Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's a sunny Friday morning and Rach and Tess reckon it's finally swimming season; Fabian Fanboy talks us through a couple of movies that are out this weekend; Dr. Kirsten Zemke gives us Trip Hop on Travelling Tunes; Pacific Heights and CHAII pop in with a brand new single to share; Sam shares his love for Taskmaster with us; and Emily Edrosa pops in to talk about her album and playing at the Wine Cellar tonight.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Easing ourselves into the weekend this Friday, definitely ready to see some gigs; Fabian Fanboy brings us a review of the latest blockbuster to hit cinemas; Dr. Kirsten Zemke takes us down the rabbit hole into Industrial; Ria Hall joins us to celebrate her nominations at the AMAs; Sam watched Utopia, yikes; and Mandy, from the Electoral Comission, talks us through voting. It's the weekend!
As many Aucklanders would have noticed, residential parking restrictions have been expanding for quite a while, getting further into the city fringe into increasingly residential areas. Aneeka spoke to Rick Bidgood from at&t about why this is and what this means for transport in the city.
Last year, Auckland Council removed 30% of bins from public places with the hopes of saving about $9.5 million over an eight year period. While the council didn’t foresee an increase in littering, last week Stuff published an article sharing the frustrations of residents who observed a growing litter problem in council parks.
Illegal dumping has also been on the rise across Auckland.
With more than 1300 reports per month, the cost of retrieving illegally dumped items is about $2.7 million every year and rising.
Also Mayor Wayne Brown has announced that he wants to see Auckland become the “premier tech city” of New Zealand to boost our global influence and reputation—-- calling on the government to establish the new Advanced Technology Institute here, which he says could play a key role in guiding new start-ups, so ideas don’t ‘die on the vine’.
Beginning with the problem of rubbish in Auckland, Producer Sara started by asking Julie Fairey if she believed the removal of bins was to blame for increased littering
Leaping Tiger is playing our Christmas party this weekend and he is releasing a new record in January. He popped into studio to chat about his mint single 'Screw Face' featuring a whole bunch of fantatstic bFM faves. Whakarongo mai nei!
Zoë's back from her holiday with some reckons on what's good in theatre this week. Get yourself along to the Shakespeare Pop-Up Globe to catch the ol' classic Romeo & Juliet. And following that theme, Auckland's Shakespeare in the Park 2020 is on at the Pumphouse, so why not make a weekend of it?
We've got Luke Buda from the Phoenix Foundation on the line this morning ahead of their first performance in Auckland in 18 months. Rachel catches up with Luke about what the band has been up to, with a few lil' hints about what we can expect. You can catch this special gig on Sunday at the Silo Sessions down at Silo Park.
Disciple Pati has a big weekend coming up: she's playing our Drive Island alongside Dick Move tomorrow evening, and she'll be killing it down at Silo Park on Sunday for Milk & Honey's curated Silo Session. Both those gigs are free so get yerself down there and hear some sick music!
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