For their bi-weekly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, Milly and Rosetta ask Desley about Auckland Council's recent crackdown on indie gig posters across the city - which they have refered to as "visual clutter". They also chat about recent rates increases. Whakarongo mai nei!
Friday August 22 is National Poetry Day, and to celebrate, Wordcore Wayfinders are producing Illuminated Horizons - a high-energy inter-arts event blending spoken word, music, movement, and projection. The event runs 22 August in West Auckland and includes 20+ artists across poetry, sound, and visual performance - and Christian Jensen, producer & Wordcore Wayfinders co-director is up in studio alongside performers Club Ruby, for a chat about the event! Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Associate Professor Chris Ogden speaks to Milly and Rosetta about his involvement in the Raising the Bar event in Auckland next Tuesday 26 August - which involves University of Auckland academics giving 20 talks in 10 central Auckland bars! His talk is on Global authoritarianism: how to spot it and how to stop it. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's Rātu Brekkie! Today on the show: Isthmus'n That with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, a chat with the organisers of National Poetry Day, and Ready Steady Learn! Plus news, weather, surf, yarns, and plenty of gooood music. Whakarongo mai nei!
Following on from our chat with Simon Court, Thursday Wire Host, Caeden, spoke to Margaret Mutu - a Māori Studies Professor at the University of Auckland, who has a PhD in linguistics, about Education Minister, Erica Stanford’s announcement, that the early-reading book At the Marae from the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series, will be canned.
The ministry told RNZ that At the Marae, unlike other books in the series, the book uses six kupu Māori, could result in challenges for young learners.
However, Officials have advised the ministry that there was “limited” research regarding the effect kupu Māori had in early-reading books.
Caeden spoke to Mutu about this, and the positives of raising tamariki with both English and te reo Māori.
It's time for Rāhina Breakfast! Today on the show, Milly and Rosetta catch up with Pennie and a special guest for Fashun, Swallow The Rat chat about their upcoming EU tour, Jenna is up for Loose Reads, and Paul Taylor from Border Radio is this week's Bosom Selecta! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Thandii - Try Try Try
Georgia Knight - Desire
thredd - Horseshadow
Geneva AM - Tipuna Rākau
Connan Mockasin - Mexican Summer
SCRAN - Pride
Blam Blam Blam - The Bystanders
Mild Orange - Moonglade
Shaki Tavi - Breaker
Dale Kerrigan - Mornington Park
Echomatica - Love Isn't Always
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Roy Irwin - Drown
Swallow the Rat - MMA Math
Void Waves - Waste Away
Half Hexagon - Best Foot Work
Thomas Ross Fitzsimons - Mercury
Everything Is Recorded, Sampha, Florence + The Machine, Jah Wobble, Danielle Ponder - Wear and Tear
John Glacier - Home
Dick Move - Fuck It
Bodhi - dwndwn
barry can't swim - Different - SBTRKT Sirens Remix
Last week, Green Party co-leader, Chlöe Swarbrick, was kicked out of Parliament for a week for refusing to withdraw her comments calling for MPs to get “a spine”.
Her comments came during a debate on recognising Palestine as a state. She also urged MPs to support her member’s bill, which would sanction Israel for its war crimes in Gaza.
This comes as Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom have indicated their own plans to recognise a Palestinian state.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the media last week that “a two-state solution is humanity’s best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza.”
Despite stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost the plot”, our own Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has refused to commit to recognising a Palestinian state.
Caeden spoke to Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa co-chair Maher Nazzal about Swarbrick’s removal from Parliament and the need for Aotearoa to take action for Palestine
Your Bosom Selecta today is none other than Paul Taylor, one of the fabulous hosts from Border Radio! One of bFM's oldest shows, Border Radio explores all things country, folk, and Americana. Catch the show on Sundays 7-9pm, or via the bCasts. Whakarongo mai nei!
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