It is the morning after Finance Minister Grant Robertson presented The Budget 2021 to Parliament and it’s the topic that’s dominating our headlines this morning.

To tell us more about what the budget is and what it means for us Pasefika people, we have on the line Government Member of Parliament for Mana, Barbara Edmonds.

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We continue celebrating NZ Music Month and this morning we feature 

Tomorrow People a Wellington reggae band formed in 2010 with a goal to be amongst the top  tier of NZ musicians.  

We have Tomorrow People’s Avina Kelekolio talk to Ete about being part of the band and his favourite Tomorrow People song.

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Road Safety week 2021 runs from 17th May - 23rd May

Road Safety Week is coordinated annually by Brake New Zealand and involves hundreds of schools, organisations and communities each year.

We’re joined now by Caroline Perry, director of Brake New Zealand for more on Road Safety Week 2021.

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Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Papakura Manager, Judy Boyd & Silver Kiliva from the Support and counselling centre in Papakura, join us now on Pacific Days, as part of the CAB 50th Anniversary celebrations. 

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The inter-Faith collective are a collective of young people from different denominations of Pacific churches in Auckland, who love God, their faith & their communities. Tomorrow night they are holding a Trivia night. I’m joined now by Chillion Sanerivi, Youth Innovation Lead with Interfaith Collective

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Evita Toala & Riana Mohammed from AWHI Healthy Homes join us now on Pacific Days for more on how they can help support whanau to have a warm, dry, healthy home.

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The Porirua Pasifika Business Hub has been launched to ensure our Pasifika communities continue to thrive in Aotearoa.  To tell us about the genesis of purpose of the hub we have in the studio the Chairman of the business hub Owner of NiuLife Homeloans and mortgage adviser Jon Masaga.

 

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Lomez Brown is of Maori/Cook Island descent and hails from Auckland central born and raised.  He is a man of faith and studied for a social work degree and spent a lot of his time as a youth worker.  As an artist he brings a feel good music vibe to audiences.  Lomez Brown Music foundations come from reggae roots, old time soul/RnB and Polynesian grooves.

He was a finalist at the 2020 Pacific and NZ Music Awards.

 

Lomez is currently a recording artist at FeJoint Productions and recently working in artist development and management. 

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Hina is an application built using the Maramataka phases of the moon. With Te Reo Maori as the default language for each phase, using knowledge that Maori have used for generations as a guide for planting, fishing and living.

We’re joined now by the creator of the Hina App Dave Lasike.

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Now for our weekly wrap up of global politics with Dr Stephen Hoadley Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts.

Israeli-Palestinian clash. 

US and Russian diplomats will meet on Friday.  

Coronavirus bright spots. 

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