Welcome to our brand new segment, A Room Of One's Own! Landlord getting you down? Black mould coating the walls? A window that's been jammed open for the last 10 years? Renter's advocate Salene is here to answer all your questions and help you through the trials and tribulations of the renting hellscape. Whakarongo mai each fortnight in rotation with Red Dead Redemption!
Keegan drops by the studio to share some delicious Avondale delights like Burnt Butter and the wall of corn beef. He also let's us know about Vā, which you can check out across the weekend kicking off tonight! Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Tomorrow's World toes the line of the social sciences, investigating the explosion of reality TV content. From fourth wall breaks, to why it's so consumed, to performative femininity, to whether societal values are actually reflected in formats and duty of care for participants of reality shows. Stella and Isla speak to Rebecca Trelease, who's winding up her PhD at AUT on the subject.
Our beloved Viewmaster is back and this week he chats about the second season of Hunters, which has apparently gone "balls to the wall"! Whakarongo mai nei!
AUT Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie and Pacific Media Watch editor Jean Bell joins us in studio to discuss West Papua and the failure of visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo to front up to the media while in New Zealand.
We also chat about the wave of protests sweeping Indonesia due to a new law that criminalises criticism of lawmakers and the Tonga Minister of Education, Penisimani Fifita moving to ban girls from rugby or boxing.