I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: The show kicks off with the smooth sirens of a fire alarm, and after a brief hiatus Penelope Noir comes up to the studio to talk about the humble t-shirt onFashun;then, Jenna brings in a home-library staple on Loose Reads; and finally Salene helps us all navigate the renting hellscape inA Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai!
This week's show featured new music from Mokomokai, Terrace Martin, Arlo Parks, Jeff Rosenstock and more. Sam also pays tribute to Tina Turner who died last week.
On What's Up with Marama Davidson, Rachel speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about the recent Budget, the subsequent action day and the government's position on the situation in Rafah. The Bard of Bollix is in to guide us through The Mind Trench, and gifts us a cursed mash up. Liam K Swiggs chats about the 2024 Big Fresh Collective’s Footmahi and the his single, Skate Park featuring Young Ghost. Salene helps you out with your whack rental situations on A Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai nei!
Enid Blyton - Five Have a Mystery to Solve (Chapters 4, 5)
Eddie Spaghetti - Wake Up, Wake Up
Petite Music Box - Coucou
Anika Moa - Colours are Beautiful
Itty Bitty Beats - Ellie the Elephant
Bobby & the Bonsters - 5 Fierce Pirates
Mr Roberelli - Jacaranda
Levity Beet - Captain Kumara
Fatcat & Fishface - Wreck of the Diddley
Mike Phirman - What makes the Breakfast?
Kath Bee - Dad I Wanna Be a Camel
Gossamer Wump
Captain Festus McBoyle - Bug Stew
Fleabite - No Toast
Rainbow Rosalind - Spinning Round
Jeffrey Addison - Mighty Maui
Little City Critters - I'm No Afraid of the Dark
Judi Cranston - A Pirates Life
This week, Ilena and Shane talk about what moving into level three means for Auckland, and in particular, how level 3 does not mean ‘level free’. They talk about varying levels of compliance and enforcement in different suburbs and how we can ‘support local’ safely during this time.
They also addressed the felling of hundreds of non-native trees at Ōtāhuhu, following up on Ilena’s previous conversation with Shirley Waru. Shane outlined the scope of Auckland Council’s influence on the matter, and gave insight into the consultation process.
Disclaimer:
After the interview with Shane, Shirley Waru, the organiser of Protect Mt Richmond/Ōtāhuhu, had some clarifications on some of Cr. Henderson's points:
Cr. Henderson implied that Auckland Council has no say in Tupuna Maunga Authority’s work. He did not mention that the Authority is a co-governance organisation. It has six iwi representatives and six Auckland Council representatives (who, under the Treaty settlement legislation are there to represent “all the people of Auckland”). The Authority is a ratepayer-funded entity. Every year, Auckland Council’s governing body considers the Authority’s annual operational plan and votes on the budget. In other words, Auckland Council does have some say on what the Authority does.
He said that the public were consulted about the tree removal in both the Authority’s 2016 integrated management plan consultations and operational plan consultations. The Authority never specifically consulted about its intentions to remove all the exotic trees from all of Auckland’s maunga. The Authority’s chairman admits this in a Māori TV interview earlier this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDrCMAhL4tk&list=PLvwPLhmfEWgk8wZyFXdCLKV871TFlO1FN&index=4. The Authority has consulted in recent years on its operational plan, but, on the whole, ignored public input.
Cr. Henderson said that only some of the exotic trees will be removed from Mt Richmond. Yes, not all exotic trees will be removed under this particular resource consent, but supporting documentation clearly shows they intend to remove all of them in time. Protect Mt Richmond/Ōtāhuhu believes they split the removal process in two so as to get a non-notified resource consent through.
Cr. Henderson also says that tens of thousands of native plants are being planted in exotic trees' places. However, this is misleading: these are mostly small plants like flaxes, grasses and shrubs and not tree species, meaning that places that previously had tree cover would look very bare, covered with small plants rather than trees.
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