David Slack phones in to catch up with Milly and Rosetta about all things politics - this week we chat about The Treasury Report, the debate on recognition of a Palestinian State, and Chlöe Swarbrick getting kicked out of the house. Whakarongo mai nei!
The legendary Lucky Lance is up in the bFM studio for a kōrero with Milly and Rosetta about Team Dynamite's forthcoming gig at Double Whammy this Friday! They've also just reissued their debut album Shepherd's Delight on vinyl - available at all good record stores from Friday August 22. Whakarongo mai nei!
Happy Thursday e hoa mā! Today on Breakfast, Rosetta and Milly catch up with David Slack for Political Commentary, and Lucky Lance is up in the studio to chat about the forthcoming Team Dynamite gig this Friday at Double Whammy! Plus news, weather, surf, prizes, and pleeeenty of tunes. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dreamy tracks from Fazerdaze, Bjork, Hanbee and Ethel Cain. Today Emma's joined by Zoe Walker Ahwa, editor and co-founder of Ensemble (which is celebrating its fifth birthday) and the two chat about the magic of indie media in Aotearoa.
Playlist
The Beat - Save It For Later
SPRINTS - Literary Mind
Folk Bitch Trio - Hotel TV
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!
Witch - Unimvwesha Shuga feat. Theresa N'Gambi & Hanna Tembo
Last week, several politicians including the Prime Minister and the Mayor of Auckland attended Auckland's City Rail Link test run. As the project nears completion, the CRL team is busy running tests to ensure this new upgraded rail system is ready for use on the day it launches on an unspecified date in 2026.
Several political leaders were invited to a test last week where they went through the three new stations that are a part of New Zealand’s first underground rail system.
This comes at a time where Central Government is becoming increasingly stand-off ish with Local Governments across the country with rhetoric aimed at focusing councils on “Roads, Rubbish and Rates”
This has come to a head with a recent move to introduce a rates cap which threatens to put a hard ceiling on what Local Councils can spend on in their communities.
The CRL has been under construction for nearly a decade and costs more than $5.5 billion dollars with the project going over budget and over schedule on multiple occasions, drawing criticism from those who believe we are spending too much money on ineffective infrastructure projects.
Producer Sanat talked to Councilor Julie Fairey today about the value that CRL will give to the city and why we have such a hard time nationally building ambitious infrastructure projects.
Earlier this week, Israel killed four Al Jazeera journalists, as well as two freelance journalists, in a targeted strike.
In total, nearly 270 journalists in Gaza have been killed by Israel since the war began in October 2023. This makes Israel’s war on Gaza the deadliest conflict ever for journalists.
More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the United States' war in Afghanistan combined, according to a report published by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
For International Desk, I spoke to Assistant Professor in Journalism at Mount Royal University, Gabriela Perdomo Páez, about the danger facing Palestinian journalists on the ground, including from before the current war.
The government has recently announced changes to the national GP funding formula which aims to better resource GP offices across the country with funding that is more reflective of the communities they serve.
This formula had previously not been changed for the last 20 years and has faced calls for substantial reform. A recent report found that the introduction of morbidity, social deprivation and ethnicity data into this formula would lead to more equitable health outcomes.
The government has included most of these recommendations, but has specifically excluded ethnicity data from this formula, even though the government has previously acknowledged that ethnicity does play a role in determining health outcomes if evidence exists.
Producer Sanat talked to the University of Otago’s Dr Gabrielle McDonald on these changes to the formula and why it is so important to include ethnicity data.
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