Riot Gull's Madison and Lucy dial in from Ōtepoti to chat to Rachel about their North Island shows, and their upcoming album- and we get an early spin of one of the new album's tracks Umami.
Daniel Mateo, a dancer in an Auckland Arts Festival show Sandsong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert, comes into the studio to talk about the group's work. Whakarongo mai nei!
Emilia chatted with Green Party co-leader James Shaw about Chris Hipkins’ so-called policy bonfire, the debate around mitigation and adaptation policies, and the importance of amplifying the youth voice in politics for their first weekly catch-up this year.
News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins speak to Mark Potter, President of Te Riu Roa, the New Zealand Education Institute, acting president of Te Wehengarua, the Post Primary Teachers' Association, Chris Abercrombie, and Maddy, an intermediate teacher, about teachers striking for better pay and conditions.
Producer Arno Cronje speaks to Good Samaritans Aotearoa New Zealand chairman Tony Robinson about his organisation and how it is helping post-Cyclone.
And Melissa Ansell-Bridges, the National Secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, on both protections for bus drivers and contract workers
As many as 50,000 kaiako and tumuaki (teachers and principals) will go on strike tomorrow for better conditions and to improve public education for tamariki.
This is the education sector’s biggest industrial action since 2019.
Most schools and kura will close on Thursday due to the strikes, and nationwide protest marches are planned.
The strikes have been organised by the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), representing primary and kindergarten teachers, and the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA), representing secondary school teachers.
First, News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Mark Potter, President of the New Zealand Education Institute. I started off our interview discussing why kindergarten and primary staff are striking.
Then she spoke to the acting president of Te Wehengarua, the Post Primary Teachers' Association, Chris Abercrombie. To begin, I asked about why secondary staff are striking.
Lastly, she spoke to Maddy, an intermediate teacher, about why she is striking. I started by asking Maddy about her background in teaching.
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'Po Ata Rau (Now Is The Hour)' by Guide Rangi M.B.E. and the Famous Arawa Concert Party in response to "I would like to request an emotional track to say goodbye to two good friends who both died in the slips in Muriwai" & "Hey B, my emotional request whould be for a 'deep, longing desire' the kind you have for a lover you have been apart from but wish to return to 💜 x" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the # ending in 303 & 521)
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In their first weekly interview of this year, Emilia Sullivan chats with Green Party co-leader James Shaw about Chris Hipkins’ so-called policy bonfire, the debate around mitigation and adaptation policies, and the importance of amplifying the youth voice in politics.
What's the longer form of Chaz? Is Corey really the first bFM broadcaster to talk about his mother's vagina on air? Will cinemas switch to giant portrait screens? And what songs inspire our mates, Surf Friends? That and more on this Drive programme.
One of them brings you the daily surf on bFM Drive - but when they're joined by another band mate, what makes them tick? Surf Friends joins us for What's Cooking, ahead of their gig on the 18th, to give us a sample of the waves that inspires them.
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