Greening Out with Jim is BACK! Rosetta and Milly will be catching up with Jim on the second Thursday of every month, and today Jim is up in the studio for a kōrero about seeds, and starting the garden back up in springtime. Whakarongo mai nei!
Jim is back up in the studio for Greening Out! Today we catch up on all things tea gardens - how to grow, brew, and enjoy a lovely cuppa. Whakarongo mai nei!
Jim is back up in the bFM studios for another epic Greening Out! Today, he chats with Rosetta and Milly about the Plants For Palestine seedling fundraiser happening on Sunday November 16, and the latest news on Sanctuary Mahi Whenua gardens fight against developers. Whakarongo mai nei!
Jim is back for another year of stellar gardening chats, on Greening Out! Today, he catches up with Milly and Rosetta on all the latest happenings in his garden, and what is means to 'garden by feeling'. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week Pearl speaks to Andrew about Labour challenging the government to support a Bill that will allow for entry to the Pike river mine. They also chat about the PM’s skipping of Waitangi Day celebrations and Andrew’s own Waitangi Day plans. Additionally, Green MP Julie Ann Genter is contesting Jacinda Ardern in the Mt Albert seat, Pearl and Andrew discuss what will this will reflect about the Labour & Green relationship coming up to the election.
This week on the show, Metiria talks to Ximena about the Green Party's new water policy unveiled during their campaign launch in the weekend. The policy proposes an interim measure of charging bottling companies ten cents for every litre of water they intend to sell, as well as eventually putting in place a comprehensive commercial water pricing scheme over time. Ximena also asks Metiria about the fiery back-and-forth that unfolded between the Greens and NZ First during the weekend, raising the question of whether the two parties can put their differences aside and form a cooperative government if they come out on top in this year's election.
This week on the greendesk, Producer Jack Marshall speak with John Early from the Auckland War Memorial Museum about a new exhibition called the ‘Secret World of Butterflies’. The exhibit will open this Saturday to the public (Insider tip - Suzy Cato will be there MCing the launch - so you know it’s going to be good)
Before the doors open up, my producer Jack sat down with Mr Early to get the low down on the world of butterflies.
This week, Mitchell speaks to Flinders University’s Professor of Hydrogeology Adrian Werner about his ongoing
research into groundwater exploration and occurrences in offshore aquifers. Adrian and his
fellows have been leading research into groundwater and offshore aquifers for some time
and found that there are definite and viable sources of freshwater under our oceans, which
in many cases we have already been tapping into. Mitchell and Adrian discuss what the
future of our water supply may look like which raises certain societal questions and some
potential implications. To begin, Mitchell asks Adrian about his research and some of their
findings.
Today on the Green Desk, Bronwyn had a kо̄rero with Phil Jones from the Sustainable Business Network about their GulfX project which aims to restore the mauri of the Hauraki Gulf. The recently published State of our Gulf report highlighted the increasingly dire state of the marine park. Some of the more shocking statistics of the included the occurrence of ten mass mortality events due to fish and shellfish in the gulf in the past ten years, and nine toxic algal blooms. This is due in part to the fact that 3,730 tonnes of nitrogen flow into the Firth of Thames from rivers in Hauraki each year. Crayfish are also functionally extinct in the Gulf, despite once being one of its most abundant species.
While overfishing is undeniable a serious cause of biodiversity loss, the GulfX project chose to focus on some of the lesser-known terrestrial sources of environmental degradation such as sediment, plastic and heavy metals.
Phil began by telling Bronwyn what we mean when we talk about the Hauraki Gulf:
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