An interview with John Boone of Rhythm Interactive - about rhythm/percussion as communication, their history as a group, and their new children's show Jungle Jambo (which runs at the Herald Theatre, July 16th-20th).
This week, Simon Bridges became the subject for criticism after he voiced his concerns around the extension of level four, and two weeks in level three. He criticised the government for not doing enough groundwork to progress out of level four sooner, insinuating the government was wasting New Zealanders time. The National Party’s Denise Lee joined Laura Kvigstad, stressing that contact tracing needs to be occurring at a quicker rate echoing Bridges position that there was more the government needed to do. They then later discussed why small businesses are being called the sacrificial lamb under covid 19, answering Laura's questions as to whether the pressures for economic freedom from National are putting New Zealand's covid 19 health outcomes to chance.
Earlier this week, the National Party voted against a bill which would outlaw conversion therapy, arguing that it currently ran the risk of imprisoning parents who advised their children against transitioning gender. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to National MP Christopher Luxon about the bill, and his issues with it as it stands.
They also discussed potential new Auckland Harbour crossings, the latest political polls and whether there should be a referendum on using the name Aotearoa.
I tēnei ata Dr. Lara Greaves shares her thoughts on recent and upcoming events inPolitical Commentary; Sam reveals his secrets for dinner festivities in Breakfast Food; and PollyHill and Samara Alofa tell us about their new single 'Void', giving us an exlcusive listen! Whakarongo mai!
Got some blues for ya, some great local tunes off the system and handful from the 95bFM vinyl library. Very pleased with how the 'no power to the laptop' situation was handled and discovered perhaps the worst thing joe strummer ever did. you be the judge.
This year's APRA Silver Scroll Awards featured stunning interpretations of some of Aotearoa's finest music, guided with grace and precision through the awards' new online format by musical director Julia Deans.
95bFM Breakfast's Rachel was present at the Tāmaki Makaurau tapings of two such interpretations: Disciple Pati's rendition of Reb Fountain's 'Don't You Know Who I Am'; and Alien Weaponry's stonking take on Troy Kingi's 'Mighty Invader'.
Later, at the awards screening, 95bFM's Tess & Zoë caught up with Scroll winners Stella Bennett (better known as Benee), Josh Fountain and Djeisan Suskov as they celebrate their win for Benee's 'Glitter'.
Welcome to the mid-week show! The Mind Trench is back as per usual with the bees knees and elephant sneezes. Rachel speaks to Savina Fountain and Aubrie Mitchel from BIG FAN about their programme Ignite, a new initiative for rangatahi wanting to enter NZ music scene. Whakarongo mai nei!
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