For our weekly catch up, News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to ACT MP Karen Chhour about school teachers stopping work on Thursday to call for better pay and conditions, and the Auckland Council’s budget proposal, which is currently out for public consultation.
You can have your say on the Auckland Council budget until 28 March.
Amidst awards season in the US, Michelle Yeoh has become the first Asian-American woman to be nominated for best actress at the Academy Awards in nearly 90 years.
It has also been over two decades since there has been a non-white best actress winner at the Academy Awards.
News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Auckland, filmmaker, and Co-Founder of the Pan-Asian Screen Collective, Shuchi Kothari about Asian representation and lack of representation in the film industry.
Mark Z(c)uckerberg didn't invent anything new when it comes to virtual reality or the concept of virtual worlds - as Tyler Baikie tells us a short brief history of where the Metaverse came from.
Blind Mango Chutney loves the ladies with Lady Blackbird, Saundra Phillips, Geri Allen, Brandee Younger and Melba Liston, plus some more Wayne Shorter for your soul.
Playlist
The Brian Ferry Orchestrta - Love Is The Drug
The dave Pike Set - Blind Man Blind Man
Lattimore - Ain't Nothin' You Can Do
Nana Vascocelos - O Berimbau
Carlos Paredes - Movimento Perpetuo
Gerri Allen Trio - RTG
Melba Liston - Blue Melba
Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul
Brandee Younger/Dezron Douglas - Coffee/Gospel Trian
Lady Blackbird - Ruler Of My Heart
Saundra Phillips - Miss Fatback
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Hammer Head
Weather Report - Palladium
Wayne Shorter - Dindi
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band - Wormwood Scrubs
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