This week's show featured new music from Tame Impala, US Girls, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and more. Sam also plays some tracks from the new Japanese city pop compilation "Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR and Boogie 1976–1986."
James Tapp talks to head of Healthy Water Strategy at Auckland Council, Andrew Chin.
James Tapp also gives us part one of his report on Manchester city sports washing and corruption.
Sherry has her weekly chat with Green party co-leader James shaw on political transparency and lower carbon emission vehicles.
Trigger warning: sexual violence and assault.
Sherry Zhang speaks to law professor Elisabeth Mcdonald on her research on the perpetuation of rape myths during the cross-exanimation of complainents in sexual violence cases.
Sherry Zhang also speaks to Auckland women’s centre manager Leonie Morris, who responded to some of questions raised by the New Zealand law society around funding, and effectiveness of pre-recording cross-examination. They talk further in depth of the traumatising process the court process can be for victims of sexual assault.
A couple weeks ago Transport minister, Phil Twyford announced a new train between Auckland and Christchurch, which will start in August. With 4 services each day, 2 to Auckland to 2 to Hamilton, it will be able to get 300 people to and from each day. This system will eventually work along with the rapid rail if it is successful, linking the two cities. James starts off by asking Phil how long this project has been in the making. At the end James also covers what precautions Auckland Transport is taking surrounding public transport and Covid-19.
Andrew Little tells us about what Level 3 looks like for him, as well as announcements by the government this week about commercial property tenants, and border closures. Mary-Margaret speaks to Zoe Kounadis for Neighbourhood Watch, and they discuss rhetoric by the Australian government that China should be reprimanded for COVID-19, as well as stockpiling of essential medicines by Clive Parker. We hear today's Epidemic Response Committee notes, in which we heard from the Women’s Refuge and the City Mission as well as Police Commissioner Andrew Foster. Mary-Margaret brings a quick summary of the most recent cretaceous period discovery. Finally, we hear the final part of the discussion between Oscar Perress and Samuel Miller McDonald on national emergencies and changing systems.
We have Andrew Little of course today, and we have a big ol chat touching on a range of issues but mainly the benefit announcement which has been dubbed as creating a two-tier welfare system.
Mary-Margaret brings us a little report on the governments very recent freshwater announcement this morning
We have Neighbourhood Watch of course and Zoe talks us through what’s happening for Reconciliation Week this week and the government overcompensating for job losses
Justin gives us a brief update on Hong Kong.
Finally we hear from the Auckland City Library regarding resources for those seeking employment.
Public medical workers in Hong Kong are striking against the government's handling of the coronavirus situation. While Chief Execuetive Carrie Lam's government announced a partial closure of the city's border with mainland China, unions demanded a full closure to prevent an outbreak in the community. Justin talked to Joseph Lee, the heath sector lawmaker at Hong Kong's Legeslative Council, to find out more about the strike.
As you know, we have a semi-regular European segment, which has most recently been dedicated to developments on Brexit. Well today we’re doing something a little bit different, and talking bFM Correspondent Conor Knell. He’s in Northern Ireland, in the city of Derry/Londonderry. If that name is familiar to you, it’s because there has been quite a lot of turmoil in the last few weeks. Firstly, there was the killing of journalist Lyra Mckee back in April. But there’s also been riots and poltiical instability, really throughout the whole country.
Conor is an expert on all of this, as opposed to Stewart who really wants to learn more. Stewart Sowman-Lund spoke to Connor this morning and asked him to run through what has actually been going on in Northern Ireland over the past while.
This Friday (28th September) marks the 4th anniversary of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong. Why did this protest happen? What has happened since? What does the city's future lead to? Justin talked to activist Agnes Chow and former lawmaker Dr Kenneth Chan to find out.
Justin discusses the devastation caused by Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong and the way it has ground the city to a halt. He looks into why this typhoon was so severe and how Hong Kongers survived the strong winds and heavy downpours.
Ports of Auckland has applied for consent from Auckland council to deepen the city's shipping channel so larger ships can come to the port. With the population expected to continue to grow, this means more demand from online shopping, commercial goods and general goods which come via container ships. Currently ships entering the harbor can hold up to 5,000 containers, with gradual deepening then allowing ships with up to 12,000 containers in the future. In an effort to understand why this is necessary and to understand the potential affects this move may have, James talked to Matt Ball from Ports of Auckland, and started off by asking why they applied for consent.
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