This morning Air New Zealand announced new Covid-status restrictions for passengers on all domestic flights. From December 14 2021 people aged 12 and over will have to be fully vaccinated or have tested negative for Covid-19 to board.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks live to Air New Zealand General Manager Customer Leanne Langridge about the move. They discuss the airline's motivations, why there is an option to have a vaccine passport or a negative test, what input the government had in the decision, and what processes will be put in place to guarantee authentic vaccination passports and test results, as well as the safety of Air New Zealand staff and customers.
The Government’s budget announcement last month included a $175 million dollar recovery package for New Zealand’s arts and music industries. NZ On Air recieved $7.1 million for their New Music Programmes. Jemima speaks with the Head of Music for New Zealand On Air, David Riddler, about the funding boost and why government support for the music industry is important.
Over the weekend the US, Uk and France launched an air strike in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.
The attack targeted three facilities that researched, stored and produced chemical weapons. There were no reported casulties but the attack is said to have set the chemical weapons programme back years.
Trump declared it a sucess tweeting "Mission Acomplished" while Theresa May claimed there was "no practical alternative."
Lucy Austin spoke with indeligence and defence analyst Paul Buchanan about the recent event and its consequences.
On todays Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman, we discuss the discovery of organic molecules found on Mars, a device that can pull water from desert air and the admission of Professor Margaret Brimble to the Royal Society of London.
Natalie Mering, aka Weyes Blood, spoke to Rachel this week about her stellar 2019 album 'Titanic Rising' ahead of her perfomance at the Auckland Arts Festival in March. Touching on everything from movies, to Greta Thunberg, Climate Crisis and the "hubris of man" - whakarongo mai nei to hear more about her album before she performs alongside Aldous Harding and Purple Pilgrims!
Berlin-based composer and electronic musician Holly Herndon spoke with Rachel ahead of her spectacular set at Laneway Festival about her 2019 album PROTO. For the project Herndon created an "AI baby" called Spawn, that worked with her choral ensemble of human singers to create a body of work which explores the human-technology relationship and our place in the grander scheme of things. Phew! Whakarongo mai nei!
95bFM