Siena and Jasmine from Rockin Relief are in to talk about the all-ages gig this Friday, fundraising for UKRAINIUM. Catch the show on June 23 at The Underground in St Kevin's Arcade with doors opening at 7pm. Tickets on the door for just $15. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week with the Green Party co-leader James Shaw, Zoë Larsen Cumming speaks to James on the scrapped Resource Management Act, Waiheke Island’s housing crisis, the huge support for Spokesperson for rainbow communities Dr Elizabeth Kerekere’s Ban Conversion therapy petition, and the vaccine roll out which commenced over the weekend.
By the end of Term 2 2021, the government will have rolled out free period products to all schools across the country on an opt-in basis. These products will be disposable. The government will consider how sustainable products such as menstrual cups and period underwear can be incorporated into the scheme as it develops over time. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston questions what the enviornmental impact of all of the disposable period products used in the roll out. She speaks with Sarah Pritchard, Sector Project Manager at WasteMINZ, about how periods can be managed more sustainably and whether the government roll out provides an opportunity to introduce a new generation of people with periods to reusable sanitary products.
Yesterday, the Government announced that Auckland will remain at Alert Level 4 and the rest of the country at Alert Level 2 until at least Tuesday 21st of September at 11:59. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu, University of Otago Wellington Immunologist, Head of Pacific Office and Senior Lecturer in Pathology and Molecular Medicine, about her position on the government’s alert level announcement. They also discuss the progress of the vaccination roll out and whether enough support has been given to Pacific and Māori communities.
Murray 'Legend' Cammick stops in to talk Iggy Pop's pajamas and his latest photography exhibition, AK 75-85.
“I tried to document the music and the scene as a ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary photographer. You either contribute to the myths/bullshit of rock n roll or you try and show some of the reality of the grind of touring and promotion. I recall being the designer at Craccum in 1976 and being delighted that our music editor John Robson came back from a press conference with a photo of Frank Zappa drinking a cup of tea. How sublimely un-rock n roll!”
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