This week Sam takes a look at New York hip hop duo Gang Starr's seminal second album "Step in the Arena". Released in 1991, this album set Gang Starr up as one the leading groups within the hardcore hip hop scene of the early 90s.
Last week Auckland mayor Phil Goff announced he is setting up a special task force to look into Auckland's housing shortage. Goff says the task force aims to get the most up-to-date information from the key players in the sector in order to address problems such as unaffordable homes, high rents and homelessness. He says local and central government must work together to address Auckland's housing crisis otherwise the issues associated with it will get worse. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to Goff about the new task force.
This week we discussed Anne McCahon's life and art. An exhibition of McCahon's work, called "A table of One's Own", is on at Te Uru Waitakere now. The curator Linda Tyler was on the show, and we mulled over the array of paintings, childrens book illustrations, stage sets, pottery and fashion that McCahon produced, and that is on display in Titirangi.
Zahra Lari is a competitive figure skater from the United Arab Emirates who has represented her country in numerous international competitions. The 21-year-old from Abu Dhabi now has her heart set on a bigger dream - the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Niamh Peren, a Kiwi film maker has just been granted permission to make a film on Lari. bFM reporter Pearl Little spoke to Niamh about her upcoming documentary.
Support Niamh here: https://givealittle.co.nz/project/niamhperen-documentary
‘Set’ is a teachers council journal with a new issue focusing on civics, citizenship, and political literacy in education. The journal critiques what type of civic knowledge and citizenship is currently being taught and asks whose citizenship and what values are prioritised. Amanda spoke to Josiah Tualamali’i of the Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation initiative about this journal and the piece he co-authored.
Labour Leader Andrew Little announced on Wednesday a $10 million investment towards Dunedin’s gaming industry if they’re elected this year. The fund will go towards creating a Chair of Computer Gaming at Otago University, setting up a gaming incubator with a motion capture studio, and provide funding to attract more people to the city, all with the aim of turning a $90 million dollar industry into a billion dollar one. 95bFM reporter Ben Goldson speaks to New Zealand Game Developers Association spokesperson James Everett about the funding.
William Walker and his band 'BadforEducation' come through to the studio and chat with Ally about his new EP which he released on Soundcloud -
(check it out here >> https://soundcloud.com/badforeducation/sets/good-for-health-ep)
A new taskforce has been set up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to watch Trump’s administration. The new Americas taskforce is made up of seven people and will operation 24/7 to keep up to date with any new policy put in place by the US government. This comes after a the Ministry was reprimanded by the New Zealand government over a delay finding out how Trump’s immigration ban would effect some New Zealanders. bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson speaks to University of Auckland Associate Professor Stephen Hoadley about this taskforce.
Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith, is set to release a statement this week on the state of New Zealand’s fresh waterways. Currently, the standard for New Zealand freshwater systems states that they must at least be wadeable. But more than 12,000 kiwis have signed a Green Party petition that calls for the government to up their game and make the country's waters swimmable. 95bFM reporter Adel Abied speaks to Green Party water spokesperson Catherine Delahunty about the issue.
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