This week on Political Commentary, Dr Bryce Edwards phones in from sunny Pōneke to chat about Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau's backtracking on comments on Newstalk ZB about selling her car to pay personal bills.
Good morning! a serving of the soundtrack of But I'm a Cheerleader (1996) that Joel recently watched, and their first show back after being wildly sick! Whakarango mai!
Playlist
Molly Payton - Devotion
O & THE MO - Make Way For The Sun
L.A Mitchell - Slow Dancing
Bloomsday - ISO
Radical Face - Secrets - Cellar Door
MĀ - Pūhā me te Porohewa
Ethel Cain - For Sure
Sissy Bar - Trailer Song
Dressy Bessy - If You Should Try To Kiss Her
Macy Rodman - Rock 'n' roll Gay Guy
Miss Kittin, The Hacker - Loving the Alien
Hirsute Pursuit - Boys Keep Swinging
Cortese, 2XM - Encounters
Phoebe Rings - Daisy
Seth Bogart - Boys Who Don't Wanna Be Boys
Golden Age of Ballooning - Wilderness Soul
Morphy, Randa - Never Turn the Lights On
Team Dresch - My Voice
Gina Young - Supergirl
FKA Twigs - Eusexua
Shura - religion (u can lay your hands on me)
BIG WETT - HOLD UP UR BODY
Lucy Tun, piri & tommy - Come To My House - piri & tommy Remix
LSDXOXO - Baby
Team Mekano - 10.000 NFT Screenshots per Seconds - Terminally Online Remix
Public Service Minister Nicola Willis has directed ministry bosses to tighten up on working from home.
Heart of the City has said workers returning to the office will help struggling businesses in Auckland's city centre and that Auckland Council could lead the way to revitalising the CBD.
However, after reviewing its working from home policies, Council has decided it is not going to change its flexible working arrangements.
Additionally, this week a large rubbish bin graveyard in central Auckland has sparked public outrage.
This comes after Council’s removal of public bins as a part of Council’s cost-saving drive, promising to save ratepayers $9 million by getting rid of 30% of the region’s public bins.
Sofia spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about both of these topics.
UNICEF and the Global Coalition for Youth Mental Health have launched an open letter calling for greater investment and action on child and youth mental health globally, urging a coordinated multi-sectoral response of at least $200 billion US dollars.
The letter has been signed by over 40 businesses and organisations including Jo Malone London, Les Mills, Pinterest, lululemon, and Spotify.
Sofia spoke with UNICEF Aotearoa’s Communications Director, Tania Sawicki Mead, about the letter and why mental health support needs more funding.
She began the interview asking her what the key demands of the letter were.
Caeden speaks to Tertiary Education Union Assistant Secretary, Daniel Benson-Guiu and Artie Ho, Incoming Queer Rights Officer at the University of Auckland, on today’s TEU strikes across four universities in Aotearoa.
Wire Host Caeden speaks to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News on the latest United States election polling numbers and the execution of Marcellus Williams for State of the States.
Wire Host Caeden speaks to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News on the latest United States election polling numbers and the execution of Marcellus Williams for State of the States.
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