Stella mans the Brekky ship. On Isthmus'n That with Desley Simpson, the Deputy Mayor of Tāmaki Makaurau discusses the council governing body approving $2 billion recovery package to improve Auckland’s storm resilience and co-fund buyouts and New Zealand Fashion Week events in Auckland. Michael Hockey is in the studio for Stage Direction, chatting about his one-off return showing of To Be Frank at Basement Theatre to help him and the team take it to Naarm for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Ready Steady Learn is with Sahan Jayatissa, a Doctoral Candidate at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute and a Teaching Fellow in Engineering Science is in the studio talking about his research where he’s created artificial stretchy muscle out of rubber. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel's here and wait... Is that Sarah? Indeed it is. Lucky for the listeners, Sarah's riding shotgun today while Tess is off on staycation; Rob brings in lemons (as per, thank you Rob) and talks havana syndrome; our Prime Minister dials in a little later than usual to talk to Rachel about Oranga Tamariki, the budget and Iraq; and Randa joins Rachel and Sarah in the studio to give us a sneak peak at a brand new single. Fun times with Rachel and Sarah, aww.
Luxon is all big on getting those commerical or chartered flights, though we wonder how many Airpoints he'd grift off the taxpayer. Also, cars flying in the sky would have the same fatality rates as cars driving on the roads after maybe 100 years?
Wise, an online multi-currency banking company, has conducted research on the financial sacrifices young people in Aotearoa are willing to make in order to travel overseas during the cost of living crisis. The research found that young people in Aotearoa are overwhelmingly likely to put off personal plans in order to travel, compared to other generations.
Rosetta spoke to Anhar Khanbhai, who is a apart of the team from Wise, about the research.
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