Rosetta catches up on all the excitement with Georgia Gets By following the release of her Split Lip EP last year, plus we get a sneak peak of what to expect from her show at Big Fan this Friday via a heavenly unplugged version of 'Not This Time'. Whakarongo mai nei!
Josh Aoraki is back for 2025 - in outer planetary news, a small asteroid has been discovered with a very small chance of impacting earth in 7 years, Boeing and NASA are likely to cancel the SLS Moon rocket for Artemis missions as the Trump administration is set to layoff staff, and Saturn’s rings will ‘disappear’ next month.
Simon Grigg chats to Rosetta about the influence of the Harlequin recording studio and the career of Doug Rogers. Check out Simon Grigg's six-part series on the AudioCulture website here.
Featuring a guest interview with Georgia Gets By, Josh Aoraki returns for Spaced Out thanks to the Stardome, and Simon Griggs phones in to talk about the history and impact of Harlequin Studios thanks to AudioCulture.
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation are urgently calling for more Māori nurses in the workforce, and that the health system could do a better job at incorporating tikanga into practices.
This comes as a new report was released by Nuku on Waitangi Day, emphasising “culturally safe” staffing levels, which should be developed by Māori nurses, and defined by hapū and iwi.
Despite making up 17% of the population, the organisation says Māori nurses only make up 7% of the workforce.
News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to the Kaiwhakahaere of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Kerri Nuku (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki) yesterday, about these calls from the organisation.
They started off by asking her why the number of Māori nurses working in the country is such a concern.
Featuring Fashun with Pennie Black, an interview with Heidi of Play It Strange and Henri Woodley about the organisations collaboration with Aotearoa's most beloved T.V. serial Shortland Street for their latest season, plus Loose Reads thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.
Playlist
José Junior - Death of a Party Boy
Black Market Karma - Ray Tube Jokers
Flea Miller - Letter Dog
El Búho & Дeva - Igorre
ngaru - Uphill Battle
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Rose City Band - Wheels
Lilly Hiatt - Kwik-E-Mart
NORMANS - Bending The Branch (Hans Riviera Mix)
Psymon Spine - Wizard Acid (GIFT Remix)
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan - Isis
Hominid - You are not a wallflower
Marlon Williams - Aua Atu Rā
Serebii - Verrans Corner (ft Leith Sye Towers)
Henri Woodley - Fade
Rubi Du - Played Me
Logan Richard - Up From Here
Jaz Paterson & Junus Orca - Body Electric
Chris Joss - I Want Freedom (Smokey Bandits Remix)
Last Thursday marked Waitangi day, with thousands coming together to mark the occasion at the treaty grounds themselves - including a number of politicians.
This year however, in the midst of the Treaty Principles Bill debate, ACT leader David Seymour was asked by his own hapu Ngāti Rēhia not to attend Waitangi. He ignored this request and chose to attend with his party anyway.
During his speech at Waitangi, in an act of protest many onlookers turned their backs, and his microphone was taken multiple times.
For our weekly catch up, Producer Evie spoke to the ACT party’s Simon Court about the proceedings at Waitangi.
They also discussed the latest unemployment figures - which continue to steadily rise, putting us in the worst place since 2020. As well as unpacking the government’s latest emissions reduction plan and how achievable it really is.
The latest unemployment figures were released last week, and now stand at 5.1% - this is the highest since September of 2020, and a number that has been steadily rising since 2022.
Economist and Policy Director at The New Zealand Council of Trade Union’s Craig Renney says that there are much more complex and worrying numbers behind this number of 5%.
Producer Evie spoke to Renney about why our unemployment numbers continue to rise, how the government can help people get back into work and whether we’re going to see an ease in these numbers anytime soon.
The Cook Islands and Winston Peters dominated news headlines over the weekend. With media reporting that Aotearoa’s relationship with the Cook Islands was ‘significantly worsening.’
The reason for this is an agreement that the Cook Islands is planning to sign with China. Winston Peters says the Cook Islands didn’t consult with Aotearoa about what was in the agreement - which the country is bound to doing under the 2001 Joint Centenary Declaration.
However, the 2001 agreement is complex, and has certain clauses that means these rules don’t always apply.
Producer Evie spoke to Geopolitical Analyst at the University of Otago Geoffrey Miller about the complex relationship between us and the Cook Islands - as he broke down the topic and whether anyone has really breached any agreements in this situation.
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