Currently, the Auckland Art Gallery is housing a free exhibition of more than 120 portraits by artist Gottfried Lindauer, whose paintings feature prominent New Zealand historical figures and rangatira from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lindauer’s portraits reveal a long history of engagement with protagonists from New Zealand’s past. Pearl speaks to the Auckland Art Gallery’s Maori curator Nigel Borrell about the trials and tribulations of the exhibition.
95bFM reporter Caitlin McIlhagga spoke with Sonja Cooper from Cooper Legal, a specialist firm in Wellington which deals with historic abuse and human rights cases. They spoke about the impact compensation payments received by the Crown have on means-tested benefits. This has come up in the news because a previously unused regulation which defines a Crown compensation payment as an income asset has started being used by WINZ.
Obama reduced the sentence of Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning 29 years before she was due to be released. In 2010, Manning released a trove of documents to Wikileaks. Most people convicted of leaking have received sentences of between one and three years. bFM reporter Amanda Robinson speaks to Margaret Taylor from Amnesty International about the historic move.
This week on the Friday show, Amanda and Adam look at 24/7 Trumpwatch, the latest in Australian news, the news of Justice Minister Amy Adams’ announcement that historic homosexuality convictions will be quashed with National MP Jami-Lee Ross, cycling and transport in Auckland with Bike Auckland spokesperson Jessica Rose and Transport Blog editor Matt Lowrie, and Filmme Fatales, a zine about feminism and film, with editor Brodie Lancaster.
This week, Ximena & Adam cover the historic pay increase for aged care workers, examine the recent re-election of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the sweeping new powers being granted to him; took a closer look at the newly released People’s Mental Health Review and spoke to a key organiser for the March for Science; a movement aiming to celebrate science as pillar of human freedom and prosperity in a world of anti-science politics. They are also joined by AUT's Allan Blackman for Dear Science; talking through controversial topics such as fluoride and alternative medicine.
On the Wednesday show this week, Ximena & Adam take a look at the some of the biggest stories of the day, such as historic pay equity deal announced yesterday, the People's Mental Health report & the referendum in Turkey last weekend. Allan Blackman also makes an appearance for Dear Science, where he dispels a few science myths & discusses a new Netflix show's controversial depiction of suicide.
A new report has revealed that rent prices have steadily been rising across the country; with the median rent increasing by $50 a week a week in parts of Auckland. Latest housing bond data collected by the Tenancy Services has revealed over the last 12 months historically affordable areas of the city have seen skyrocketing pricing.
bFM’s Adam Jacobson spoke with Interest.co.nz Property Editor Greg Ninness about what the underlying reasons for this may be; and how we could solve a potential rent cost crisis.
It’s Fuck Off Fascism week on the The Wire. Every day this week we’ll be talking to academics, activists and other insightful voices about the concept of fascism and its return to the global political conversation. Producer Ben Goldson looks at the ideology of fascism, its historical roots, and what constitutes fascism today.
On today's Natural Ange: verrucas, alt.; the perils and prescriptions of travel belly; and Ange silences the critics with some cold, hard, herbal, historical fact.
Jenna talks to Mikey about The 7th Function of Language, the new 'fictional non-fiction' by French author Laurent Binet. A dense, reference packed historical thriller regarding the death-by-laundry-van of semiotics master Roland Barthes, Jenna asks whether it's possible to still enjoy a book on a shallower 'level of the onion'.
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