Mayor Brown' draft for the annual 2023/24 budget includes drastic cuts for the arts. The plan is to stop regional grants for arts, events, community recreation and heritage. 8 million in total. And the removal of 20 million from community and social development programmes, which includes art events, education programmes and community programmes.
Daniel spoke with Lauren Whitney general manager of New Zealand comedy trust, an organisation that produces the New Zealand international comedy festival and supports the comedy industry.
Daniel also spoke with Mark Harvey who is part of Arts Makers Aotearoa, which was formed by a group of arts makers who are concerned about the lack of support for the arts in this country and he is also part the creative arts industries faculty at the university of auckland
Lastly Daniel spoke with Cat Ruka the executive director of Basement Theater.
We spoke about the impact of these plans on the city of auckland and the consequences these plans will have for individual and community wellbeing and mental health. And what is exactly the intrinsic value of art?
Term 1 done and dusted! Onwards, to chocolate and slippers! Thanks so much to the Hollywood Cinema for giving us family passes to two GREAT family movies!
Roald Dahl - Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator(ch. 7 - 12)
Eddie Spaghetti - Wake Up, Wake Up
Alan Gregg - Grandma Says Oo-hoo!
The Little City Critters - It's Not a Monster, It's Me!
Fleabite - The Skellingtons of Wellington
Levity Beet - Piranha
Dr Seuss - Yertle the Turtle
Captain Festus McBoyle - Cheeky Little Monkey
Belle & Sebastian - The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo
Mike Phirman - Cat Cat Frog Frog
Stan Freberg - St. George & The Dragonet
Reporter Daniel Meech speaks to Andree Froude and Maria Bellringer about gambling in videogames, the effects it may be having on children, and whether more needs to be done to regulate it.
The triennial report on the state of the environment in Aotearoa has changed the framework for how it reports its findings. It looks more at mātauranga Māori and exploring the connection between the environment and people. Joe spoke to Professor Amanda Black, Director at Bioprotection Aotearoa and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, as well as Dr. Dan Hikuroa, Senior Lecturer, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, Waipapa Taumata Rau (School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, at the University of Auckland on the matter.
Dr Lara Greaves gives us some Political Commentary about solidarity action across the motu headed by Te Pāti Māori, as well as first impressions of the government and their 100-day plan. Dan from DARTZ is chatting about their new single, Learning To Drive with Dad. On Greening Out, Jim tells us how to attract native butterflies to your garden this summer, and gives us an early spin of his new Jim Nothing track, out officially tomorrow. Natural Ange lets you know how to avoid end of year burnout and skin problems on account of this muggy summer. We recap your Top Ten. Whakarongo mai nei!
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