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!
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.
Featuring Flicks n That with Steve Newall and guest selections from the lovely Cello and Haz Forrester and Georgette Brown of Womb for What's Cooking <3