95bFM's daily magazine show, a signature mix of arts, culture, interviews & features, and great music. The Morning Glory bCast features full shows and feature interviews.
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my life giver, the person who's vagina i cam out of, my māmā michelle ward, joins me on morning glory this morning! a special show featuring...shout outs to twizel area school and our brother cam, kōrero about the best train line in nz that ever existed the fairlie flyer (rest in peace babes), nz bangers from the nz songbook cd, reverance for a&p shows, educating the people on the 1974 ōtautahi commonwealth games and some nice te wahi pounamu hospitality!
piet tuinder joins me as always for out weekly segment "me and all my homies love native manu" to this week talk about the tūturiwhatu/the dotterel! whakarongo mai nei e te iwi!
Daphne Walker - Haere Mai (Song of Welcome) [with Bill Wolfgramm & His Islanders]
Te Tira Waiata o Te Pukawai feat. Pere Wihongi, Tuakoi Ohia, Kaaterama Pou, Metotagivale Schmidt-Peke, Awhimai Fraser, Elias Ashby, Piripi Gordon & Ricky-Lee Tapuni-Mitai - Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi
Ronan Hardiman - Lord of the Dance (With Taps)
Patea Maori Club - Poi E
The Muttonbirds - Dominion Road
The Phoenix Foundation - Vampire Class
Sword II - Sentry
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - No Pigs
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs - Slice of Heaven
Picasso Trio - The Fairlie Flyer
Dragon - Are You Old Enough
Fred Dagg - Gumboots
Hawera Highland Pipe Band - Fyne Thyme Medley
Fat Freddy's Drop - Roady
Bic Runga - Get Some Sleep
The Fourmyula - Nature
Scribe - Not Many
Steve Allen - Join Together
The Exponents - Christchurch (In Cashel St I Wait)
This Morning glory was a packed one ! Huia started the show off with some pretty tunes that later blended into sounds of jazz, indie, and rock. On the agenda of this morning was Fancy New Band with Greer Castle who came up to play from Poneke! Later on we had Play It Strange Finalist Betty Shen who came in for a guest interview! Brought to you by Nz On Air
This week, Thursday host Emma Gleason was joined by Gisborne teen Salem Māhia, who won first place in the Play It Strange 2025 National Songwriting Competition with ‘A Girl Named Abigail’. He tells Emma how he got into music and what it was like being part of the Play It Strange programme (you can donate to the charitable trust's mahi here.)
i'm back, i'm better than ever, i may have thrush but at least i have my friends alongside me, most importantly my friend piet tuinder is with me to discuss the toroa/the northern royal albatross. whakarongo mai nei!
Thanks for tuning in to today's show! I'm very excited to be joined in the studio by Sienna Fitzgerald, winner of the Play It Strange Junior Songwriting Competition, where she discusses her musical journey and songwriting process. We also debut her new track 'Sweetness'.
this week's morning glory with liv is brought to u by cd's! i love cd's! i keep them in my big pockets at all times and sometimes have a wee snack on them. enjoy this meal deal i have prepared for u! i also talk to piet tuinder about the warou/welcome swallow on our native manu segment this wiki! and kōrero with my trans sister lily catastrophe about her show at basement theatre this wiki!!!
Back from Berlin for the New Zealand summer and a nine-date tour, Muroki catches up with Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about life in Europe, unforgettable road trips through Morocco and Kenya, and how they've all influenced his new album Amber Skies, out now.
Orlando Cooper, bassist for Tāmaki-based neo-soul band Psycho Gab, stops by the 95bFM studio to talk to Thursday host Emma Gleason about their new song 'Compass' (number two in this week's top 10) and how they shot the video on Super 8 film. Tomorrow he and the band head to Shipwrecked music festival.
much to liv's delight we are talking about another braided river bird this wiki! yeah that's right my skuxxes, it's the freaking wrybill, the ngutu pare!!! we love this bird so much and u better love her too cos otherwise piet will b mad XD
Pōneke artist Felix Bird stops by the 95bFM studio ahead of his debut Tāmaki Makaurau show at Public Bar to tell Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about what shaped his musical sensibility and the distinctive sound of his new EP blue car + house, some good things about Wellington's creative scene, and what to expect from tonight's gig.
u think u know all the birds and then the matuku hūrepo/australasian bittern comes out and bites u in the bum and says hey guys pls talk about me! join piet and liv for a dive into the australasian bittern, a very elusive and sexy manu, in desperate need of our awhi and attention! whakarongo mai nei :-))
link to piet's notes about the matuku hūrepo here!
Pounding post punk band Prosa came in for Fancy New Band this morning and performed three songs from their EP 'Idle State' which came out december last year. their sound is raw, honest and heavy!
2026 is here and me and all my homies love native manu is back! strap in boiz cos it's a ripper today, te KERERŪ!!!!! listen in to hear about these PHAT aunties of the sky, their drunken antics and amazing co-parenting skills (dads could learn something from this)!
David Feauai-Afaese drops by bFM for an hour to play some favourite summer tracks - everything from Dire Straits to The Golden Ali'is - and share a bit of an update on what to expect this year from Leao and Noa Records; it's going to be a big one. (Also in the studio are Allyssa Verner-Pula and Vinnie Paunovic).