Bronwyn Bent is a co-director of The Race, a play by the Hobson Street Theatre Company in association with the Auckland City Mission, that is on as part of the Auckland Fringe Festival. It looks at the way racism affects those experiencing homelessness in Aotearoa and wants to spark a discussion that reminds people that ‘homeless don’t mean hopeless’. Lillian Hanly spoke with Bent before opening night tomorrow night and started by asking what the play was about.
Dirty Pixels frontman Ethan Moore's in the studio to chat to Mikey about his new EP On Ice/Transistor Lady. Catch them live at Portland Public House on Friday the 13th for a ~spooky~ local gig before they jet off to other less important cities.
On todays Neighbourhood Watch, Kelly talks to Rachel about the recent storms in the Northern Territories and how Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull took a wee while to acknowledge the damage. As well as this Kelly talks about how Australian bush firefighters do not think that city firefighters up to the task out in the bush.
Producer Laura Kvigstad talks to Bill Mackay, a university of Aucland architecture lecturer who has a unique focus on urban planning. He spells out what the future of transport could look like for Kiwis as well as the future of our cities may become.
This morning Lillian Hanly spoke with Tracey Martin about oil drilling and Tracey’s old member’s bill to ensure correct titling in the teacher profession. Tracey was calling from Blenheim so Lillian started by asking how the city was this morning.
This week, neutral corner is contrasting the coverage given to the United States of America's reponse to a chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma by RT (formerly Russia Today) and Fox News.
Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Feud) is a busy man. His latest series,Pose, a musical drama set in the New York City of 1987, highlighting the untold interplay between the vogue/ball scene, Trump-era yo-pros and the Western AIDS epidemic.
His Worship's away, but we've found the best man to step into the breach. Auckland Councillor Richard Hills is from 'round Mike's way, so we'll excuse the North Shore camaraderie in order to ask: what's happening out there in Auckland City, Councillor?
It cost a pretty penny and it's only gone and bloody split along it's back surface - is Auckland City's latest civic art all it's cracked (sorry) up to be?
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