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'Fly Away' by La Favi in response to "Hey I'm about to quit my job. You got a song for me?" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the txt-line number ending in 861)
1 year on from the awful Grenfell Tower fire in London, the Auckland Council have declared that the highly combustible aluminium polyethylene filled cladding is safe for use in Aucklands buildings.
The council have produced a list naming all the buildings with the cladding which include 7 Auckland hospital buildings and Auckland universities OGGB building.
Lucy Austin spoke with RNZ reporter Phil Pennington to find out more.
Show Me Shorts festival (celebrating 20 years!) kicks off tonight in Tāmaki Makaurau! Rosetta and Milly catch up with Gabi and Matilda for a kōrero about their film Gloss Finish - on this weekend at Academy Cinemas. Whakarongo mai nei!
Welcome to our brand new segment, A Room Of One's Own! Landlord getting you down? Black mould coating the walls? A window that's been jammed open for the last 10 years? Renter's advocate Salene is here to answer all your questions and help you through the trials and tribulations of the renting hellscape. Whakarongo mai each fortnight in rotation with Red Dead Redemption!
I tēnei ata Penelope Noir is talking all about the visionary style of the New York 1960s It Girl, Edie Sedgwick. Whakarongo mai for all the coats, leotards, gloves and chandelier earrings a poor-little-rich-girl could want.
Jonny chats to Suri about the book recommendation of the week. The latest book from Ta-Nehisi Coates titled The Message. The book contains three interweaving essays that investigate how fictional and factual narrations distort and expose our realities.
Medical Students are finding it increasingly difficult to finish their degrees if the government doesn't lift the EFTS cap. Postgraduate students can spend up to eight years completeing their degree, with many unable to find the money to pay their fees once their EFTS have run out. Spokesperson for the 'Let us Finish Campaign' Kera May spoke to Lachlan about the group's petition and wider goals.
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