Molly is joined in the studio by Toody Cole, the aptly dubbed 'Godmother of Rock n Roll'. Toody has returned to Aotearoa to play music from the catalogue of the infamous garage-rock pioneers Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows. Toody played bass and sung in both bands alongside her husband Fred Cole, who passed away in 2017. This time around, Toody's band is comprised of Pierced Arrows bandmate Kelly Haliburton, as well as Kelly's bandmate, Christopher March, from Jenny Don't & The Spurs. Toody plays Tāmaki tonight before heading across the country and then making a final stop back at Galatos for The Others Way 2025. Whakarongo mai nei!
Molly speaks with Craig Robertson, a professor in Media Studies at Northeastern University over in the U.S., former writer for Aotearoa’s longest running music mag Rip It Up, who's back in Aotearoa to tour his newly published book, Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly. Published via Auckland University Press, the biographry is a comprehensive account of Knox's life and career from Invercargill to current day. It's an honest account of an artist who's innumerable creative outputs since the '70s have cemented his place as behemoth in the musical landscape and cultural history of this country.
You'll be able to catch Craig in conversation with Russell Brown at Real Groovy from 6pm, alongside Don McGlashan and SJD, Groopchat and Gemma Gracewood.
This week you have Dipamine hosting his first show back after moving to Naarm.
He's stoked to be back and is going to be hosting the show every last Tuesday of the month going forward. This week he has a selection of mostly atmospheric jungle and IDNB tracks with a few other dancey tracks sprinkled through.
A stacked show! Sara and Molly speak with Josh about stranded astronauts, new images of the interstellar comet, and NASA's plan to return to the moon next year on Spaced Out with Josh, thanks to the Stardome. Then, author Craig Robertson phones in to discuss his new book, a comprehensive biography of Chris Knox titled Not Given Lightly, out now via Auckland University Press. Later the 'Godmother of Rock n Roll'; bassist of Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows; all the way from Clackamas, Oregon; Toody Cole is in the studio to yarn about her tour of Aotearoa alongisde Jenny Don't & The Spurs.
Recently, the government has announced it will be halting new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria pending a clinical trial in the UK, with the outcome of this trial set for 2031.
Health Minister, Simeon Brown, says this move is a “precautionary” measure, as he says the evidence regarding puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria remains unclear.
Despite this, puberty blockers will still be available for young people with conditions such as endometriosis and precocious puberty.
News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host Joel spoke to Dr Elizabeth McElrea, the Vice President of PATHA, the Professional Association of Transgender Health Aotearoa and GP specialist in gender-affirming care, about the government's temporary ban of puberty blocker prescriptions for transgender youth, and what this will mean for young people with gender dysphoria.
Auckland Pride has filed a High Court challenge, following the Minister for Sports and Recreation, Mark Mitchell, advising the sports body, Sports New Zealand, to withdraw the entity’s Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport.
The organisation says that the move goes against the kaupapa of Sports New Zealand and that Mitchell had not considered legislation such as the Bill of Rights Act and Human Rights Act in deciding on the move.
News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host Joel spoke to the Co-Chair of Auckland Pride Bhenjamin Goodsir, about the organisation’s High Court challenge.
Recently, a lot of conversation has been had about the curriculum, with the government planning to roll out yet another new and expanded curriculum. This expanded curriculum, beginning in term one of next year, will seek to provide the tools for teachers to educate and assist students with ‘high and complex needs,’ who were otherwise ignored in the existing curriculum, or so the government claims. This comes against the background of this government’s push for effective teaching and learning, based in ‘science’.
However, concerns remain about this curriculum. For starters, this curriculum exists separately from the rest of Aotearoa’s student body; we seem to be getting one curriculum for those with complex needs, and one for those without, dividing our youth. This has led to questions about the role of inclusion in our education, and what it means that the government has not attempted to create one curriculum that can work for all students.
Monday Wire Producer Alex spoke to Senior Lecturer in Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland, Dr Jude MacArthur, about this separate curriculum, what it means for these students, and how it might affect their learning and inclusion.
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