In honour of International Pride Month next month, Sofia and Joel had a kōrero with Kitty and Danika, who have been booked and busy organising their fourth queer speed dating event at the Charlotte Museum Te Whare Takatāpui-Wāhine o Aotearoa.
Mōrena! The usual mixed bag of tunes - opening with Stella Donnelly, dabbling in some Peter Cat Recording Co. and going back to the classics with a bit of Erykah Badu and the Screaming MeeMees. Sofia and Joel speak to Danika and Kitty about Queer Speed Dating at the Charlotte Museum. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Stella Donnelly - Tricks
Screaming Meemees - See Me Go
Big Thief - Humans - 2023 Remaster
The Groovy Nobody - Swift Descent
Sjowgren - bloom
Cheap Date - Kissed You In The Car
Anna Coddington - Kātuarehe
Peter Cat Recording Co. - People Never Change
Rick Cuevas - The Birds
PARK RD - Every Night
Overmono & The Streets - Turn The Page
Pretty Sick - Superstar
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster
Hans Pucket - My Brain Is A Vacant Space
Erykah Badu - Get MuNNY
The Chequers - Theme One
Hot Couture - I Wanna Dance - Cisco Parisi Version
In late May, Auckland council unveiled their Draft Auckland Regional Land Transport Plan. While the plan is due to be submitted at the start of August, Auckland residents can submit feedback until the 17th of June.
The plan goes over the council’s approach to funding and enacting policies to improve the city’s transport networks over the next decade, including the prioritisation of trains, buses, and cycleways over car based travel.
Additionally, later today the government is due to announce this year’s budget, which follows cuts to the regional fuel tax leaving a hole in council funding.
In our weekly catchup with Auckland Council, temporary Wire host Castor spoke to counsellor Shane Henderson about the Regional Land Transport Plan and the council’s hopes for the upcoming budget announcement.
This week the Thursday Wire's usual host Caeden was away, so Tuesday Wire host Castor filled in.
For City Counselling this week, Castor spoke to Shane Henderson about the draft regional land transport plan for Auckland and the council’s hopes for budget announcements later today.
Producer Jasmine spoke with Dr. Hiran Thabrew about mental health funding following the Government’s budget announcement regarding investment in the I Am Hope Foundation.
She also spoke PSA Delegate Sian Dalaway about pay parity negotiations for NZ Blood Service workers ahead of tomorrow’s strike.
She also spoke with Ella Sargison from the Burnett Foundation about June’s Sweat With Pride initiative.
Last week the government announced a $24 million funding commitment to I Am Hope, the foundation behind Mike King’s Gumboot Friday initiative. The $6million annual allocation is set to fund two counselling sessions for those ages 5-25 years old. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, Dr. Hiran Thabrew, on differing strategies to address mental health investment needs.
Strike action by more than 290 NZ Blood Service Workers across the motu begins tomorrow. The decision follows seven months of stalled negotiations in pursuit of funding that seeks to rectify the 13-35% pay gap between NZ Blood Service Workers and their colleagues of the same job roles, skills, experience at Te Whatu Ora. Representatives of strike action have affirmed the support of the executive team at NZ Blood during this process, and have emphasised that frustrations lie around the unnecessary and harmful delays in securing the funding to solve the issue. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Public Service Association Delegate, Sian Dallaway, ahead of tomorrow’s strike.
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