The Mayor's on the line to chat about the Brian Tamaki protest over the weekend, Covid 19 ventilation in public spaces, and cutting Auckland Council's own emissions. Whakarongo mai.
Auckland Council has found itself with an over quarter of a billion dollar shortfall for the 2023-2024 budget.
Mayor Wayne Brown and councillors are now looking at solutions to plug the gap, which could be anything between double digit rate rises or severe cuts.
David spoke to Councillor Mike about what caused the budget deficit and what may be some of the solutions.
Tāmaki Makaurau's major Wayne Brown has proposed cutting two thirds of funding for environmental programmes across the city. This includes funding for stormwater and water quality upgrades, as well as environmental work.
Auckland Central's Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick has launched a petition against Wayne Brown's budget proposal. Beth spoke with her about this, as well as what climate action looks like.
Did you know that New Zealand had its own lil' vibrant dab into Funk in the 1970s? Alan Perrott's article on AudioCulture explores just how deep the grooves cut: and we're glad to have him in the studio!
For this week's City Counselling segment Simon spoke with Waitakare Councillor Shane Henderson. Shane has been out in the community discussing the budget and getting feedback on the proposed cuts from residents in Waitakere. Simon started by asking Shane how the feeling is in the Waitakere community towards the budget.
Rod Oram gives us a bit of Political Commentary about the National party’s plans to lift the moratorium on genetic engineering, the Green party’s announcement of tax cuts and ending poverty and an RNZ staffer’s changes to Reuters stories to be pro-Russia. Whakarongo mai nei!
Let's get freaky!!!! 🥳 Milly plays some whacky hits on a sonic journey hitting the cruise control on your Monday Morning. From shoegaze, to deep cut dub tracks, to some abolutely pinging party tunes - There's a little something for everyone this Monday.
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