Tonight on Friendly Potential Radio, we hear from two Tāmaki touchstones - Friends Of All The World and Carlotta.
Carlotta is a budding selectress with a jazz-oriented upbringing. She closes the show with an all-vinyl explorative homage to the finest house, electro, dub, and club mixes that she has heard in her city over the past year.
The Mayor has his weekly chat, this time touching on City of Colour, Auckland Transport, the Council's cycle scheme, and the housing intensification debate. Whakarongo mai!
Gareth Shute (writer, musician, general cool guy about town) chats about his historical walking tour uncovering the secrets and long lost fables of the city's most iconic music venues. Whakarongo mai!
The Mayor phones up to chat about the City Rail Link tunnel, the trial recycling scheme for large plastics, and the opening of voting for local election. Whakarongo mai nei.
Doctoral Candidate at the University of Auckland from the Faculty of Engineering drops by the show to talk about his research into the destructive potential of tropical cyclones and how Auckland City can plan, prepare and mitigate the risks. Whakarongo mai nei.
Tāmaki Makaurau's major Wayne Brown has proposed cutting two thirds of funding for environmental programmes across the city. This includes funding for stormwater and water quality upgrades, as well as environmental work.
Auckland Central's Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick has launched a petition against Wayne Brown's budget proposal. Beth spoke with her about this, as well as what climate action looks like.
Suri reviews Bret Easton Ellis' (author of American Psycho)The Shards, which tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city.
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