đ Kia ora gorgeous humans. Step inside three hours of all the flavours, fast and slow, hard and soft, unplugged and very plugged - old, new, retro, cool, and everything in between. If you're wanting to get your feet tapping you can skip straight to the final hour. As always see you same time next week. Thank you for tuning in at anypoint during todays show, it was incredibly fun and thank you to those of you who called or texted in, really feeling the love on a of a dark day.
Also if you're wanting something to do tomorrow, myself and some other amazing bFM dj's are rolling out at shadows bar from 5-10pm tomorrow night (Friday 21st July, 2023)
đ Thank you for tuning in wonderful humans, 3 hours of genre free tunes. We start off slow, have some time for reflection (for Matariki) ~1hr 40 minutes in and then put the foot on the gas for the final hour. See you all next week and have a beautiful Matariki, sending lots of love đ
đ A three hour trip around the genre mill. Quiet stuff, dubby stuff, faster stuff, sad stuff, happy stuff, Robert Pattinson.
Obtuse Tune of the Week: FKA Twigs - cellophane Live Before the Entertainment Guide: Joni Mitchell - Coyote (Live at Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada, 12/4/1975)
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Milly takes you through a great three hours of radio, with Club Ruby making an appearance for Friday Live, brought to you by NZ ON Air Musicwith thanks to McLeod's Brewery. Whakarongo mai nei for good vibes all round!
Green party co-leader James Shaw responds to criticims from the climate change commission regarding the budget in adequetly adressing climate change concerns.
Southern Cross segment continues with Pacific Media Centre contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi on the arrest of Papua New Guinea president, New Caledonia pro-independence movement, sale of stuff and NZ media.
James Tapp speaks to Cornwall Park director Michael Ayrton on road restrictions in the park.
James provides a report on the relaxing of building resource consents and Resource Management Act.
Today on the Wire, Joe Wickins speaks to the founder of Pet Refuge, Julie Chapman, about the work the shelter does, how pets are impacted by domestic violence, and how COVID-19 has affected the shelter's operations.
Trishil Dayha brings us a piece on burnout. He speaks to two experts about what burnout means and how to deal with it.
Jemima Huston talks to Nathan Hawke from Christchurchâs Orana Wildlife Park, and Harmony Neale from Wellington Zoo about how lockdown is impacting the animals in New Zealandâs wildlife parks.
Finally, Isla and Stella bring you the latest episode of Tomorrowâs World. Today they investigate the common misconceptions about how human memory operates.
Ilena caught up with Councillor Shane Henderson about Auckland Transportâs Parking Strategy Review and how that figures into Aucklandâs wider climate change plan. He discussed changes that are being considered for parking in central Auckland districts, as well as how things might change further out, and how public transport infrastructure needs to concurrently be made an accessible and convenient alternative if we want a greener future.
On our regular City Counselling segment, Jessica Hopkins spoke to Auckland Councillor Pippa Coom about the year ahead for the Council.
They discussed the local elections happening this year, the Government's light rail announcement, and how our recent move to Red has affected Auckland residents.
She also asked Pippa about the controversy surrounding a proposal to put Auckland regional parks into the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about Green MP Tamatha Paulâs comments about the police and Finance Minister Nicola Willisâ recent announcement on the supermarket duopoly.
For International Desk, they spoke to Dr Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria from Curtin University in Perth about the arrest of former Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, by the International Criminal Court.
For City Counselling, Producer Sara spoke to Auckland Councillor Shane Henderson about Auckland Transportâs decision to increase parking rates by 50 cents per hour in lots across Auckland, as well as the latest development in Aucklandâs âstadium sagaâ, in which councillors have voted to support the Eden Park 2.1 project.
She also spoke with Unite Unionâs Co-President Xavier Walsh about their call to action for the government, after the minimum wage was only increased by 35 cents this week, the lowest increase in more than a decade.
Recently new legislation, The Game Animal (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill, has passed its first reading in parliament which would allow deer and tahr into our New Zealandâs national parks after being reclassified as special herds.
Aoetearoa does not have any indigenous mammals, and its ecosystems are not developed for their sudden introduction into national parks. This has lead to pests such as possums and rats doing untold damage to our natural ecosystems and biodiversity.
This bill has been criticised as dangerous to our environment and native animals.
Producer Sam spoke to the Regional Conservation Manager at Forest and Bird, Nicky Snoyink, about the potential dangers of such legislation.
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