Breakfast with a strong Halloween theme. Rob Bollix explores some old holloween tales; Maria Walls reviews 'Spookers'; And Darryn Paterson-Harkness joins Mikey to talk about the screening of Nosferatu at the Vic in Devonport.
On this week's Wire, Harry talks to Labour MP Louisa Wall about the Australian Marriage Equality referendum.
Lachlan talks to National MP Michael Woodhouse about the new government's Healthy Homes Bill.
Lachland also has a piece on a report into New Zealand's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, talking to Children's Comissioner Andrew Beecroft, Jeni Cartwright from Child Poverty Action Group and the Human Rights Comission's David Rutherford.
Finally we have This Day in History, which takes us back to 1989, and the end of the Seperate Amenities Act in Aparthied South Africa.
Kiran's been waiting years for this number, The Mars Roomby Rachel Kushner, talk about hype. Depicting life inside prison walls, the novel tells stories of people and the environment in a different world. Well worth the wait, right Kiran?
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob Bollix gets emotional about his new Tottenham Hotspur beanie, gifted by our sweetheart News Editor Lillian, and shuts down the possibilities of Ghost existence; Dr Maria Walls unpacks Adult Swim hit TV Show Rick and Morty; National Party Leader Simon Bridges speaks about small business owners, Judith Collins decision making skills and taxes; Sam Stubbs is in to talk about the spending habits of the rich, and answers Mikeys burning question as to why some people can never have enough money to satisfy.
After a two year touring hiatus, Princess Chelsea is hitting the road once again armed with her 2018 album 'The Lonliest Girl' and a few new bangers to boot. Rachel caught up with Chelsea this morning to hear about her New Zealand Homecoming Tour, how iso's been for her, and making the very cool video for All I Need To Do. Whakarongo mai!
The unicorn rent decrease, a hole in the wall, and your average landlord family member. Never fear, for Salene is here and so are these other * helpful resources *:
Salene's here to help you out with wall fixture debates, reasonable clean-ups, and the mystery of the disappearing landlord. Whakarongo mai nei! Also, remember to check out these other helpful resources if you need a bit of extra support:
After first occupying vacant spaces in a post-stock-market-crash Auckland in the mid-1990s, public art curators ‘Letting Space’ re-emerged in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Confronted by the thin net of social welfare, the waste of the capitalist system and the climate emergency, it brokered spaces for artists to think and act radically, outside gallery walls.
A big and bright new book out of Massey University Press, ‘Urgent Moments’ chronicles these projects the artists that drove them.
To hear about the projects, Frances caught up with editors Mark Amery and Sophie Jerram.
cloud ribbon is a new exhibition by Kathryn Tsui at Object Space.
Kathryn is a textile based artist who currently lives in Tairua in the Coromandel Peninsula.
In beaded compositions and woven wall-hangings, cloud ribbon explores Kathryn’s own cultural heritage and craft practice by reflecting on intersections of Asian and European cultural histories.
Sofia spoke with Kathryn about the show and some of the research that went into it.
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