California - Keith Hudson (Week-End Records bandcamp)
By Night Dub - Keith Hudson (Week-End Records bandcamp)
Fight Against Evil - nat birchall (Ancient Archive Of Sound bandcamp)
Not A Day Goes By - Mortimer (Easy Star bandcamp)
Asoni Riddim - Maffi (Jahtari bandcamp)
Autostrada del Brennero - Ulrich Troyer + Diggory Kenrick (4Bit Productions bandcamp)
The Other Side of the Bridge - Holy Tongue meets Shackleton (AD 93 bandcamp)
Gravity Will Fail Us - Holy Tongue meets Shackleton (AD 93 bandcamp)
Agô Lonan - Orquestra Afro-Brasileira (CBS Brazil)
Tire o Calundú - Orquestra Afro-Brasileira (CBS Brazil)
Todo se me desvanece y debo mejorar - Meridian Brothers (Ansonia Records bandcamp)
Na Morau - Nuno Beats (Principe Discos bandcamp)
Tribute to Shin Godzilla - I:Cube (Versatile bandcamp)
Sinkhole - Pugilist (Of Paradise bandcamp)
Dollarama - Loidis (Incienso bandcamp)
Inari Dreaming - Adiel (Spazio Disponibile bandcamp)
The Trick (OK EG Rework) - Oma Totem (Kalahari Oyster Cult bandcamp)
Vingummi - Product Toss (Nostro Hood System bandcamp)
Concrete Riviera - ddwy (Public Possession bandcamp)
Tribute to Millenium Mambo - Gilb'R (Versatile bandcamp)
Ooh-Ha, Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha - Ancient Champion (Ancient Champion bandcamp)
What To Do With The Derricks - Ancient Champion (Ancient Champion bandcamp)
So Much Green - Immersion (swim ~ greedbag )
The Fruit of the Fall - Holy Tongue meets Shackleton (AD 93 bandcamp)
Untitled - Richard Wolfhouse (Trule bandcamp)
Physical - Lina Filipovich (CPU bandcamp)
Inter-City Travel - Zobol (Tiger Weeds bandcamp)
Skudduel Riddim - Maffi (Jahtari bandcamp)
pushed off a cliff - (The North East Valley bandcamp)
LSD Cha Cha - (People Like Us bandcamp)
slob air - Mica Levi (Hyperdub bandcamp)
Inspector Code - Bhajan Bhoy (Cardinal Fuzz bandcamp)
Kalimba 2 - Laraaji (Numero Group bandcamp)
For Dear Science this week, we chatted with our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin about a parasite carrying drugs to the brain, tarantulas with lots of friends, and lions changing social groups with age.
In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire host Castor spoke to MP Katie Nimon about changes to visa fees and police involvement in firearms law reform.
They also talked to president of the New Zealand Police Association Chris Cahill about the association’s open letter to the government about firearms legislation reform.
And they spoked to CEO of immigration advice organisation Aims Global and chair of the New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment, Arunima Dhingra, about the visa fee changes and how they’ll impact immigration to Aotearoa.
The government also announced increased visa application fees, some of them now more than double the previous cost. The government says this change will make Immigration NZ entirely self-sufficient, no longer at any cost to the taxpayer.
However, the projected gain from this fee increase is four times as much as Immigration NZ currently spends annually. While the increased funding is expected to be reinvested in improving services, the actual impact or allocation is currently unknown.
Additionally, increased fees may deter potential applicants and increase costs to businesses looking to hire employees from overseas. The change may therefore reduce the number of overseas teachers and healthcare professionals, among other jobs.
Wire host Castor spoke to CEO of immigration advisory group Aims and chair of the New Zealand Association of Migration and Investment, Arunima Dhingra, about the changes and their impact on immigration.
The New Zealand Police Association yesterday released an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon discussing firearms legislation reform. In the letter, the association called out the government for their exclusion from the policy making process, as the Police Association has been a key group calling for the introduction and continuation of a firearms registry.
The Police Association also called into question the involvement of gun lobby groups in discussions of reform, particularly the history of Associate Minister and minister in charge of the reforms, Nicole McKee. Before becoming an MP, McKee had been the spokesperson for the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners, a gun lobby group. This has led some to call into question her impartiality and ability to assess evidence regarding firearms legislation reform.
Wire host Castor spoke to President of the New Zealand Police Association, Chris Cahill, about the letter, the firearms registry, and involvement of gun lobbyists in firearms legislation decision making.
The government recently announced increases to visa application fees across several groups, in some cases more than doubling the cost to applicants. These changes are due to increase revenue for Immigration NZ, and are said to make the organisation 100% self-sufficient.
On the 12th of August, the New Zealand Police Association released an open letter to the government calling out their exclusion from discussions around firearms legislation reform. The letter spoke to the necessity of existing legislation, and criticised the involvement of former and present gun lobbyists in the process, including the minister in charge Nicole McKee. According to the ACT party website, McKee was formerly the spokesperson for The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners, a gun lobbyist group.
In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Katie Nimon, Wire host Castor asked about the changes to visa application fees and the involvement of police and gun lobbyists in firearms legislation reform.
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