On What's Up with Chris Hipkins, Rachel speaks to the leader of the opposition about the recent Budget and action against the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The Bard of Bollix chats Earth Stuff on The Mind Trench. Mads from HŌHĀ chats about their gig this Friday with U R A Tooth and Vegetable Machine Animal at Whammy Backroom. Justine answers your employment and union queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Sunny Morris - Defect Woman
Adrianne Lenker - Evol
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart Of The Universe
christoph el' truento - Things Done Changed
Blonde Redhead - Before
pickle darling - Boundless My Heart
ANDWAHN - FOUXWORK
Marina Allen - I'm The Same
Trippa Irie - It's Good To Have The Feeling You're The Best
Second Guessing continues to heat up, and after a few calls Justin takes out the win! On Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson, Rachel speaks to the Deputy Mayor about train disruptions across the city and council funding for initiatives to prevent youth crime. Aunty Rae is in the studio to chat about her new single Stop Calling Me which also has a new video. Ready Steady Learn is with Dr Karamia Müller who chats about her work with a team of Māori and Pacific researchers to address housing supply, quality and affordability. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Little Wings - Goatshead Soup
Marina Allen - Love Comes Back
Moses Sumney - Vintage
Kara Jackson - Right, Wrong or Ready
Earth Tongue - Out of this Hell
beet-wix - slug level standards
Kraus - Crystal Motors
Voom - Everyone
Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda
Tom Lark - Dumb Luck
pickle darling - Bicycle Weather
Neutrals - That's Him On The Daft Stuff Again
Vera Ellen - heartbreak for jetlag
Blonde Redhead - Snowman
Reb Fountain - How Bizarre
Geneva AM - Pikipiki feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK
Aunty Rae - Stop Calling Me
Renee-Louise Carafice - You Are A Little Ghost
Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue
Jen Cloher - Annabelle
Bonny Light Horseman - Into The O
Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
Following the Budget 2024 announcement two weeks ago, UNICEF Aotearoa has called for greater youth and family engagement in future budgets, highlighting the importance of youth voice and perspective in policy decision making.
Producer Elle spoke to the UNICEF Aotearoa Policy and Advocacy Manager Frances Cox-Wright about policy suggestions to reduce child poverty and involve youth voice in climate action.
This weekend’s march for nature saw 20,000 people gathering in Central Auckland to protest against the Fast Track Approvals Bill. Submissions closed just under two months ago, and the select committee is currently reviewing and proposing changes to the bill.
The bill has been quite controversial since its proposal, with debate from both sides of parliament and the public on whether the potential benefits outweigh the costs.
The ram raid bill, initially proposed under the previous Labour government, has equally been met with controversy, particularly for how it fails to address the core issues of youth offending, instead proposing prosecuting those as young as 12 years old.
In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Castor spoke to MP Tom Rutherford about the Fast Track Approvals Bill as it moves through the select committee process, and how the current government plans to handle the ram raid bill.
MOTAT, or the Museum of Transport and Technology, recently opened a new exhibit, Te Puawānanga, aimed at engaging young people in science and innovation.
Wire host Castor took a look around the exhibit and spoke on-site to senior exhibition developer at MOTAT, Esther Tobin, about the exhibit and what it has to offer.
For Dear Science this week, Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about a genome in tiny ferns, a retracted Alzheimers paper, and investigating success and failure.
Wire host Castor spoke to the National Party’s Tom Rutherford about the March for Nature, Fast Track Approvals Bill, and the Ram Raid bill.
He also spoke to Senior Exhibition Developer at Motat Esther Tobin about their new gallery, Te Puawānanga.
Producer Sofia spoke to the National Chair of Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, John Minto, about the New Zealand government’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza with regards to reinstating funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees.
And producer Elle spoke to the UNICEF Aotearoa Policy and Advocacy Manager Frances Cox-Wright about policy suggestions to reduce child poverty and involve youth voice in climate action, Following the release of Budget 2024 two weeks ago.
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