For City Counselling this week, Wire host Caeden spoke with Counsellor Lotu Fuli about the early morning vandalisation of the Rainbow Crossing on Karangahape Road.
They also ask about the end of half-price fares for under 25s, and the relationship Wayne Brown, as well as Auckland Council more generally, has with Auckland Transport.
Last month saw the release of an independent review examining the emergency management of Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke’s Bay last year. Insights revealed the key role marae, iwi and hāpu played in disaster response, heralding calls for strategies more inclusive of te ao Māori.
Producer Jasmine Gray spoke with Dr. Shaun Awatere, of Ngāti Porou, who is Kaihautū Māori Research Impact Leader and Manaaki Whenua at Landcare Research. He discussed the ways in which national and local bureaucracies can be more formally inclusive of te Ao Māori and mana whenua approaches.
Jasmine also spoke with Professor Christine Kenney, of Te Ātiawa ki Kāpati, Ngāi Tahu, and Ngāti Toarangatira. Amongst an impressive array of interdisciplinary roles in this area, Christine is the Chair of Disaster Risk Reduction at Massey University, and she provided us more insight about what the report’s findings mean for Aotearoa’s wider emergency management frameworks.
This week Castor filled in for Thursday Wire's usual host, Caeden.
For our weekly catchup with the Labour Party’s Jan Tinetti, Caeden discussed the outcomes of National’s childcare policy and the continuation of Labour’s free menstrual products policy.
They also spoke to Counsellor Lotu Fuli about the vandalisation of the rainbow crossing on Karangahape Road this morning and the end of Auckland Transport’s half price fares.
Producer Jasmine spoke with Dr. Shaun Awatere and Professor Christine Kenney about the role of te ao Māori in disaster management following the independent review released last month on the Hawke’s Bay emergency response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
Rachel speaks with Associate Professor Dr Lara Greaves about the Budget Policy Statement from the government, reviews in the tertiary sector and communications regarding disability allowance cuts.
Fun and varied show today! Cycling through some neo-psychedalia with Unknown Mortal Orchestra – before the swirling ambient soundscapes of Florian TM Zeisig's new album, Planet Inc. Finished off with downtempo tracks by Nice Girl and Kalimera. Keep it on the b!
💚 Hello goregous creatures. A plethora of fantastic new music from all across the genre spectrum today, with a few funny moments: indie / alternative / experimental / dub / drum and bass / techno / jazz and a heap of other stuff. New Shabaka, BADBADNOTGOOD, Adrianne Lenker, Nia Archives, Metronomy etc etc.
Oh yea, we snuck in a few old favourites too: Kasabian,The Postal Serviceand Headless Chickens anyone?
Rattled the speakers a bit with new cuts from HIJINX and Uncertain.
Enjoy your long weekend if life has bestowed that on you. See you all next week.
Shabaka - End Of Innocence Feist - Love Who We Are Meant To Qwalia - Omega Four Tet - So Blue Tyler Daley, LSB, DRS - Missing You Baby Rose, BADBADNOTGOOD - One Last Dance Horsepower Productions - Tropic Khruangbin - May Ninth Adrianne Lenker - Free Treasure Mac DeMarco - Preoccupied (Demo) Byllie-Jean - E moko (feat. Marlon Williams) Hannah Everingham - Don’t Be Crass Grimes - Rosa (Nightcore Mix) Cocteau Twins, Harold Budd - Sea, Swallow Me The Cavemen. - Stranger Dauwd - La Nota Caribou - Sun Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Kaifa Part 1 & 2 LSB - Space Between Alix Perez, Workforce - Distant Figures LSB - Drifter Okay Kaya - La Meg Future Islands - Little Dreamer Joe Armon-Jones, Hak Baker - Wrong Side of Town Yard Act - The Undertow Lindsey Buckingham - Big Love (Live at the Bass Performance Hall) Metronomy, Pan Amsterdam - Nice Town Denise Chaila - Anseo Run The Jewels, El-P, Killer Mike - Call Ticketron Kasabian - Club Foot Nia Archives - Unfinished Business Good Looks - Vision Boards Lee "Scratch" Perry, Shaun Ryder - Green Banana HIJINX - Beta Uncertain - Repercussion Deki Alem - Shadowman Muzi - Queen (Dan Kye Remix) Headless Chickens - Gaslfrankinstation The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight Emma-Jean Thackray - Movementt
National has announced the fruits of the childcare policy they campaigned on, which is a rebate paid out once every three months. This is after they campaigned on fortnightly payments, and will disadvantage parents who cannot afford childcare up front.
They’ve also announced they are continuing Labour’s policy of free period product in schools and kura, although whether or not this includes primary as well as intermediate and high schools is uncertain.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire host Caeden asked Labour spokesperson for Education and Women Jan Tinetti about both of these announcements.