Cartolina 1 and 6 August

We meet Rachel Priestley, Wellington-based wine and food consultant, and importer of Italian fine wine and food. Rachel spent many years in Italy helping establish cafes and restaurants, so she has much to tell about her experience, both personally and professionally. We play Spunta la luna dal monte, by Bartoli e Tazenda, Dolce Italia by Eugenio Finardi, and Pianoforte e voce by Teresa De Sio.

Cartolina 6 June

Italian structural engineer Stefano Pampanin is a professor at the University of Canterbury. He’s been very involved with the Christchurch earthquakes, as well as following the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake very closely. Now Stefano has been made president of the New Zealand Society for EarthQuake Engineering, in contact with the same institutions present in all the earthquake-prone countries of the world. We talk about sharing expertise, and what this means for the recovery of Christchurch.

Cartolina 23 &28 May

Luca Quaglia, on the phone from Wellington, talks about his researches and his work with building materials, his interest in astronomy, and the little village in the Italian Prealpi where he comes from (via Parigi…)

Cartolina 9 & 14 May

Interview with Paul Elenio, on the phone from Wellington, who talks of the just released revised edition of his book Alla fine del mondo at the end of the world, about Italian immigration to Wellington and the Bay of Islands.

Cartolina 25 & 30 April

Rosemary at San Michele Memorial

Rosemary Mannering talks about her trip in Italy, where she enjoyed small-village adventures, and followed her late father's track during World War 2.

Cartolina 11 & 16 April

Interview with Alan Poletti, about his book "A second life", detailing an episode of World War 2, that happened on the 12th of September 1943, near the village of Villa di Tirano, in the Italian Alps.