Today on your bFM Breakfast: It's a stormy morning in Tāmaki Makaurau, and Rach and Tess are talking thunder and lightning; Second Guessing brings a can of creamed corn and some impressive music knowledge from the listeners; the Mayor dials in from the ferry terminal; Zoë talks real life and virtual theatre; and Associate Professor Tim Kuhner talks us to about the US election.
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.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Dr. Zemke's in the radio house talking about Dutch House onTravelling Tunes; Dan from Dartz pops up for a chat ahead of their gig at Whammy Backroom; Sam's here talking about a new and very timely NZ-made TV show on Viewmaster; and Pickle Darling's Lukas phones up from Ōtautahi to chat about their latest single and tour announcement! Whakarongo mai and enjoy the long weekend!
Mōrena! Join Joel and Shreya for 2 hours of queer music, featuring new tracks from Big Thief and Ethel Cain, and a lot of new songs from New Zealanders, such as The Beths, arielwose, Pickle Darling, and Roy Irwin!Whakarongo mai!
Today in Glen Innes a protest will take place in support of Niki Rauti. She is a Tamaki Housing Association tenant who is facing eviction from her home which has been sold to developers. Tamaki Redevelopment Company are removing state housing in the area and building a mixture of social, affordable and private housing in their place. Her supporters say that evicting tenants and redeveloping the land is about making money. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to one of the protest organisers Lisa.
Andrew Little has announced a new policy that would increase funding to social housing through winter. This increase is intended to target those households with children which have previously been growing up in cold, damp home environments, leading to sickness and further issues. Producer Will spoke to Frank Hogan, the housing issues spokesperson for Child Poverty Action group, asking him what effect poor housing standards have on children.
Producer Conor Chats Community Housing with Scott Figenshow from Community Housing Aotearoa, about how community housing projects can play a big part in the housing Kiwis under the new government.
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