On the day of its release, we give the brand new Kane Strang album, Two Hearts and No Brain, a spin ...as well as having a chat with the man himself, live from Dunedin. As per usual, Mikey asks the hard questions: "Is your head really a firework, Kane?"
Today on the show, Ximena, Will & Reuben look at how the conversation around Metiria Turei’s fraud has distracted from broader systemic issues, such as the highly critical treatment of beneficiaries and low income Kiwis. AUT’s Allan Blackman comes up to visit the studio to chat about an array of curious science stories as per usual, and NZ First’s Tracey Martin gives Ximena her thoughts on the Labour and National transport plans announced in the weekend.
On todays show we have Sam Smith captaining our discussions into our election focused coverage on the problems of liveability in New Zealand. We delve into child poverty and transportation with New Zealand First's Tracey Martin. As per usual we get our minds blown by AUT's Allan Blackman talking about the IG-Nobel prize as well as how we avoided nuclear destruction during the cold war.
As per usual, the Māori seats are throwing up a lot of interest this election with star candidates, royal endorsements and the possibility of a much-loved candidate being voted out. Reporter Sam Smith reviewed the battle for the Māori seats with the Hui producer Annabelle Lee.
Yesterday the Labour-NZ First coalition announced they will be increasing the minimum wage to 20$ per hour by 2021. Currently, the minimum wage sits at $15.75. Unite Union represents more than 7000 workers from the fast food industry to Sky City, most of whom are on minimum wage. They responded positively to this change and Lillian Hanly speaks with Gerard Hair from Unite about what this means.
Green Party leader James Shaw has made a call for donations after a costly campaign. Joel talked to him about this and the need for more transparency surrounding party donations.
Green Party member Golriz Gharahman has also called out for New Zealand to take more action on Manus Island. New Zealand’s current refugee population sits at around .030% per capita. This is around thirty to forty times lower than world leaders. Joel talked to James about why this is, and what needs to change.
Mayor Goff's had it up to _here_ with your trash. Literally. Well... maybe not _your_ trash, per se, but the vast piles of it illegally dumped around Auckland each week. Costing ratepayers up to a cool million each year to clean up, His Worship details his plans to get tough on dumping. (There might even be a few swears.)
James (a.k.a. Lawrence) is embarking on a pretty large artistic project - and you can help. He's making a single per month for the whole of 2018 and, if you join his Singles Club, you can get them before anyone else. Before radio, before Spotify, before 'Ain'tItMintGrooveFancyBlog.com' ...you name it. There's more to offer as well, but you only have until 9pm tonight to join the club. So grab yr ma's credit card and sign up/find out more HERE.
On todays Wire show we have an entertaining Dear Science segment talking about a link between asparagus and cancer, the measurement of 'Mole', and the year of the periodic table. Lillian talks to Tracey Martin about nationals change in leadership. Producer Reuben Mclaren talks to SCOOP editor about the recent stock market crash. Lillian also investigates The Treaty of Waitangi and its role at the University of Auckland, and Lisa Boudet covers the upcoming Auckland Fringe festival. Lots of things happen in todays show, lots of people contribute to our stories and Dear Science is awesome as per usual. Tune in people.
Producer Leonard Powell caught up with Sophie Rice from The Tearfund Foundation.
The topic was the Live Below the Line Campaign, where people take part in a challenge to live off less than $2.85 per day for a week to raise money for global poverty.
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