It's Rāpare and Rosetta and Milly have a great show for you lined up: Political Commentary with Lara Greaves, Natural Ange, a special announcement, and a chance to win Yurt Party's new album '200' on vinyl! Whakarongo mai nei!
The Government’s venture investment agency, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, have announced they will support the University of Auckland’s student entrepreneurship development programme, Velocity.
One of the ventures to come out of the Universities programme is Strutfit, who uses computer vision and AI size recommendation technology to take the guesswork out of online footwear shopping.
Jess talked to Ang Nayyar, the CEO and Co-founder of StrutFit about how Strutfit works, and how it has developed since he went through Velocity’s development programme.
It is indeed Mental Health Awareness week, and tomorrow Rāmere/Friday’ theme is all about Reconnecting with nature. So for the Green Desk this week, Frances spoke With Drew Divehall, the Speak Wellbeing Adviser at the Department of Conservation. Frances and Drew talk about mental health in the workplace and how reconnecting with nature is integral to mental health.
Recently the government announced a $32 million boost to strengthen drug and alcohol addiction services in Aotearoa. To discuss this and addiction struggles in New Zealand, Zoe Larsen Cumming interviewed the Deputy Executive Director of Programmes at the New Zealand Drug Foundation Ben Birks-Ang.
It is a fact that what makes Aotearoa New Zealand an amazing place to live is nature. Our export industries are built off the idea of a ‘clean, green New Zealand’, attracting tourists and food exports.
Greenpeace’s Executive Director Russel Norman claims that “Luxon’s relentless War on Nature burns the natural capital of Aotearoa for short term GDP growth.”
He has called it a ‘war on nature’, and says that the clean-up costs of a coal mine are greater than a full year of royalties that coal companies pay to the government.
Sasha spoke in depth about Christoper Luxon’s continued ‘war on nature’ with Russel, further speaking on international implications.
Ayana talked to the Deputy Executive Director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation on the new legislation legalising the testing of drugs at festivals this summer. The NZ Drug Foundation has been working with Know Your Stuff over the past three years and it will be different this summer.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Pinch and a punch and that brings us to October folks; Pennie is off sick; Kiran joins us for a flashback to The Rolling Stone in the 70's, and the women that were killin' it; and Natural Ange is tackling the concussion this morning. Ahh, Monday's.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel's two coffees deep, a great start to Monday; an exciting announcement, the bFM merch store is coming back; Kiran reckons short stories are on the rise, with Being Various being her top pick this week; and Natural Ange wants everyone to know now's the time to plant your garlic. Happy Monday.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Monday, we've got coffee and tunes plus a special announcement to kick your week off real nice; Penelope Noir answers a listener request and pays tribute to Gloria Vanderbilt; Kiran joins us to talk about a special book that was a winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi; and Natural Ange pops into the studio to talk about PMS. A good start to the week.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel and Tess are here to brighten up this grim Monday morning with some exciting gig announcements and heaps of tasty tunes; Jenna brings up a memoir that's full of memories close to her own heart; and Natural Ange is here to help you with your dental qualms this week. Nothing like some exciting news to wake you up for the week ahead.
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