For their weekly catch up with the Green Party, Oto spoke to Ricardo Menendez March about the 4th government investigation into school lunches, The proposal to cut Te Reo Māori resource teachers and the Greens call to the government to rule out joining AUKUS.
He spoke to Esmé Hulbert-Putt from Aotearoa Christians for Peace in Palestine about the open letter from Christian leaders calling for humanitarian visas for Palestinians, as well as the Gaza ceasefire pilgrimages that will be happening across the motu later today.
And he spoke to Shiva Gounden from Greenpeace Aotearoa about Greenpeace’s call for reparations from the United States to the Marshall Islands for the impacts of the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb’s detonation in the Bikini Atoll in the 1950s.
Sasha spoke with Professor Bruce Glavovic from Massey University about Urban Fire planning and Global Warming.
And he also spoke to Professor Robert Patman, from the University of Otago about recent global political developments.
As global temperatures continue to rise through unprecedented global warming, the risk of urban and wildfires continues to expand. Many countries continue to fight increasing global warming by phasing out the sale of petrol cars. These countries include most in the European Union, and additionally Canada and China are expecting to do so by the 2030’s.
However, with the United States leaving the Paris Agreement following president Trump’s inauguration, the future of mitigating global warming becomes more unlikely. A temperature rise of four degrees is projected should we not take any action to reduce it.
Producer Sasha spoke with Professor Bruce Glavovic from Massey University about these issues in addition to urban fire planning in New Zealand. We talked about how we can avoid urban fire scenarios and the world’s state of global warming.
This week's Rāapa guest host is none other than former Morning Glory host Lou Morris! We're stoked to have Lou back for another stacked Wednesday Drive. Featuring the Oscars recap on Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall, What's Cooking with Mammalien for their new single, plus a bunch of epic music.
Lou chats to Mammalien about their current tracks on repeat, some bangers from the massively talented Cross Street '25 lineup, and their new single I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore.
This morning on What's Up? Jonny chats to Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins about special economic zones and a hot topic at the moment- school lunches. Listen back to the Aural Emporium and catch Jonny's interview with Sea Mouse about his upcoming gig at Cross Street plus gets the scoop from Lauren Whitney about the maaaassive programme for this year's NZ International Comedy Festival, check it out here.
Playlist
the cars - Moving in stereo
Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks - Tin Can Man
Sébastien Léger - Lanarka
Antonio Barret & Nice Guys - On Edge
Voom - TROUBLE
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Sababa 5 & Sophia Solomon - Shehzadi - शहज़ादी
The Strokes - Machu Picchu
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Joey Valence & Brae - Ready Set
Jamie XX - F.U. (feat. Erykah Badu)
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve - Creation
LTJ Bukem - Watercolours
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Idiot Box
Sea Mouse - Six Whiskeys Deep
Rubi Du - Played Me
Laraaji - Joyous Dance '82
Tom Lark - Rock & Roll Baby
Shihad - Home Again
Soaked Oats - Perfect Song
Serebii - Verrans Corner (ft Leith Sye Towers)
Ahoribuzz - Turnaround
Kinski - Newport
Katy J Pearson - Take Back the Radio (Flying Mojito Bros Refrito Dub)
Recently, the Trump Administration has cut 90% of funding to USAID; the largest international aid organisation.
This move has received wide condemnation regarding what this will mean for those reliant on the support provided through the initiative.
At the same time, in his opinion piece on Newsroom, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland, Ritesh Shah, analyses the current international aid structure with the substantial funding cuts to USAID, and calls for international aid agencies to redirect what he says are their vested interests
News and Editorial Director, Joel, started off by asking him should other prominent aid agencies, including the New Zealand Agency for International Development, reevaluate how foreign aid is delivered.
Hayden from The New Zealand Drug Foundation joins Jonny to chat about cocaine, harm reduction, recent trends in drug cutting and the importance of testing substances.
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