Andre spoke to Lauren Vinnell, Lecturer of Emergency Management at Massey University about our recent bouts of extreme weather, how Aucklanders and emergency management teams have reacted to it, and how in the future as these events become more frequent, how we may need to change our response.
Andre also spoke to Dylan Asafo, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland about why the 2021 dawn raids apology wasn’t enough for the Pacific community, and also about recent revelations that dawn raids are still happening in the Pacific community.
On the Green Desk, Jack Marshall speaks to Sarah Bealing, a Restore Passenger Rail supporter from Wellington, about why causing traffic chaos and delays in the Wellington CBD is good for their cause.
Producer Alex Bonham speaks to Grant Hewison from Lawyers for Climate Action, and Associate Professor Alys Longley about the physical and online exhibition “Let Us Drink the New Wine Together.”
The Exhibition "Let Us Drink the New Wine, Together!" has been curated by Alys Longley and Máximo Corvalán-Pincheira in collaboration with over 100 artists worldwide.
It is on until 13 May, in person at the Malcolm Fisher Gallery in Howick and online.
Alex Bonham spoke to Alys Longley, an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland's School of Dance talks about how the work is rooted in multi-disciplinary and multi-site collaboration pushing at the borders that divide despite or perhaps because it all began with artists being trapped at home during the Covid lockdown.
Lawyers for Climate Action are calling for a Judicial Review of the Cabinet decision to ignore the advice of the Climate Commission when they set the price of carbon in the Emission Trading Scheme low to mitigate the impact on the cost of living. Alex Bonham talked to Grant Hewison, University of Auckland law lecturer and one of the lawyers involved about why they are taking the government to court.
Rachel chats to the co-leader of the Green Party about the extreme weather in Tāmaki, Elizabeth Kerekere's resignation and recent raids from Immigration NZ. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week on the biggest show on the radio... we count down YOUR top 10! So thanks for voting. We played music from Herbie Hancock's soundtrack to Blow-Up! (1966), as well as songs by Soft Plastics, Magdalena Bay, Romy and Julia Jacklin.
Playlist
Asha Puthli - Space Talk
George Duke - I Love You More
Mel Parsons - Tiny Days
Crumb - Crushxd
Ingrid and the Ministers - Half Life
Sound Mind & Modslee - Sinensis
Jessy Lanza - Midnight Ontario
Soft Plastics - Someone Else
Kieran Tahir - You might not be alone
Magdalena Bay - 2 Wheel Drive
The Forbin Project - L.O.V.E. Power
quickly, quickly - Satellite
Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up Main Title (Blow-Up Original Soundtrack)
Herbie Hancock - Bring Down The Birds - Outtake (Blow-Up Original Soundtrack)
Herbie Hancock - Thomas Studies Photos (Blow-Up Original Soundtrack)
Herbie Hancock - The Bed (Blow-Up Original Soundtrack)
Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up End Title (Blow-Up Original Soundtrack)