Director Roberto Nascimento and comedian Kura Forrester are in to talk about their local cult webseries The Adventures of Suzy Boon. The series follows an outsider who's just trying to find her place in the world - and with season one set in the Immigration Department and season two in a Brazillian prison, you can only imagine the kind of antics that go down. Said to be a mix of Broad City and Orange Is The New Black and featuring local favourites Tom Sainsbury and Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, it's sure to tickle ye old funny bones. Both seasons are available now on TVNZ On Demand.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Mikey DJs a live set from Morning People; Rob and Jack try an Englishman's kombucha; Jules is fizzing for the We Are Twisted Fucking Sister! DVD review; His Worship discusses the future of a notoriously rectangular Waterfront stadium; and another lucky punter joins the fight for 12 months of free internet. Shoutouts Orcon.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk science quizzes, prime ministers and changing histories.
We hear from Anton Matthews who is one of the minds behind the setting up of free te reo classes in christchurch that has had an overwhelming response.
We speak with NZ First MP Jenny Marcroft about the measures made to combat kauri dieback and whether that is enough.
Chris Hipkins, Minister for Education talks about the changes to NCEA.
And, Gill Greer from the National Council of Women and Jackie Blue from New Zealand’s Human rights commission talk about the gender pay gap women experience after becoming a parent
This week on Morning Glory Hunter played new songs from Juan Wauters, Girlpool and Anderson .Paak. For 'About Town' this week he highlighted live tracks from Belle & Sebastians set at Laneway back in 2015. In the second hour of the show Brian from ROPE came up to the studio to share some of his favourite influential tunes for this weeks My Morning Mixtape ahead of the ROPE gig this friday at The Wine Cellar. Listen to the podcast here or follow the Spoifty playlist here.
Despite efforts to preserve endangered animals, trafficking has increased in some parts of the world by an estimated 5000% according to conservationists and the poaching is pushing some animals to the very brink of extinction. In 2014, 46 countries signed the London Declaration which was set up to work towards ending wildlife trafficking through law enforcement and cross-country cooperation. Wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar industry that has reportedly helped fund Al-Qaeda-related groups. What is the scope of the problem? What should be done about it? Maria Armoudian speaks with David Wilkie, Tanya Wyatt, and Marc Bekoff.
Catch Keria on the Friday Morning Glory show this week as he spins some smooth sailing tunes by Forth Wanderers, SKILAA, Bobby Womack and Kurt Vile. Ripship pop in for Fancy New Band and, well, rip shit up in the studio... ~ ~ ~
This week, it’s all about abortion. The first reading of the government’s abortion reform bill is set to go to first reading today. It would take abortion out of the Crimes Act, meaning there is no test for abortion up to 20 weeks - and from then on, a statutory test focusing on the mental and physical wellbeing of the woman. It’s a slightly more conservative version of one of three tests proposed by the Law Commission. But, after the Bill was announced earlier this week, NZ First has announced plans to seek a referendum on the issue. So, what does it all mean for the Bill? The Minister talks to Stewart Sowman-Lund.
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