On Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson, the Deputy Mayor speaks about the incident in Auckland's CBD last week, the opening of the FIFA Women's World Cup in the city and the funding pledges from central government and council to restore the St James Theatre. Whakarongo mai nei!
The Wire’s weekly chat with James Shaw is back, and this week Emilia Sullivan chats to the Green Party co-leader about his party’s campaign launch, as well as the new settings for the Emissions Trading Scheme and the National Party’s transport policy, which outlines plans to build 13 new roads.
This week, Joe goes over the super-fight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. Emilia runs through all the latest in the motorsport realm, and Dion Enari, a lecturer at the School of Sport and Recreation at Auckland University of Technology, joins us for a kōrero about how Māori and Pasifika languages are being revitalised in within the sporting arena. All this and more for this weeks Playbook! Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Milly from Monday Morning cruises you through your favourite songs from the station this week. Complete with rubbish jokes, and tracks by the likes of Basement Jaxx, Parquet Courts and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, you're going for one sweet ride through the bFM toppest of the top 10.
Peter Lineham is back for That's The Spirit - where he goes through the results of a recent survey for members of the Catholic and Protestant churches in New Zealand.
Drummer (and sometimes vocalist) Hayden Fritchley, of Swallow the Rat is in the studio to talk about the new video for Chain Mail, and exciting gigs in the pipeline for the band, including South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
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!!
This week on Marijuana Media, Milly and Chris talk changes to the import/export game that change the playing field, along with some great studies showing why green has so much goodness to it. Don't forget to tune in to the end to find out about some great consultations coming up at The Hempstore soon!
Jonny chats with Dr Bryce Edwards about the Government's shock changes in the Health system - the replacement of the Health NZ board by Lester Levy, and the intention to reform the hospital system and find $1.4b savings, and The Royal Commission Report into Abuse in Care.
For the first ever episode of WALAO! Oto and Jaycee interviewed local Tāmaki Makaurau indie rock outift Backshotz for a chat about their musical process and asian representation in the music scene here in Aotearoa.
They also had a chat about Budot music in the Philippines and it's spread through TikTok.
And, of course, they played 2 hours of the best independent music from Southeast-Asia and the diaspora abroad.
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