This week on bMovies Rachel speaks with Lala Rolls, director of Tupaia's Endeavour. The documenatry explores Tupaia's critical role in the Endeavour's journey through the Pacific; re-positioning his story within contemporary and historical Polynesian realities, and drawing on connections between Aotearoa and the rest of the Pacific. Tune in to hear more.
Catch Rapley and John Baker's chat with The Rolling Stones founding member Dick Taylor. Dick Taylor was also a member of the band The Pretty Things, infamously banned from returning to Aotearoa after a rowdy tour in the mid-60s. Whakarongo mai nei!
Following the recent hīkoi mō te tiriti, statistics show that thousands of people have joined the Māori Roll; either switching from the General Roll, or signing up for the first time.
As a part of hīkoi efforts, organisers pushed for participants of the hīkoi to use their voices and vote, with co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, Rawiri Waititi, saying “if supporters were not enrolled to vote, nothing would change”.
For our weekly catch up with Te Pāti Māori, Producer Evie spoke to Mariameno Kapa-Kingi about this shift in enrollments to the Māori Roll, and why this shift is important to the party.
They also discussed the gang patch legislation recently coming into effect, as well as the COP29 climate summit.
Stop drop and roll! It’s the 95bFM Top Ten, with your hosts Annabel and Callum. Tonight on the show, we put chart analyst Dr. Jon Pearce to the test with some big boy chart predictions; Callum made radio history by talking about songs from the 1996 film The Big Lebowski; and Annabel gave some wise TradeMe advice in her new segment “Trade Secrets” typical solid stuff, all while counting down the top 10 songs in the nation! Get down, get low, get out!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rach and Tess are brainstorming ways to cross the Waitematā Harbour; Second Guessing brings us The B52's; the Mayor catches up with Rachel about the ongoing saga with the Harbour Bridge, the latest with the Dome Valley landfill, and the Canal Road trees; Gina pops in to chat about the upcoming Show Me Shorts Film Festival; Zoë gives us the lowdown on what's good in theatre this week; Short Player features Wax Chattels; and Kiara talks to Rach about developing a training app for healthcare workers for particular medical equipment.
Liv and Molly are joined by folk artist Jazmine Mary in the bFM studio for a goosebump-inducing Friday Live! Whakarongo mai for a stellar acoustic set comprising of two tracks from their third studio album I Want To Rock and Roll. You can catch Jazmine live and with band all across the motu for their album release tour too!
Gareth Shute is in the studio to chat about his article 'The Rock'n'Roll Revival of the Early 2000s'! We listen to some tunes by The Datsuns, D4, and The Rainy Days. Thanks AudioCulture!!
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