village.

Community Notices as always at 1pm/7pm.

We welcome your notices, thoughts, ideas and comments to [email protected]. Te Pae/The Perch is presented by Mark Amery and Kaia Hawkins and produced by Melanie Phipps with assistance from Esther Bullen and Rebecca Thomson.

Te Pae is brought to you with the support of Beach Road Deli.