This week on the show we welcome a new member of the Swap Meet crew - Aotearoa beat digging MVP and Tairāwhiti's finest: Campbell Ngata. He has long been one of our favourite DJ anywhere, and he begins his time with us with three hours of crucial vinyl selections traversing Jazz, Modern Soul, Disco, Boogie, Reggae and all points on the map inbetween. Welcome sir! Drop him a follow over on Instagram, his handle is "campbellngata". @soul_scourer @kirkjames13
Eurovision is back! This week I spoke to our European Correspondent Cameron Adams about The War in Ukraine, Britain's new Prime Minister and much more!
@sadarbahar1 brings a three hour disco throwdown to the Swap Meet @95bfm ahead of the Flamingo Pier festival on Waiheke from Friday - Sadar will be headlining Friday and Sunday - do not miss out go to flamingopier.net for tickets now!
Beth spoke with Lindsey about hew upcoming exhibition Defining the Means and her workshop, Rip n’ Bitch, taking place at Window Gallery on July 29th. You can sign up for Rip n’ Bitch here.
Sofia spoke to Tāmaki for Palestine’s Robin Wilson-Whiting and Dayenu’s Avigail Allan about Films for Falastin and the kaupapa of the initiative.
Beth had a kōrero with Liam Gerrard about his new exhibition After the Garden, showing at Sanderson until August 4th.
Arlo Green and Dawn Cheong joined Sofia and Beth in-studio for a kōrero about Scenes from the Climate Era, a new show they’re in, showing at Q Theatre from the 2nd to the 24th August. You can get tickets from qtheatre.co.nz.
And Sofia spoke to Rupert Travis about his practice, what inspires his work, and the themes of Indiscreet Tourist, his new exhibition.
Public Service Minister Nicola Willis has directed ministry bosses to tighten up on working from home.
Heart of the City has said workers returning to the office will help struggling businesses in Auckland's city centre and that Auckland Council could lead the way to revitalising the CBD.
However, after reviewing its working from home policies, Council has decided it is not going to change its flexible working arrangements.
Additionally, this week a large rubbish bin graveyard in central Auckland has sparked public outrage.
This comes after Council’s removal of public bins as a part of Council’s cost-saving drive, promising to save ratepayers $9 million by getting rid of 30% of the region’s public bins.
Sofia spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about both of these topics.
Last week, the government’s ban on wearing gang patches in public went into effect. The legislation was debated heavily from its inception, with some questioning whether it was necessary or raising potential human rights concerns. The legislation passed regardless.
The annual COP29 talks also concluded last week, with countries discussing measures to reduce global emissions to reach climate change targets. The discussions bring about an opportunity to assess our national efforts to reduce emissions, and make projections for our Paris Agreement targets.
This week in our catchup with National’s Tom Rutherford, Wire Host Castor speaks to him about the gang patch ban and Aotearoa’s emissions targets in light of COP29.
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