This week, Aotearoa’s Local government Minister and Resource Management Act reform Minister have announced a major shake-up of local government. Regional councils would be replaced, with mayors convening to form 11 combined territory boards across the motu.
Ongoing conversations about wider public transport circuits to West Auckland beaches are arising once more as Tāmaki heads into the summer months, and popular destinations like Piha remain largely publicly inaccessible.
Last weekend, a fire that is being treated as suspicious broke out at G.A.Y nightclub on Karangahape Rd. The Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend confirmed the fire happened in a rubbish bin inside the club bathroom. The flames were quickly extinguished by emergency services early Sunday morning, and nobody was harmed.
Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Councillor Shane Henderson about these topics.
This week Thursday host Emma Gleason played the last of the "sounds like Tāmaki" song requests (thanks listeners!) and chatted to Belladonna about her debut album Arcus Way. There's also new music from Elliott and Vincent, Hemi Hemingway and CCTV, plus some vault tracks from The Features and The Mint Chicks.
Wellingon-based artist Belladonna (Bella Cook) joins Thursday host Emma Gleason to discuss her new single 'Holding On' and the incendiary events that shaped her debut album Arcus Way, which is out on Friday November 28.
Happy Rāpare e te whānau - Rosetta and Milly have an epic Thursday brekkie lined up for you. E whai ake nei; Isthmus'n That with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, a chat with Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses - and a whooooole bunch of prizes!! Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly resume their bi-weekly catch ups with deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about PC120, the council working towards a response to the Governments suggestion to loosen restrictions on concerts at Eden Park, and Mayor Wayne Brown's comments towards Palestinian Protestors at Tuesdays governing body meeting. Whakarongo mai nei!
Kia ora e hoa mā! Welcome back to Rāpare Drive with HALFQUEEN. E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: Marijuana Media thanks to The Hemp Store, a kōrero with Karen Nyame KG ahead of The Others Way and Filth, and Cocktail Corner thanks to Thomson Whiskey! Whakarongo mai nei.
Phil is up in studio for a chat with Rosetta and Milly about the latest resources from The Level - a range of notebooks (available to order for free, or download as PDFs from their website) for those hoping to reflect on and make changes regarding their drug use. Whakarongo mai nei!
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