The Auckland Theatre Company have a new festival work-in-development - 2017s The Navigators which is a three day showcase of three entirely different, orginal and dynamic pieces of work-in-development showcasing at the ASB Waterfront theatre. Aroha Rawson, co-creator and actor in The Haka Party Incident created by Katie Wolfe, came into studio to disucss the show with Hannah and play three songs to portray what the show means to her.
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.
This year's forest and bird bird of the year competition is getting heated. The race is on and the dirty politics have been played. Will the kereru fly across the finish line ahead of the Kea? Harry spoke to campaign coordinator Kim Collins to find out more.
On today's Wire, India speaks to Oxfam NZ's Executive Director about the Paradise Papers, a huge document leak which reveals how the world’s elite use offshore havens to avoid paying tax.
Dr Jackie Blue from the Human Rights Commission discusses Labour’s changes to paid parental leave and the Equal Pay Act.
On Green Desk with Conor Mercer, we hear about shallow reef systems, and the importance of citizen scientists.
We speak to Greer Rasmussen from Women in Urbanism about the importance of accessibility in Auckland’s transport, and illustrator Toby Morris discusses ethics in cartoons.
Lachlan spoke with Shadow Leader of the House Simon Bridges about the confusion over the election of Trevor Mallard to speaker. He also spoke with Dr Stephen Winter from the University of Auckland about the role of select committees and what significance the increase in seats from 96 to 108 will have.
This week Sam takes a look at the Kinks 5th studio album, 1967's "Something Else By The Kinks." Released during the height of psychedelic rock, this album marked a massive change of direction for the band towards British themes in their music of which they would not retreat back from.
The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards took place last Thursday, and a bunch of really great things happened. SWIDT mesmerized the crowds, TEEKS accepted his award in Te Reo, and Jacinda and Lorde made for what’s being called the defining moment of 2017. A couple of us were lucky enough to witness the whole beautiful mess, because what’s NZ music without bFM? Here’re Jogai and Amanda who were lucky enough to catch up with the most electrifying rap group in the game today, Stoneyhunga’s finest: SWIDT, and New Zealand Music Hall of Fame inductee Sharon O'Neill.
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