Lessons from Waitangi, tackling the housing crisis, investigating claims regarding New Zealand's behaviour in Afghanistan... it's almost as if three years aren't nearly enough, huh?
Sarah's here and hopefully this time the tracks aren't so hot that the fire alarm forces us all out of the studio. On the playlist today is Roy Montgomery's - “Fluked”, The Bug's - “Clash feat. Logan_olm" and Dale Kerrigan with "ripgirl101". Whakarongo mai!
Today on Fashun, we're Penelope Noir-less, but we aren't short of cool chats- Maxine Kelly, curator of Underlena is in to chat about her appointments in Tāmaki Makaurau this week. Whakarongo mai nei!
It might be hitting the news right now, with a path of destruction in Kenya, but Death Cults aren't exactly new, as Professor Peter Lineham tells us (on a rather dodgy telephone line)
This week on Dear Science, Alan brings us some interesting food news - from why blueberries aren't really blue to "meaty rice". Also, Alan and The Wire team attempt to take you to lower frequencies as we discover that lower voices might be the key to social standing. All here on Dear Science, thanks to MOTAT!
Matthew phones Ōtepoti-based artist Keira Wallace for a kōrero on their new single Lambs Aren't Waking Yet. This track won the 2024 Play It Strange secondary school songwriting competition.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: After a beautiful weekend, we're back again. This time, with news AND guests, aren't we lucky; Penelope Noir talks foot binding (maybe put your breakfast down while you listen to this part); and Jenna's here with a summer read that you'll be sure to whiz through. Oh, and apparently toe thongs are back in, who knew?
Bronwyn speaks to Kevin Moran from Save Our Springs about Te Waikoropupū Springs which are currently the subject of a Water Conservation Order being challenged in the Environment Court.
Located close to Takaka in Golden Bay, these freshwater springs are the largest in New Zealand and contain some of the clearest water found in the world. The iconic blue-tinted waters are recognised as a wāhi tapu by the Māori Heritage Council and are of great cultural and spiritual significance to local iwi Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Rarua.
In 2017, Ngāti Tama and Andrew Yuill applied for a Water Conservation Order, however the special tribunal's recommendatory report was not published until the 17th of March this year. In response, ten parties have lodged further proceedings in the Environment Court, some believing the tribunal's report was too strict and others, not restrictive enough.
Save Our Springs is among those appearing in court later this year, calling for improvements to the draft order.
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