The goverrnment has recently announced that if there were an Omicron outbreak in Aotearoa, th entire country would move back to Red.
Producer Liam Hansen spoke to Otago University Immunologist Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu about the recent government announcement as well as how schools are prepaing for an Omicron outbreak in Aotearoa.
Space Ghost comes into the studio to play some tracks and talk to Rachel about his upcoming set at Beacon Festival (head down to Queens Wharf in Auckland this weekend to catch his set!). Whakarongo mai nei.
Grecco Romank were in the studio with Matthew Crawley to play their new track Asbestos Tarot and share the new piss baby merch - the asbestos tarot candle, just in time for Christmas!
This week on the show we welcome a new member of the Swap Meet crew - Aotearoa beat digging MVP and Tairāwhiti's finest: Campbell Ngata. He has long been one of our favourite DJ anywhere, and he begins his time with us with three hours of crucial vinyl selections traversing Jazz, Modern Soul, Disco, Boogie, Reggae and all points on the map inbetween. Welcome sir! Drop him a follow over on Instagram, his handle is "campbellngata". @soul_scourer @kirkjames13
Last week, the ACT Party announced its outline for the Treaty Principles Bill, which is set to go through a SIX month long committee process.
For our weekly catch up with Te Pāti Māori, News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Mariameno Kapa-Kingi about the new developments of the bill, what the reception has been like, and the estimated price of how much the bill is set to cost taxpayers.
They also spoke to her about Te Pāti Māori MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke, being a recipient of the One Young World Politician Award, an award set up to acknowledge promising young politicians between the ages of 18 and 35 internationally, and what this means for the young MP, and Te Pāti Māori as a whole.
John Tamihere joins Oscar Perress to discuss everything to do with his mayoral campaign for 2019.
Tune in to learn more about the flaws of Neoliberalism, a bit about his Transport policy and convincing Tāmaki Makaurau's landlords to fix up in a future with frozen rates.
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