First up, Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson gives Jonny and the listeners a quick traffic report due to closures on the bridge and SH20. Then they delve into the future of the Western Springs Stadium, and then the proposed upgrades to the Central Wharves, removal of The Cloud, and the current public consultation that runs until 11 May. You can make submissions on the Auckland Council website here.
Mātauranga Māori is empowered as a central focus of a new decision-making framework for geothermal engineering projects developed by recent PhD graduate, Dr. Nona Taute.
The tool bridges the technical considerations of engineers with iwi perspectives and priorities.
Taute’s framework mediates perspectives by combining cultural, social, environmental, and economic sustainability indicators to measure and communicate the mauri (the life force and viability) of geothermal engineering initiatives in Aotearoa.
Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Dr. Nona Taute of Te Ārawa and Tainui, about his work.
HALFQUEEN talks with Aotearoa for Palestine spokesperson Nadine Mortaja about the upcoming March For Humanity across the Auckland Harbour Bridge, as well as the group's demand that the New Zealand government sanction Israel. The march follows recent actions in Australia in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as rallies held by Aotearoa for Palestine each Saturday in central Auckland since October 2023.
Sof had a kōrero with Director and Curator of Contemporary Art at Gus Fisher Gallery Lisa Beauchamp about their current group exhibition, What we choose to remember.
And Maya caught up with artist Eva During about her current show on at The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead, Under The Bridge.
Last week, National’s coalition partners in ACT and NZ First found themselves arguing over Air New Zealand; Specifically, over whether or not, during a time of struggle, the government should sell their shares in the company. National has sed that they are not currently considering any moves surrounding these shares.
Education Minister Erica Stanford announced yet more teacher training initiatives in order to bolster the education workforce, in addition to what she says is already the highest number of teachers since 2004, and the highest number of teachers in training.
The government has also spoken about the release of the newest New Zealand Crime and Victims survey, claiming that violent crime statistics going down proves the effectiveness of their tough on crime approach.
This week, Tuesday Wire Host Alex spoke to National MP Ryan Hamilton about all of these topics, starting with those Air New Zealand Shares.
Political donations! What the heck is going on. The dodginess continues with every other week RNZ bringing out another story showing the way in which NZ First has been allegedly trying to get around political donation rules - and succeeding. First it was the National Party though with the Simon Bridges and Jami-Lee Ross drama. That particular case was taken to the Serious Fraud Office and 4 individuals related to the party have now been charged in relation to two separate donations of 100,000 dollars. 3 of those people are actually seeking for their names to be revealed. One has now been revealed to be Jami-Lee Ross. NZ First on the other hand has been in the news because what RNZ has seen is a number of documents relating to donations made to the NZ First Foundation, a separate entity to the actual party that has been taking this money and what seems to be the case, using it for things it is not meant to be used for - apparently. However - we don’t know anything yet because this has only just been taken to the Serious Fraud Office, and party leader Winston Peters himself has stated he looks forward to the result of the investigation and is willing to review party policy if needed. The other side of the issue is the seeming pattern becoming clear that shows a number of donations being made, some by the same people and on the same day, of just under the threshold where you are then required to reveal the donor’s name. You may recall the Bridges and Ross recorded phone conversation where Bridges seemed to be instructing Ross to split a larger donation into smaller amounts with the implication being that they would then not need to reveal the names. SO! Back to NZ First. Last week Peters took responsibility for having photos taken of certain journalists who had been involved in the investigation. The photos were then posted on The BFD, a Whale-Oil linked website. This of course invokes in one the memory of Dirty Politics.. It goes on.
So where are we even at with all this. What does it all mean? And why should we be invested in the conversation. Recently, political commentator Dr Bryce Edwards released a column pointing out the silence of both the Labour and Green parties on the matter saying this could be seen as unethical in itself - just to add to it all. Lillian Hanly wanted to talk to Bryce more about this and started by asking how he felt when this all first came about.
bFM broadcasts live from Real Groovy! Mikey chats to Fabian Fanboy about Transparent; Dr. Kirsten Zemke explores the soothing world of bagpipes. And we have live performances from Reb Fountain & Randa.
Q. What happens when you get members from Reb Fountain, Tom Cunliffe, The Miltones, Eb & Sparrow, The Bads, Dianne Swann, and Dead Little Penny in a room together?
Deputy Paul in with Natural Child, Neil Young, Little Feat and Auckland's own 70's hippie country vibe merchants, Magic Factory. Brand new music from Anna Tivel & Jeffery Martin, Ween from the deepest darkest corners of the bFM 90's vault and a little dip down the blues hole with Muddy Waters, Them & The Blues Band. Not to mention Sharon Van Etton, Reb Fountain & Courtney-Marie Andrews. Woop!
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