We started the hour in the East Coast where Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is set to return. Reporter Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to CEO and Artistic Director, Tama Waipara, about the importance of showcasing local artists and culture.
National's Simon O'Connor joins us to talk housing.
Rochelle Ade also joins us on the topic bringing her expertise on the topic of healthy homes.
In the Community Garden, we are joined by Accelerating Aotearoa's Judy Speight to talk Local Employment Access Programs.
All concluded by the week that was as curated by Ollie Joblin.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the show today.
New Host Ayana tackles her first Friday Wire with Producer Noah!
First, Ayana talks with Dr Dean Knight, Consitutional Advisor for NZ Republic, about what New Zealand would look like as a Republic and the importance of symbolism.
Next, Ayana explores the dichotomy of the colonial structure of the NZDF and modern Aotearoa with Massy Centre of Defence and Security Studies Lecturer Terry Johanson.
Then Noah talks to Dr Olivier Jutel from the University of Otago about the role of 'shock jocks' in our media, their value, and how the public reacts to them.
Finally, James talks to Matt Lowrie from Great Auckland about the controversial East-West link road and the environmental and economic impact.
Host Jemima Huston takes over the Monday Wire for Jessica Hopkins and Louis Macalister who produced the show from home.
This week on the show, Jessica talks to Conversion Therapy Action group's Shaneel Lal about how people can have a say on the proposed legislation to ban harmful conversion therapy practices.
She also speaks with Dr Paula O’Kane from Otago Business School on how employers can best support their employees during lockdown.
Louis interviews Author Mandy Hager about her new book, Aotearoa's History of Protest.
He also speaks to The University of Otago’s Professor Elisabeth Slooten and Sea Shepherd's Michael Lawry about critically endangered Maui and Hectors Dolphins.
And finally, Louis talked to Dr Kyle Clem from Victoria University of Wellington about how a blob of warm water off the east coast of Aotearoa is causing drought in South America.
A large blob of warm water off New Zealand's east coast is causing drought conditions in South America. A recent report says that the blob emerged naturally in the 1980's, but has warmed much faster due to climate change.
Louis was joined by Victoria University of Wellington's Dr Kyle Clem to talk about the blob, how it was caused, and the impacts it is having.
Miss Dom spins some of the original artists whose music was sampled in the masterful 'The Low End Theory' by A Tribe Called Quest. The album celebrated its 30th anniversary on September 24th and was hailed a milestone of the genre, bridging the gap between jazz and hip hop. And the second hour, Dr 'Funky' Mark Baynes brings Afrocuban and East African jams as well as a special lockdown collab from Kim Paterson and Matt Gruebner.
Dom's playlist:
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - A Chant for Bu
Grant Green - Down Here on the ground
Minnie Riperton - Baby, This Love I Have
A Tribe called Quest - Check the Rhime
Average White Band - Love Your Life
Grover Washington Jr. - Hydra
Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache
The Last Poets - Black Is Time
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Spinning Wheel
A Tribe called Quest - Verses From The Abstract
Mark's playlist:
Sola Rosa and Josh Barry - You Don’t Know
Alsarah and the Nubatones - Habibi Taal
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter - Lagrimas Negras
Kim Paterson and Matt Gruebner - Alone Together
Brad Mehldau - I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
Cubop City Big Band - Arsenio Medley
Ahmad Jamal - One
Funkadelic - Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic
Today on the Wire, Emily Bell speaks to Doctor Amanda Kvalsvig, an epidemiologist at the University of Otago campus in Wellington, about the debate about N95 masks and how important they are.
The move to the red setting has posed a serious hit to the music and arts industry, with all events over 100 people being cancelled and many artists losing out on work. Jemima Huston interviews event directors John Minty from Splore, Matthew Davis from The Others Way and Dan Hesson from Freqs Out East about their cancellation and postponement decisions. Jemima also speaks to musician and artist Jazmine-Mary about the letter they have written to the Prime Minister asking for support for artists and performers who have lost their jobs in the face of the red setting.
Finally, Emily talks to Manager of the South Island Kōkako Trust Inger Perkins about the search for the South Island Kōkako bird and how the public can get involved.
Miss Dom digs on some holiday freedoms and gets into the Summer of Soul doco, plus more tracks from the MPS label 2021 Reissue Series, and guest selector Johnny & The Dambusters joins for part 2 with a Ska-Jazz Special.
Miss Dom's tracklist:
MC 900 Ft Jesus - Tip Top Through the Inferno
The Jive Kiwis - Bubble & Squeak
Samara Joy - Everything Happens to Me
Summer Of Soul Featurette
Nina Simone - Revolution
Harlem Underground Band - Cheeba Cheeba
Myele Manzanza
Etta James - Sunshine of your love
Freddie Hubbard - Blues for Daune
The Three-handed Beat Bandits - Cold Duck Time (after the stream)
Johnny & The Dambusters' tracklist:
King Tubby - Take Five
Laurel Aitken - Mi vida sin tu amor
The Skatalites - Swing Easy
The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble - Grooving Steady
Jazz Bo - In Walked Bud
North East Jazz Orchestra - Good Rockin Daddy
Tommy McCook - Caution
Phylis Dillion with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Perfidia
The Jazz Jamaica All Stars - Vitamin A
Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation - St James Infirmary
St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review - All my Loving
Sly & Robbie featuring Ernest Ranglin & Monty Alexandra - Lively Up Yourself
EVIL VILLAIN VIBES - East and (later) Costa hanging w/ me today as we talk you through some of our favourite bad bros and share devilish tunes to kickstart your Tuesday morning! What a wonderful way to start the day. Thanks as always to the Tuning Fork!
95bFM