Sofia had a kōrero with author and biographer Mark Forman about Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist, available now at independent bookstores near you.
Beth had a kōrero with activist and Indigenous food sovereignty leader Jessica Hutchings about Pātaka Kai: Kai Sovereignty, a new book out now via Massey University Press.
Sofia also spoke with host Graeme Douglas about The Good Oil - a podcast dedicated to long form conversations with Aotearoa painters about their lives and practices.
And for Stage Direction this week, playwright and performer John Davies joined us in-studio to speak about Te Tupua: The Goblin, showing tonight at Te Pou Theatre.
Heidi talks to Tokerau Wilson about his show Wheke Fortress at Audio Foundation. The show featured sonic workshops such as "Demystifying Musical Equipment" and a comics/storytelling one, "Outside the Frame".
Tom talked to Clare Gemima about her forays into the Brooklyn's the "Other Art Fair", and living in New York as an artist.
E whai ake nei, coming up on the first (!!) Various Artists of 2024!
Liam chats to Keciano Tiufuva about his new solo exhibition opening tomorrow at Wheke Fortress.
Frances speaks to Pauline Autet of Contemporary HUM about their current Boosted campaign.
She'll also speak with photographer Kate van der Drift about Water Marks, currently on show at 23 locations around Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
The Government is reintroducing the Three Strike laws which were repealed by Labour during their last term. These laws set out mandatory, lengthy sentences for some repeat offenders.
The laws have been controversial, with experts stating that there is no evidence that they work in preventing serious crime.
The Government has also announced a reduction in support to community food providers. Auckland City Mission has stated they may need to cut their food packages by half.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden asks Labour Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about both of these topics.
The government has announced a new funding round for the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust fund. The Trust distributes up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of grants a year to support the awareness of Chinese New Zealanders' history, language and culture and the contributions of early Chinese settlers. bFM reporter Justin Wong spoke with the chairperson of the trust Kai Luey about the history of Chinese NZers, some of the work the trust has done in the past, and would it would like to support in the future. Luey sez the grant will teach New Zealanders about the history of Chinese settlers in New Zealand. Justin started by asking Luey to explain who the first Chinese settlers were.
Last week, Daniel Ortega won his fourth consecutive election for Nicaragua's presidency. However, the election was marred by controversy, as eighty percent of eligible voters abstained, while seven of Ortega's opponents were arrested before voting began.
Louis spoke to the University of California, Santa Barbara's Kai Thaler about the election, Nicaragua's slide towards dictatorship, and what action he was expecting pro-democracy, western powers to take.
As part of 95bfm's election coverage on the local economy this week, Hanna spoke to Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Kemp about the party's economic policies.
Te Pāti Māori is campaigning on raising incomes, focusing on the lower end of the income spectrum. They plan to do this by raising the minimum wage, legislating for yearly increases to the minimum wage, universalising student allowance, supporting pay equity for Māori nurses and teachers, and supporting trade unions. Hanna spoke to Takutai about these policies, including whether they would push up costs and addressing Aotearoa's low-wage economy.
The party is also seeking to remove GST from kai. While the party has long campaigned on this policy, Labour introduced a similar policy two weeks ago to remove GST from fruit and vegetables. Hanna and Takutai discussed the differences between these two policies, namely administrative simplicity and paternalism, and responded to economists' critiques of such policies.
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