Another superhero series suggested by Sam but does it make the cut for top five? We know there's a lot of 'superhero shows' out at the moment, but Umbrella Academy is new, and Sam reckons your time is better spent watching this than Netflix's Russian Doll. Tough call.
His Worship is talking about the long standing Kauri tree that was recently cut down, a proposed new tip in Dome Valley, and the affects of the City Rail Link on small businesses in Tāmaki Makaurau's CBD.
Matthew Crawley and Reuben Bonner join Oscar and Tess in studio to announce their very exciting upcoming gig, Strange Universe. A collaboration between Strange News and Banished From The Universe / Banished Music presents DIIV, Cut Off Your Hands, Wax Chattels, Imugi 이무기, and DJ Mealy Worm, an absolutely epic line-up and hopefully the first annual Strange Universe gig. You can't miss this one.
National’s Denise Lee joins Laura Kvigstad for their weekly chat...
This week they chat about National MP David Bennet's comments concerning covid 19 and the criticism the party has had from New Zealand's leading microbiologist, Souxsie Wiles.
Then they chat about the National Party's calls for a tax cut for middle-income earners to address economic concerns around the coronavirus.
Finally, they chat about the protests at National's 22nd Bluegreen conference.
The National Party's Denise Lee joins us for our weekly chat...
This week Denise joins Laura Kvigstad to discuss Simon Bridges plans to cut the red tape, deregulating industries in order to stimulate the economy. Then they chat about the pay equity amendment bill and why it's stalled on it's second reading. Finally, they chat about National advocating for coalition government to stall the minimum wage increase set to begin on April 1st, 2020.
Tonight's show starts with a 90 minute CS curated by artist Alexander Brown from Wrought Material, an eclectic mixtape that switches (abruptly) between death metal cuts and Japanese pop, with all manner of noise, mental hardcore and post punk in between. The last 30 minutes is a short mix from me, classic underrated West Bay hip-hop, some brand new shit from Bowel Rupture and L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation.
Today we are going to hear from the Epidemic Response Committee who is hearing from a range of media outlets in terms of how hard the industry has been hit by the Covid19 pandemic. First though, some context. Recent weeks have seen New Zealand’s media suffer a lot of closures and downscaling, with Bauer Media announcing its closure earlier this month and NZME’s recent announcement of job cuts. Felix takes a look at the current state of our media and what it could mean for the future.