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.
Today on the Greendesk, Producer Jack Marshall had a chat about our receding glaciers with Dr Andrew Lorrey - the Principal Scientist for Climate Applications at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). With thirty per cent the glaciers have disappeared since we began tracking them forty years ago, Jack asks Dr Lorrey if we’ve reached a point of no return for our large chilly friends.
A report by the Otago Legal Issue Centre has found a significant gap in the accessibility of legal services in Aotearoa. Those who can’t afford a private lawyer, which can cost on Average $300 per hour, are struggling to get civil legal aid due to a lack of lawyers and strict eligibility criteria. Lachlan spoke with centre director Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin about the report.
We're flooded with your worries and woes this morning, and Natural Ange is here to save the day. Talking stealth infections, old back injuries, hormones (as per), post-nasal drip, and toe fungus. Yum.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's Monday morning so we're taking it easy, with the assistance of coffee as per; Justine is back to help you with all your wage subsidy related queries on Red Dead Redemption; Peter Dickens from Music Helps joins us to chat about how our music community is getting help through this time; and Kiran joins us for Loose Reads with a new fave, Auē by Becky Manawatu, and a Shortlist for the Ockham NZ Book Awards.
The boys from Thomson Whisky make a Negroni and Boulevardier:
1 part Victor's Gin (Negroni) or 1 part Thomson's Whisky (Boulevardier).
1 part red vermouth.
1 part Campari.
Typically you should use 20-30mls per part, depending on how big your glass is. Fill a large mixing glass with ice, add the ingredients in the order above and then fill the rest of the glass with ice and begin stirring. Use a metal straw to taste intermittently while stirring until it's just right (you'll know).
Strain into a tumbler filled with ice, and garnish with orange peel (make sure to give it a twist and wipe it around the brim of the glass). Alternatively. the Boulevardier can be served in a chilled martini glass sans ice (same garnish).
One of the most highlighted aspects of the 2022 budget is the Cost Of Living Package, allowing those making less than seventy grand per year to receive three hundred and fifty dollars over the span of three months.
The check will not go ahead for those under eighteen, nor anyone who is already receiving the Winter Energy Payment.
Liam spoke to both the ACT Party and the Greens about their thoughts on the check and the budget as a whole, first having a chat with ACT Party Leader and Finance Spokesperson David Seymour.
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