Jess is back for her first show of 2017. For Main Centered, she looks at A.W.P (Wellington) and Avec Spirale (Dunedin). She is also joined in the studio by members from Courtney Hate for Long Player.
Jess plays new tracks by Arcade Fire, Grouper, Jay Som, Homeshake and many more. She talks about Nervous Jerk and ONONO for Main Centered. Bobandii (Silas) comes into studio to talk about his latest album, Of The Forest, for Long Player.
Yesterday, the two major political parties announced new transport policies for Auckland admist much fanfare. Labour are planning to build light rail to the Airport, which will be paid for through a regional fuel tax. National on the other hand are targeting rail electrification and in particular the Papakura to Pukekohe line. To assess the two policies and give a verdict on who has the better policy, reporter Sam Smith spoke to Greater Auckland editor Matt Lowrie.
Both Labour and National released their transport policies in the weekend: Labour has pledged to build light rail from downtown Auckland to the airport within a decade and charge Auckland with a fuel tax, while National has promised to invest $267 million into rail. But New Zealand First says neither of the parties are “hitting the mark”. Ximena chats to Tracey to find out why the solutions aren’t enough and what New Zealand First would do differently.
The National Party have started a petition calling on the government to implement major highway projects.
National’s transport spokesperson Judith Collins has accused the government of being vague and not taking action.
Reuben McLaren spoke to Green MP and Associate Minister for Transport Julie Anne Genter for her take on the whole thing and to find out what the government's plans actually are.
We've lucky enough to have Anthonie Tonnon in the studio ahead of his very exciting upcoming tour, Rail Land. Anthonie chats to Sarah about rediscovering old Rail loops, and creating an experience that is not only magical, but a real journey as well. Chartering trains to extraordinary community venues to play gigs with songs old and new creates what can only be called a magical evening. Get your tickets here, this is a delight that's not to be missed.
To celebrate Tom Scott's Taite Award win, we dug up last year's Long Player that saw Tom talking to former Totally Wired host Jess Fu about the eponymous Avantdale Bowling Club album.
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