For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chats with us about an astronomical discovery, the passing of the great Tom Lehrer, and the latest estimate on your required daily step count
In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Tom Rutherford, I ask about the government’s recent electoral reforms, and the latest Homelessness Insights report
In light of this homelessness report, I also speak with Manaaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooke Stanley about her views on addressing homelessness in Aotearoa, as well as Dr Madeline Shelling from Ihi Research about the health impacts of housing insecurity for Māori and Pacific populations
Finally, Faith spoke to commercial law Professor Alex Sims from the University of Auckland about the ongoing problems caused by AI deepfakes, and what Denmark is doing to tackle them.
I hope everyone is staying warm and dry in this stormy weather. Locking in to some stunning new releases from Blood Orange, South London electronica whizzes ddwy and a dubbed out remix of Junior Boys. Special mention for Mala's legendary dubstep remix of Fat Freddy's Cay's Crays... Rest in peace Chris Faiumu, ia manuia lau malaga ❤️
Ngā mihi to our amazing sponsors, the Tuning Fork!
Playlist
Blood Orange - Somewhere in Between
Ween - Baby Bitch
LEAO - 1000 FANTOMS
Mano Le Tough - Fado Fado
Fat Freddy's Drop - Cay's Crays Digital (Mystikz Version)
Babe Martin - Sundog
Shame - Quiet Life
Everything But The Girl - Never Could Have Been Worse
Kurt Vile, Luke Roberts - hit of the highlife
Minutemen - History Lesson Part 2
TAKATAPUNANI - PERFECT TEN
Elliot & Vincent - Doberman
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - ONE HUNDRED BATS
Bailter Space - The Sun
NIISA - Come Away from the House of Death
Office Dog - Intact
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Heavy Voodoo
Gang Starr, Lil' Dap, Jeru The Damaja - I'm The Man
Ōtaki based, Naarm raised musician Jen Cloher phones in for a kōrero with Rosetta about season 2 of their podcast Everybody's Trying To Find Their Way Home - a gorgeous collection of interviews with Māori and First Nation songwriters about their experiences writing in their native languages. Season 2 is available to listen to now, and includes chats with Jordyn With A Why, Byllie-Jean, and more! Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Loose Reads, Suri is up in the studio to chat about Parellel Lines, by Edward St Aubyn - the story of a group of wildly different people whose fates are improbably yet inextricably linked. Whakarongo mai nei!
News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to MP Simon Court about the scrapping of same-day election enrolments, as a part of the government’s changes to the Electoral Act, and ACT Party Leader, David Seymour’s comments that those who enrol late are “drop-kicks”.
Joel spoke to Gen Toop — a senior campaigner at Greenpeace, on NZ First’s support of ACT’s Overseas Investment Bill, and Greenpeace’s concerns with the bill.
Joel spoke to Calvin Cochran — a spokesperson for the Smokefree Expert Advisory Group, about a recent RNZ investigation alleging close connections between NZ First Party Leader, Winston Peters and multinational tobacco company, Philip Morris, and what needs to be done to combat tobacco industry lobbying.
And Joel spoke to Dr Saira Raza Khan — a Lecturer of Marketing at the University of Auckland, on the need to move away from ‘scare tactics’ in health advertising.
Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith, recently announced a proposal to the Electoral Act and Constitution Act, removing the ability for an individual to enrol on election day.
Alongside this comes the proposal of halting the ability to enrol during the advanced voting period.
This move has received backlash - including from within the government. This morning, Attorney-General, Judith Collins KC, says the move goes against the Bill of Rights Act.
During the 2023 general election, over 450,000 enrolled in the 12-day period, with 110,000 enrolling on election day.
A significant proportion of those later enrolments consist of young people, and in areas of bigger Māori, Pacific, and Asian communities.
In light of this move, ACT Party Leader, David Seymour, says those who have left voting to the last minute are “drop-kicks”. As well as this, the ACT Party’s justice spokesperson, Todd Stephenson, added to this, saying “Democracy works best when voters are informed, engaged, and take the process seriously,” and that “It’s outrageous that someone completely disengaged and lazy can rock up to the voting booth, get registered there and then, and then vote to tax other people’s money away.”
For our weekly catchup with the ACT Party’s Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel spoke to him about this move.
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