Congratulations are in order for NZ's first family - and being a recent(ish) father himself, Mike's as pleased as punch. And just what is a piece of errant budget modelling code? Or, more importantly, _whose responsibility_ is a piece of errant budget modelling code?
Bridge's voice made a disappearance the weekend before Laneway, so in order to continue on with a beauti chat with TOKiMONSTA, he became 'Tracy USA' via a text-to-speech website.
They talk through her new album Lune Rouge, her comeback after contracting moyamoya, remixes, and her favourite L.A. homecoming meal.
Joel Thomas hosts The Wire with Mary-Margaret Slack, and Sam Smith this Monday in which:
Lillian Hanly talks to Auckland Uni law professor Andrew Eruiti about the royal commission into the treatment of children in state care.
Joel talks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about his time in Waitangi and the inclusion of gender identity and sexual orientation on the 2023 census.
Sam Smith runs through his findings of the newly released housing stocktake report ordered by the Government.
And Mary-Margaret Slack talks to tax consultant Terry Baucher about the taxing of cryptocurrencies.
Peter Lucas Jones of Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa, and Ngāti Kahu descent, is the General Manager of Te Hiku Media. Jones is part of the team who created Kōrero Māori, a programme designed to record and transcribe hours of Māori language in order to safeguard it, and create more opportunity in the digital age for Te Reo Māori to be present. Lillian Hanly spoke with Peter-Lucas and started by asking what Kōrero Māori is.
His Worship's away, but we've found the best man to step into the breach. Auckland Councillor Richard Hills is from 'round Mike's way, so we'll excuse the North Shore camaraderie in order to ask: what's happening out there in Auckland City, Councillor?
Countdown is cutting down the cost of more than a dozen women’s sanitary items, in order to reduce period poverty.
In 2016, Countdown, the Salvation Army and Manurewa MP Louisa Wall launched an initiative via the Foodbank project to help stock the charity’s food banks with sanitary products. Since the launch of this campaign, more than $190,000 worth of tampons and pads have been donated.
To find out more about this initiative I spoke to Labour MP for Manurewa, Louisa Wall.
I also spoke to Corporate Affairs General Manager Kiri Hannifin, to know a little more about what Countdown has done to help reduce prices on sanitary items.
On Dear Science today we are talking about how to get near the sun in order to study it, the way that we reveal ourselves in our text messages with a debate about the use of full stops, and a helium anniversary at a time when we should be very aware of its depleting resources.
Fancy a gourmet picnic in Albert Park for Laneway? Dariush from Cazador pops into the bFM studio with an AMAZING specialty hamper. Available exclusively for Laneway. Pre-order your hamper here.
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