Lillian spoke with Indigo Greenlaw about the Paper Rain Project. The company works with artists and creators to produce sustainable art goods that raise awareness for social causes. Indigo is the co-founder of the company and explains what it is that the Paper Rain Project does.
As we’ve been speaking about on the show, free speech is basically the topic de jour for New Zealanders at the moment. In the last month we’ve had a visit from controversial canadians Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern, and just this week Massey University cancelled an event with former National Party leader Don Brash. However, last night ,Brash had his chance to speak in a debate at the University of Auckland about whether PC culture has limited free speech in this country. Herald senior writer Simon Wilson was in the debate, and spoke with Stewart Sowman-Lund about what happened.
Plus: Kelly, Stewart and Laura discuss the results of the Twitter poll, which asked listeners whether they had ever protested.
Jenn Tamati spoke to professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland, Aimee Matiu, about Māori epsitemologies of land and the context this gives land as legal entity as well as discourse on the matter today. She began by showing Aimee a gif which can be viewed here.
Stay tuned til' the end to hear some clips from around the station of places people find special and me spilling water all over Amelia (eek!).
Producer Laura Kvigstad spoke with the Spokesperson for Central Auckland’s State Housing Action Network, Gael Baldock, about what has been dubbed the ‘meth testing fiasco’. Residents of state housing were evicted on the basis of meth tests that were formerly used as a safety measurement. The organization is now calling for a formal apology and compensation for the evicted.
First up on the our Wire Worry Week topic is whenua as a legal entity. News Director Lillian is speaking with Riki Bennett, a park ranger, about his urban foraging event Andrew Little joins Lachlan for their regular chat, this week discussing freshwater rights and our relationship with Australia. Oscar speaks to Daniel and Amiria from A New University about their rally against Don Brash’s inclusion in a debate on free speech at the University of Auckland. Finally, Ben brings us this day in history on the watergate scandal.
Oscar discussed the implications of free speech, Don Brash and his presence at tonight's debate on campus, with two representatives from the 'A New University' group.
Riki Bennett and Rewi Spraggon are hosting a Urban Forage event as part of American Express Restaraunt Month's 5th annual Wine and Food Celebration happening in the city. OnSaturday the 18th of August they’ll be taking people on a guided walk to find different types of edible things in the environment around us. Then you get to eat it. Given we’ve been talking about land this week and our relationship to it, I thought this also fit in terms of how we operate in the environment around us and how we consume things sustainably. Riki Bennett is a park ranger with the Auckland Council of Te Arawa and Ngati Porou descent. He was raised on the shores of Lake Rotoiti. He runs guided walks looking at the forest environment from a traditional perspective and how Māori people used the forest for food and medicinal purposes or rongoa. Lillian Hanly spoke with Riki to find out more about the event, and started by asking what they actually do on the day.