The New Zealand Music Foundation has released the findings of their first community wellbeing report. The foundation started in 2012 and provides support to members of the local music industry in times of illness, distress and hardship. The report’s findings were gathered from the results of a survey conducted in July where over 1300 respondents from within the music community answered questions about their working hours, income, exercise, drug and alcohol use, and mental health. Reporter Sam Smith speaks to the general manager of The NZ Music Foundation.
AUT’s Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy Research has just released their 2016 New Zealand media ownership report. The findings are unsurprisingly a little dire, with ownership by financial institutes on the rise and the prospect of two major mergers on the cards. Ximena speaks to the co-director of the research centre, Dr Wayne Hope, about the significance of the findings from this years report and about what they might mean for the health of New Zealand’s media landscape.
Last week it was announced Recorded Music NZ will begin incorporating Bandcamp sales statistics into the New Zealand music charts. The charts will now include physical and digital sales from the online music store which RMNZ says is part of their aim to make the charts more reflective of the way people consume and purchase music. The move follows the incorporation of album stream statistics from sites such as Spotify from earlier in the year. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to RMNZ's data manager Paul Kennedy about the changes.
This week Pearl speaks to Andrew about the election date, Bill English's recent comments on Labour and Trump's immigration ban, the refugee and immigration quotas, and the party's working future plan.
Amanda talks to National MP Jami-Lee Ross about the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation speech and the National government’s stance on Trump’s immigration bans.
bFM report Alice Canton speaks to Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei and Salvation Army co-convener Alan Johnson about the Salvation Army's state of the nation report that claims New Zealand is heading off the track in terms of housing, poverty and imprisonment.
An open-cast coal mine is on the table for reserve land near Westport, on the South Island's West Coast. The area is home to several endangered species including the Great Spotted Kiwi. The Buller District Council has approved Rangatira Development Limited's application for the mine, prompting Forest and Bird to go to the Christchurch High Court, asking for a judicial review of the council's approval. Wire host Mack Smith spoke to Forest and Bird's Chief Executive Kevin Hague about what this mine could mean for the local environment.
Check out the full podcast for this week's Tuesday show, where we speak to Nicky Hager's lawyer Felix Geiringer about the latest on his case, the Māori Party's Marama Fox about her party's new agreement with Mana, Auckland University's Changzoo Song about the latest developments in North Korea, The Tree Council's Dr Mel Barton for The Green Desk, and more.
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