For City Counselling this week, producer Sofia caught up with Councillor Shane Henderson about proposed time-of-use charging to solve congestion problems in Tāmaki and Council selling their remaining Auckland Airport shares last week.
Matthew chats to Miles of the Te-Whanganui-a-Tara band Welcomer about their latest single, Nothing of You Remaining and what it's like collaborating not only across cities, but oceans too. Listen back!
Frances Hodgkins: Creating Space is Gow Langsford’s latest exhibition at its Auckland City Gallery.
Frances Hodgkins is regarded as one of New Zealand's most renowned pioneering artists and a defining figure of early modernism, who took New Zealand art to the world. Not only was she highly respected in Aotearoa, but she also developed an excellent reputation internationally, namely in the UK, France, and Australia, particularly for her skill with watercolour and gouache.
Sofia caught up with Director of Gow Langsford, John Gow, about the exhibition, Frances Hodgkins: Creating Space, and about her life and practice generally.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Olaf Diegel, Professor of Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, about his research and mahi in 3D Printing! You can hear Olaf speak at Raising the Bar across the inner city on 26 August. Whakarongo mai nei!
For their bi-weekly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, Milly and Rosetta ask Desley about Auckland Council's recent crackdown on indie gig posters across the city - which they have refered to as "visual clutter". They also chat about recent rates increases. Whakarongo mai nei!
Nate is up in the studio for Loose Reads this week! Today on the show, he has a kōrero with Rosetta and Milly about The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride. Whakarongo mai nei!
The first of a special, and somewhat spontaneous, Tāmaki Makaurau two-parter, this week's show sees Emma talking to Greatsouth's Payton Taplin about how his music is informed by the past and present of where he lives (and why he wouldn't want to be anywhere else). On the theme of Auckland, there's also early listens to Babe Martin's 'April in the City' and Dick Move's 'Up the Bus', plus tracks from The Front Lawn, Sisters Underground, P.H.F, 3 The Hard Way, Elemeno P and more. Tune in next week for part two (including Die! Die! Die! and The Androids).
The City Mission will receive $16.7 million in funding from the government to improve and expand their detoxification services. Jemima talked to Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly, about how this funding will be used and why it is so important for Auckland.
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