The Mayor talks to Rachel after things escalated at Ihumātao last night, the pair discuss the police presence and where the council stands in finding solutions to help de-escalate the situation. Also talking about where our rates go and hardship plans for business around the building of the rail link.
Paddy Free from long-standing electronic duo Pitch Black joins Danielle in the studio to talk through the tracks on new record, Third Light. Cheers NZ On Air Music!!
Hamilton group TOTI are calling for an ‘almost invisible’ piece of national history to be publicly acknowledged this week.
Today is the centenary of the 1919 Women’s Parliamentary Rights Act which for the first time allowed women to stand for election to the House of Representatives - to become MPs.
Oscar Perress was lucky enough to speak to TOTI’s Margaret Evans, who also happened to be Hamilton’s first female mayor, from 1989-98, about the legislation and its place in our past, present and future.
This week we're talking Alt-Country, a polarising genre. Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us the history of this genre as well as Wilco's Can't Stand It, The Jayhawks Blue, and Neko Case's Star Witness.
Amamelia chats to Jess about tracks from her debut album, 'Wow!', released via Sunreturn. She talks about making electronic music, collaborating with others, dumb jokes and broken laptops.
She takes us through Bill, Sad and Lonely (feat. Junny), Primavera, Hot Bitch Dot Zip (feat. Baby Zionov & bb gurl) and The F in FM Stands For Flute.
Was the 2020 US election conducted properly? Will mail-in ballots be counted and will that count be allowed to stand? Will the US Supreme Court decide the final outcome? And what, in any case, will become of American democracy? In this urgent and timely event, University of Auckland lecturers use the lenses of law, political science, and psychology to explain this contested election and discuss the implications of the final outcome.
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I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Natalie Guest pops into the studio for her last ever Breakfast Food; Rachel chats to Eyeliner about their remix of Amamelia's The F In FM Stands For Flute (out tomorrow!); and Sarah brings a fantastic Praise of Songs to the table giving us the lowdown of the goodness on the bFM Playlist! Whakarongo mai!
Luke Rowell, aka Eyeliner, has done an excellent remix of Amamelia's track 'The F in FM Stands For Flute' for her upcoming record WOW! The 2021 Remixes. It's officially released tomorrow, but Rachel caught up with Luke who is in Hong Kong to chat about the track, have an early listen and hear what else he's been cooking up over the last year. Whakarongo mai nei!
Earlier this week, the National Party voted against a bill which would outlaw conversion therapy, arguing that it currently ran the risk of imprisoning parents who advised their children against transitioning gender. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to National MP Christopher Luxon about the bill, and his issues with it as it stands.
They also discussed potential new Auckland Harbour crossings, the latest political polls and whether there should be a referendum on using the name Aotearoa.
Salene's here to help us navigate the issues around renting and landlords, from complaints about cooking smells, standing up for yourself and what to do if your property manager is being racist. Whakarongo mai!
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