It's a sunny Friday morning in the bFM studio and Rachel and Zoë are coffee'd up and raring to go.
They kick off by chatting movies with Fabian Fanboy.
They then elegantly segway into the Travelling Tunes segment with Dr. Kirsten Zemke who this week takes them down the glorious rabbit hole of television theme songs, including the likes of Hawaii Five-0 and Twin Peaks.
Then they're joined in studio by the one and only, force of nature Disciple Pati to talk about her fantastic new release, ATMA. All of this good stuff is of course interspersed with the usual fantastic tunes picked by Rachel.
Stella is away today so Rosetta's filling in as producer, Rachel chats to Marc Daalder about ministries firing employees and rehiring them as consultants and what's going on with Transpower for Political Commentary, we also chat to Pati AF about her new multi-media concert experience Ka'a, plus news, weather, surf, prizes and plenty of tunes! Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta is driving today! She plays some of her current faves, new and old. She also has a catch up with Nabihah Iqbal before her show at Neck of The Woods tonight, and chats with Chelsea from Skilaa about what the group has been up to. Thanks for tuning in!
Te Pati Maori have drawn media speculation on the strength of their leadership, which has been described as “internal chaos” and “infighting,” despite the party announcing a reset.
Academic and professor of Maori management Jason Mika from the University of Auckland’s business school likens the conflict to “an open divorce court gone bad,” and believes that a shift in focus is needed.
Producer Faith spoke to Mika about the party’s conflicts, and how he believes they need to refocus.
Pati Solomona Tyrell’s sensationaal St Paul St show Fāgogo is discussed this week. Sione Monu, Pati Solomona Tyrell, and Manu Vaea caught up with Rachel for a chat. Fāgogo in Sāmoan refers to fables that are told to people in a shared context. The receiver of a fāgogo is vested with an expectation to pass on the story, making it their own and then passing it on. This oral tradition is sustained from generation to generation and acts as a transmission tool for ideology but also as a genealogical archive for shared historical and cultural context. A fāgogo can mirror the real world in ways that transcend contemporary life, through cultural imperatives that pre-date Western beliefs and value systems.
On What's Up with Nicola Willis, the deputy leader of the National Party speaks to Rachel about new policies from National regarding mobile phones in schools, transport and cancer drug funding. Rob Bollix takes us to The Mind Trench, which is filled with strawberry feather stars- which are less delightful looking than they sound. Pati AF is in the studio to talk about her upcoming gig, ‘The Happy Hour’ this Friday at Casette Nine. Salene advises the listeners on renting worries on A Room Of One's Own. Whakarongo mai nei!
Following the foreshore and seabed controversy of the early 2000s the government introduced a system for Māori to make claims to coastal land.However Māori claimants had to prove they had exclusively used and occupied an area from 1840 to the present day without substantial interruption.
Last year the court of appeal made a decision that groups only needed to show they had enough control over the area that they could keep others from using it - making it substantially easier for Māori to claim their rightful land.
But one year on, the government now wants to overturn this, claiming the decision will affect other New Zealanders rights to the land.
I spoke Te Pāti Māori's Mariameno Kapi-Kingi about the government's backwards move and what it means for Māori.
We also talked about the recent findings of the Inquiry into Abuse in State Care, and the disproportionate representation of Māori.
Last week was Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, New Zealand’s annual celebration of Te Reo Māori.
This is the 49th year that Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori has been celebrated in Aotearoa, three years after the Maori language petition was delivered to Parliament in 1972.
For their weekly catch up with Te Pāti Māori’s Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Oto spoke to her about the important of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in platforming reo Māori.
He also spoke to her about gang patch legislation passing into law, and what the party’s thoughts are on this.
Finally, we discussed with her New Zealand supporting the UNGA resolution, calling for Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months.
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