Midway through 100% New Zealand music week and it's still full steam ahead. On What's Up with Nicola Willis, Rachel speaks to the Deputy Leader of the opposition, Nicola Willis, about National's use of AI in campaigning images, the government's budget, and the steel subsidy. Rob Bollix deep dives underwater on The Mind Trench, exploring octopus dreams. Model Home's Rachael dials in from Ōtautahi to talk about their new single, Leaky Home Simulator 2031. We have a very special performance from Aotearoa's own Bic Runga, as well as a chat about two decades of Beautiful Collision, and the upcoming shows to celebrate. Stay tuned for the video of Bic's performance. Whakarongo mai nei!
On todays show we had Taco Joint come in for Fancy New Band, and Will custom selects some tunes for some people getting up to strange things later on in the show.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off with a coffee and a splash of good tunes; Second Guessing takes us back with an oldie but a goodie; the Mayor joins us to talk about Level One, voting, and swimming at Piha; Mark Kneebone pops in to give us the lowdown on Elemental Nights AKL; Zoë dials in with the latest theatre for you to catch; Short Player features P.H.F and his highly anticipated album; and Associate Professor Johan Verbeek chats to us about recycling.
Just what makes a model 'super'? Is the creation of a personal brand simply savvy business? Who were considered the first 'supermodels' and, more importantly, considered the most notorious?
Chris Fowlie chats about high THC seeds being imported into NZ and the potential for a West Auckland Liquor Trusts style retail model for recreational cannabis.
Penelope returns with tales from Paris Fashion Week, from crashing the catwalk to models protesting on the runway, Pennie gives us the lowdown on what actually went down this year.