This morning Rachel spoke with Roberto Carlo Lange, aka Helado Negro, about his lush new album 'Far In' (4AD). Helado Negro's sound is impressionistic, thoughtful and joyous and his songs explore themes of climate anxiety, memory and love. Whakarongo mai nei to hear Roberto chat about making the record, writing in the Texan desert, and the influence of the pandemic on the album.
This morning the government announced significant changes in New Zealand's response to Covid-19. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Professor Nikki Turner, Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre, and Professor Michael Plank, an epidemiological modeler from the University of Canterbury about their reactions to the announcement.
National's Spokesperson for Local Government, Christopher Luxon, has spoken about a government bill which would give them power to delay local body elections in the case of a Covid-19 lockdown. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Luxon about his issue with the bill, as well as the National Party's latest proposals around moving out of lockdown in Aotearoa.
Noah spoke to Professor Nikki Turner and Professor Michael Plank about the government's latest Covid-19 guidelines. He also caught up with National MP Christopher Luxon for their weekly chat, speaking about local body elections and National's plan to move forward with Covid-19.
Ilena spoke to Kerri Nuku, kaiwhakahaere for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, about a new bill from the government. She also spoke to Green MP Golriz Ghahraman about regulating military products used to breach human rights, and Councillor Shane Henderson about ending water restrictions in Auckland and new housing density rules.
Newshub is proposing to slash the radio reporter role after ending an arrangement with Mediaworks.
Currently Newshub’s parent company, Discovery, is supplying Mediaworks radio stations including Magic Talk with radio news, but this will end in December.
Mediaworks stations will also not be simulcasting Newshub’s The Am Show.
Instead, the company will be creating its own newsroom to produce radio news, and a new radio breakfast show.
Justin spoke to AUT’s Head of Journalism Greg Treadwell about the move.
Three-storied houses could be more common in Auckland under a new housing policy supported by both Labour and National.
The new policy, which was announced earlier this week, enables people to build up to three homes of three storeys on most sites without any need for resource consent, starting August twenty twenty three.
Analysis from consultants PWC told the government these changes would add between 48,200 and 105,500 new dwellings over the next five to eight years.
Professor John Tookey is a professor in construction management in AUT, and he said while the new policy is a significant step forward the devil is in the details.
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