Recently there has been news regarding the possible closure of the longest standing Māori radio station, Te Ūpoko o Te Ika. The news comes as time runs out for an ongoing dispute to be settled between the license holders of the station. The local iwi radio who currently hold the licence due to older legislation put through by a former National government, is looking to expand and wants to merge with Ūpoko. This has meant Ūpoko cannot access its monthly operating funds from Te Māngai Pāho. Operating on its reserve funds means the station may only last until the end of the month and 11 people will lose their jobs. As well as this, the tuakana of Māori radio will cease to exist. There has been a number of calls for the government to step in and stop this from happening. NZ First is an advocate for iwi radio so Lillian Hanly spoke with Jenny Marcroft about her perspective on the matter.
We thought we would revisit this story from earlier this year. Mitchell and Hugh discuss the carbon credits system available at Hinewai which has become increasingly popular with large businesses allowing them to offset unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions. The system has allowed the reserve to expand and encompass a significant area on the peninsula which has rejuvenated naturally without planting and minimal pest control. Mitchell begins by asking Hugh a little bit about the history of the Reserve and how its arrived at where its at today.
The government has just announced a bill to expand sick leave entitlements from five days to ten days a year. Noah spoke to Chief Executive of Retail NZ, Greg Harford who has come out against the bill. He also spoke to Annie Newman, Assistant National Secretary of E Tū, a union which has long called for an increase in annual sick leave.
As many Aucklanders would have noticed, residential parking restrictions have been expanding for quite a while, getting further into the city fringe into increasingly residential areas. Aneeka spoke to Rick Bidgood from at&t about why this is and what this means for transport in the city.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: it's a full to the brim show on this rainy Tuesday morning. Tune in to hear the usual goods, including a chat to Mayor Phil Goff about what's happening in Tāmaki Makaurau; Swallow the Rat come into studio to chat about their new single 'Don't' and upcoming record; award-winning playwright and performance poet Nathan Joe pops up to talk about DIRTY PASSPORTS, on at Basement Theatre now; and we expand our brain power in Ready Steady Learnchatting concussions with Dr. Vickie Shim! Whakarongo mai!
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