Thailand has been seeing an onslaught of protests as young demonstrators take to the streets urging monarchy reform and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Aneeka brings us a report outline how these protests arose, picked up momentum and what is currently happening between authorities and demonstrators.
Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little on the recent primary care nurses strikes, new vaping laws, how to distribute the new COVID-19 vaccine, and the Prime Minister's comments on Monday that the Government would not change benefits by Christmas.
Yesyerday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Matariki will first be celebrated in 2022. To understand more about Matariki, producer Jade Lewis brings us a report on its history.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: The Prime Minister is on the line for What's Up w/ Jacinda Ardernletting us know what's happening with the ol' Coronavirus, Hate Speech Law, and RMA reforms; Rob's here talking about chatty animals in The Mind Trench; the multi-talented Peter Ruddell comes into the studio to talk about Sulfate's exciting sophomore album, Godzone; Tim's tells us what's what in the badlands of media in Mediabatt; and Amelia does a dog-name deep dive in Word Salad!Whakarongo mai!
Justin talks about the Canadian federal election with Professor Daniel Béland of McGill University. The election will take place on September 20 after Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau called a snap election in August.
International Desk reports on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing severe pressure on his leadership as more Conservative MPs are supporting a no-confidence motion after it was revealed he attended lockdown-breaching parties.
Neighbourhood Watch reports on the 2021 Australian of the Year and sexual abuse survivor advocate Grace Tame saying she was threatened to not badmouth Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the federal parliament passing the government’s controversial religious discrimination bill.
This week on our regular catch up with Dr Shane Reti from the National Party, News and editorial director Aneeka speaks to him about Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern heading off to Asia and the country’s recent move down to the orange traffic light setting.
Eurovision is back! This week I spoke to our European Correspondent Cameron Adams about The War in Ukraine, Britain's new Prime Minister and much more!
Welcome to Friday! This morning on Breakfast Buffet, the SRN portal spits us out in Manawatū, to chat with Radio Control's Jordan. On Travelling Tunes, Kirsten Zemke brings us boogie woogie. Ahead of Beacon Festival, Ruby Savage and Shy One visit the studio to spin some tracks with the flavour of their weekend sets. The Viewmaster yarns about Daisy Jones and the Six (streaming on Amazon Prime). Sam Morgan dials in from Pōneke to chat to Rachel about his podcast Able Audio, which explores the intersection of disability and music technology. Whakarongo mai nei!
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