Towns and cities across Aotearoa will be lighting up their landmarks and prominent buildings in pink to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.
Joe spoke to Ah-Leen Rayner, the Chief Executive of The Breast Foundation, about supporting breast cancer initiatives and spreading awareness of early detection.
Breast cancer affects thousands of Kiwis, particularly women, every year. This year, the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation raised funds to purchase a new campervan, which they painted pink and dubbed Pinkie.
This campervan travels to more remote regions of the country with two nurses on board, helping to screen those for cancer and raise awareness of the importance of early detection.
To find out more, Arno spoke to NZ Breast Cancer Foundation chief Ah-Leen Rayner. Arno started our interview by asking what the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation does.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: another ~ controversial ~ season of 13 Reasons Why is upon us and our resident television authority's got the rull review; Nick Borroz joins us to studio to internationalisation and foreign policy on Ready, Steady, Learn; we have passes on passes to giveaway for Courtney Barnett; and Mikey prepares for tomorrow's highly-anticipated morning rave. 6:30 - 8am at Whammy Bar. Party first, work later.
Heidi is joined by Kirstin Carlin and Melanie Roger. Kirstin has broadened her usual practice as an artist to guest curating the delectable 'Icecream Salad' at Melanie's gallery, bringing together a community of painters from a vast array of dealer stables. And then Artbank goes nepotism, with Heidi phoning Tom Tuke himself as he resides at Karekare Residency House, sharing the mishaps and hilarity of his rehearsals for his first puppet show 'Paloma and the Do of Death'.
Freaky times on Freak The Sheep. We check out some fresh tunes from Maya Templer, Wolfboy, Quin of the North, Jontomas, and yeongrak. Plus, Museum Stork join us for Live and Direct. Big thanks to NZ On Air Music for always being there... ~ ~ ~
Today on your bFM Breakfast: we give a hearty shaka to our new surf reporter, Stephanie; Jacinda Ardern uses rude words on air pre-watershed (awesome); Mikey's a Bad Feminist; the team bask in the warm post-deGrasse Tyson glow (apart from Ximena, who has her own stories to tell); and Ange takes verrucas, travel belly and critics to task.
95bFM