This week on Totally Wired we have new music from Holly Herndon, John Prine, Violent Femmes, Suzi Analogue, Earth Tongue, Sunn O))) and loads more. Plus we hear from Wellington-formed band Beatcomber, who have just released their debut EP, Creature Comforts.
Jess plays all New Zealand music for NZMM! She revists some albums that have come out in 2020 and plays some fresh new releases from Soda Boyz, Green Grove, Louisa Nicklin and more.
Power Nap also talks about his favourite local track for Deep Obsession.
For Long Player, Vera Ellen talks about tracks from her latest EP, 'World Emotion'.
On Today’s show, Andrew Little returns to talk to Oscar about treaty settlements and the recommendations made to Aotearoa at the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. Grace talks Sarah about the strike actions of around 1000 ambulance officers as well as the conditions the strikes have arisen from. In Neutral Corner, we review the media coverage and content of the State of The Union address and On this Day in History, 1962, the total embargo on Cuba by the United States of America began.
50,000 secondary and primary school teachers are striking today, with 15,000 in Aotea square. The strikes affect seven hundred and seventy three thousand students. The teachers strike is the largest in New Zealand so far, and involves two unions, the NZEI and the Post Primary teachers Association. However, the government is insisting it will not increase the total value of it’s offers of more than 1.2 billion over four years. Sherry reports live from the protest in Aotea square.
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