This week, on the biggest show on the radio; Annabel is away, so Callum is on hosting duties but aptly joined by fellow bass player (and flatmate) Ben Locke. We play good bass lines, Bassline (the genre), and the biggest songs of the week, as well as music by Daft Punk, CHIC, Air and Donny Benet. An unmissable episode for fans of the bass guitar.
Yesterday afternoon we saw Associate Finance Minister James Shaw announce as part of the COVID-19 recovery fund, 11.7 million dollars going towards The Green School, a privately owned school in Taranaki, which focuses on providing schooling without exams and a focus on the environment. This is the second of its kind in the world, with the first one in Bali. Since the funding announcement, there has been backlash as there is need across the country for new buildings, repairs and renovations of schools, with anger that it went to a private school with fees reaching $43,000 for international students. There has also been criticism of Shaw as this goes against Greens policy, which states a complete movement away from private schooling. To understand the situation better, producer James Tapp talked to Chris Edwards, the CEO of The Green School, and Paul Gouter, the national secretary for NZEI Te Riu Roa.
One in five households in some areas of South Auckland do not have internet access. Jemima Huston speaks to Tania Pouwhare, the Social Intrapreneur at Auckland Council's Southern and Western Institutes. They discuss why internet access is important and how digital infrastructure might be used to rebuild the economy in South Auckland.
This was a special show for me, my last with top dawg Aneeka Moheed as my boss. Still coming back down to earth after last week's stellar performances by Exploding Rainbow Orchestra, I aired a bunch of faves I'd selected for my sets as their welcome deej. I also asked ace selector Aneeka to play a couple tunes toward the end of the show. Of course, she only picks the best!
A hot topic right now, digital communications, dun dun dun... The University of Auckland's Dr. Ethan Plaut joins Mikey to talk about the excessive digital communication, and how to carve out some time for you, listeners.
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