For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party, Producer Castor spoke to MP Simon Court about Green Party co-leader, Chlöe Swarbrick, being kicked out of Parliament for her speech on Palestine, and te reo Māori being discontinued in the ‘Ready to Read: Phonic Plus series’.
Thursday Wire Host Caeden spoke to Margaret Mutu - a professor in Māori Studies at the University of Auckland, about the discontinuation of the ‘Ready to Read: Phonic Plus’ series, and the positives of tamariki being raised with both te reo Māori and English knowledge.
And Caeden spoke to the co-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, Maher Nazzel, on Chlöe Swarbrick being kicked out of Parliament for her speech on Palestine, and the need for Aotearoa to take action for Palestine.
Alex spoke to the University of Auckland’s Marcelo Rodriquez Ferrere about the Greyhound Racing Association’s turn to the High Court to halt the Government’s ban on the industry until a Judicial review of the legislation, and whether the Association’s objections to the ban hold weight.
He also spoke to Co-Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa John Minto about a recent Survey poll published by the PSNA that showed a majority of the public support the government applying sanctions on Israel, and how the Government should react
Today on Loose Reads, Jenna is chatting about The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine: in which three women from very different families are brought together when their sons are accused of assaulting a young woman whose social standing they see as far below their own. Whakarongo mai nei!
Brian from Swallow The Rat is in to chat about their forthcoming EU tour! They're also playing at Public Bar on Wednesday as a send-off, whakarongo mai nei!
Oto and Jaycee chatted with Tāmaki Makaurau rapper Wee about his latest single Taman Desa Tebrau and played 2 hours of Hip-Hop and Trap from the Asian diaspora.
Playlist
hi! thx for listening to our guest WEE on the show tonight, hope yall enjoy his new single as well as the snippet of Co - Host jaycee!!s new upcoming single <3
here is the set list from tonight :)
Wee - Not Today Freestyle
Wee, Ariki - War In My Head (feat. Ariki)
Mary Sue, Clementi Sound Appreciation Club - Minesweeper
Oto and Jaycee talked to Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Wee about his latest single Taman Desa Tebrau, an homage to the neighbourhood in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, that he grew up in.
Happy Monday! Alice Canton brings in Marshall Lorenzo for Stage Direction, to talk about their upcoming basement theatre show Decadunce. Professer Peter Lineham calls in to talk about 'contemporary shamans' for this weeks That's the Spirit. Later, ives. phones in from the UK to talk about new music including her new track Lonely Tears.