Today on Neighbourhood Watch with Nicole Wedding from Radio Adelaide.
Australian Labor MP Sam Dastyari was ambushed in a pub and attacked with racist comments. The Victorian disability minister urgently intervened to remove a man with a profound intellectual disability from prison. And finally, further controversy around the legislation of same-sex marriage.
Driver Safety is a company that offer driver training programmes across Australia and New Zealand and has partnered with Super Cheap Auto to launch a campaign called Check It, a campaign to get people more engaged with car safety checks. This is particularly focused on young drivers under the age of 25 who, research shows, lack this information. Russell White from Driver Safety speaks with Lillian Hanly.
Ep. 281 w/ Jefferson King b2b Samuel White & Luna Arango
This time, we shine the spotlight on two acts on the rise.
Jefferson King and Samuel White are a Tamaki-based b2b duo. They comprise the Arts & Crafts Collective, and have hosted a series of intimate daytime parties at sonic haven Lot23. They start the show with an hour of shimmering home-listening. After that, we hear from South America-via-Wellington deejay Luna Arango, who is gaining quick traction with her percussive club sets.
Welcome to the Wednesday-Monday-what-day-is-it show! Short weeks tend to throw us off. We spin brand new tracks, and on The Mind Trench, Rob Bollix impersonates elephant seals (as well as telling us a whole bunch about them, too). Rachel chats to Neive Strang about her new single Living In Two, and her upcoming show at Whammy Bar. Batanai Mashingaidze talks to Rachel about Dakota of the White Flats,a punk anarchic noir play for rangatahi. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rob Bollix talks space junk, peanut butter paste, and gives us a finish-it-yourself poem on The Mind Trench. Jazmine Mary and Robyn Wilson-Whiting are in the studio to talk about Gig for Gaza, which is on at Wine Cellar tonight. Shona McCullagh, the artistic director of Auckland Arts Festival is in to talk about the programme launch. Salene is in for A Room Of One's Own to help you with renting queries. Whakarongo mai nei!
Niamh chats with Ōhinehou-based producer Cam White, aka Beneficiary 414127193, about EXPERIENCE LIFE. Dubbed by the artist as 'bedroom black metal', their latest full-length release also incorporates drone, field recordings, and White's affinity for bass-forward music made under their other moniker Zero Plussed.