After a rather drawn out couple of weeks, NZFirst Leader Winston Peters finally begun coalition talks with National and Labour yesterday. National Leader Bill English was up first in the morning, with Jacinda Ardern and her team meeting the negotiators in the afternoon. Kelly talked with political professor from Massey University, Grant Duncan about what these discussions may entail and some of the more polarising policies that will most likely take further negotiation.
NZ First is refusing to release the board members who are helping them decide their coalition partners. This is on top of negotiations being hidden away from the public which is raising issues about transparency in the democratic process. Joel to James Shaw about this.
They also spoke about Bill English accusations that the Green Party care more about getting National out of Government than they care about the environment.
Kiran talks to Mikey about the new book from Spacemen 3 member Will Carruthers, Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands. Containing forceful minimal music, literal metal and maximum drugs, how did Kiran find Carruthers' snapshot of a burn bright / burn out moment in English music?
Michele Leggott is an Auckland based poet and English professor who has spent the last several years living with blindness. Joel Thomas spoke with Leggott about her recent book, Vanishing Points, which captures and preserves snapshots of moments and memory.
She's nearly in labour! What do you mean? She's always been in Labour! The PM is getting closer to D-day and showing no signs of slowing down. This week we're talking meth testing and Queen's Birthday Honours. Does Bill English deserve to be a Sir? You decide.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about sunscreen, and two great female scientists: one is New Zealand astronomer Beatrice Tinsley, a New Zealand academic, who worked on the aging of galaxies, but who’s been sort of forgotten by History…
The other an English Chemist. It's the 98th anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin, who used xray to advance chemistry greatly
For the first Fancy New Band of the day we hear from Manuela, a singer-songwriter who sings in both English and Spanish and has songs inspired by the telenovella her mother watched. Cheers NZ On Air Music!!
Fabian Fanboy calls in from Tinsletown to talk movies with Rachel, special mentions go toAll Is True, and The Hustle, your favourite english teachers, and Anne Hathaway. Wholesome content.
Kiran pops up to the studio to talk about the winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize, Celestial Bodies, by Jokha Alharthi. The novel is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where it follows the narratives of three sisters, Mayya, Asma and Khawla. These women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional, slave-owning society slowly redefining itself after the colonial era. This book is the first of it's kind to be transalated out of it's original language to English and Kiran adores it.
Rob takes requests and this week Tess gave him the task of looking into some ol' sayings from the English language. Under the weather? Party pooper? Where did these sayings come from? Are they still relevant? Rob, Rachel and Tess try and figure it out.
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