This week we continue with our chapter book, The Enchanted Wood, find out what everyone's doing for the holidays, take a call from England and eat lots of pancakes!
A group of local musicians have announced the launch of Women About Sound, a project aiming to help more New Zealand women to develop and record their own music. The project will provide mentorship and support to female musicians through the process of composing and recording original music. 95bFM reporter Katie Doyle speaks to project leader, Jess Haugh, to find out more.
If you're interested, the first workshop will take place on 19th March from 1-4pm at the Audio Foundation. This workshop will feature Ladi 6, Caitlin Smith and other female musicians in the music industry discussing challenges faced by female musicians. Head to the Women About Sound Facebook page to find out more.
A group of students organising a protest against rape culture received online threats of violence forcing them to change their protest location. The protests follow an incident involving facebook comments from students about having sex with drunk and unconscious girls. The protests are focused on the broader issue of normalisation of rape culture in New Zealand, and will take place on Monday where the students will march through Civic Square in Wellington. 95bFM reporter, Tess Barnett, spoke to Korowai Tumanako clinician, Russell Smith, who helped start a high school programme that teaches sex and consent, about the situation.
Joel Thomas talks to Radio Adelaide's Nicole Wedding about a list of mass coral-reef bleaching’s which revealed that bleaching’s are 8 times more likely to happen now than in the 90’s, ABC news presenter Yasmin Abdell-Magied being under fire for a Facebook post on ANZAC day, and Quantis has announcing the Kangaroo route, the first direct flights from Australia to the UK.
Veronica stops by to talk to Mike about the newly refurbished Hollywood Avondale - one of the country's oldest cinemas, now a brand-spanking-new venue in the New Zealand International Film Festival. Brought back to luscious life and connected with the Southern hemisphere's largest collection of celluloid films and trailers, what can punters expect from the Hollywood during NZIFF? Our very own bFM Creative Director, Amelia, also joins the fray to review some really great rugs (like, really great) and this week's NZIFF bFMpick, Anna Biller's The Love Witch.
Ronnie from Revelry Bar brings the goodness this week, using Abelforth's Bathtub Gin in a new and surprising way and scoring a straight 10 from the boys in the process.
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30ml Abelforth's Bathtub Gin
10ml Grand Marnier (orange liqueur)
10ml Absinthe
10ml egg white
60ml special chocolate sauce (Ronnie made a litre of this using Puhoi Caramel Vanilla sauce, Whittaker's L+P chocolate and 200ml of Baileys. You could sub with Puhoi Valley chocolate milk for simplicity)
Shake over ice, pour into an icy cold glass, garnish with orange zest and sip through a cinnamon stick.
Dan from Talulah blends up an absoultely magic number for Jonny & Big Hungry.
This particular cocktail could easily be our favourite of 2017.
Missionary’s Downfall
In a blender, add:
30ml Plantation 3 Star White Rum
15ml lime juice
15ml peach liqueur
30ml 2:1 honey mix
¼ cup diced pineapple
¼ cup fresh mint leaves, tightly packed
¾ cup crushed ice Blend, pour into drinking vessel, garnish with a mint sprig and pineapple wedge.
2:1 Honey Syrup Heat 2 parts honey (liquid honey works well) and 1 part water, stir to combine. Lasts up to 2 weeks refrigerated.
Lucy Austin speaks to David Ciurlionis from the Auckland City Mission about the current food deficit and the record number of food parcels being given out.
Reuben McLaren catch's up with Green Party co-leader James Shaw. They discuss the draft productivity commission report and electric vehicles as well as the putting up a candidate for the Northcote by-election.
We also have Southern Cross where we’ll learn about Pacific research and strategy, media freedom and Facebook censorship
Mary-Margaret asks Rod Oram about the AMP financial scandal in Australia, and if there are implications for New Zealand
Reuben also speaks to Shiloh Groot, an Auckland University academic about why homelessness is so bad in New Zealand.
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