Comedian Nic Sampson brings in some of his favourite stand-up. Including comedy from Angela Dravid, Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell & Kristen Wiig, and Paul F. Tompkins.
Check out Nic's show, Jewel Heist, at the NZ International Comedy Festival!
Quadraphonic Coats is a new exhibition by Wellington-born and Sydney-based artist Vita Cochran.
In exploring modernist forms and feminist histories, Cochran sources vintage coats from across decades, unpicks them, and repurposes them into something else.
In this way, Cochran describes this exhibition, Quadraphonic Coats, as a multi-generational gathering.
Sofia spoke to Vita about the exhibition and some of the feminist themes in her practice.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: it's houndstooth central in the office - shirts, pants, coats and all - and Pennie Black's got the full trend report; Kiran joins us for a rock-infused review of Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art. The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue; and Ange enjoys a well-deserved day off. On ya, Ange.
Risk is a new exhibition by Tim Wagg. It’s centred on the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth Project.
Through a series of printed aluminium panels, Wagg depicts the physical infrastructure of the road alongside the corporate structure underlying the asset’.
Beth had a kōrero with Tim about Risk and the creative thinking behind the project.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Waking up this morning to the beautiful sound of... The puma? Yep, soothing; Mike catches up with Fabian about the latest Hollywood wonders; Kirsten brings in what basically sounds like a zoo; Johanna introduces us to a special guest; and Onono join us to chat about Going Global; what a way to kick off Friday morning before The Others Way, yay!
This week Bronwyn spoke to Tracey about the party’s opposition to the $100 million Southland Recovery Package, especially in the context fo the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter. We also talked abut a number of issues that are topical in Parliament at the moment, such as paid mandatory managed isolation and code of conduct for MPs. Lastly, we spoke about the government's $20 million in regional funding to tackle methamphetamine use and what that means for families and children.
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'Fly Away' by La Favi in response to "Hey I'm about to quit my job. You got a song for me?" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the txt-line number ending in 861)
1 year on from the awful Grenfell Tower fire in London, the Auckland Council have declared that the highly combustible aluminium polyethylene filled cladding is safe for use in Aucklands buildings.
The council have produced a list naming all the buildings with the cladding which include 7 Auckland hospital buildings and Auckland universities OGGB building.
Lucy Austin spoke with RNZ reporter Phil Pennington to find out more.
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