This Friday, Breakfast serves up a steaming plate of radio, seasoned with some Travelling Tunes and the return of bMovies! Tom Levesque chats about his film Shut Eye, and Sam (our Viewmaster) kicks off the reviews with The Humans. Whakarongo mai nei! 

It's Liam's inaugural Friday Wire hosting! Woo! Today on the show:

Liam spoke to councillor Shane Henderson about public transport cancellations and a new tool for tsunami evacuation on our regular City Counselling segment. 

As well as Giacomo Lichtner from Victoria University of Wellington about the current state of politics in Italy. 

They also had a chat with CCS Disability Action’s Debbir Ward about the Abuse in Care inquiry,

And finally spoke with Rochelle Corrigan from Blind Low Vision about the need for volunteers to raise guide-dogs to be. 

Italian politics has been in an immense state of chaos over the past week, as Prime Minister Mario Draghi has successfully resigned after having his former attempt rejected. 

This has come as tensions across political lines within the coalition government have reached their breaking point. 

Despite the PM receiving a vote of confidence, three other major political parties in the cabinet refused to vote.

Liam spoke to Victoria University of Wellington's Giacomo Lichtner about the state of affairs across Italy, first asking about where this divide in the cabinet came from.

Earlier this week, Blind Low Vision came out in need of volunteers to raise guide dogs.

At the time of their plea, there were still several dogs in need of homes to help support vision impared folks in the future. 

To learn more, Liam spoke to Blind Low Visions Rochelle Corrigan.

The Royal Commission of Inquiries case into Abuse in Care of the disabled, deaf folks, and people who suffered mental distress has recently concluded.

This has revealed some horrific details found in health institutions, with patiests undergoing mental, physical, and sexual abuse.

There’ve also been reports of undertrained staff who consistently have mistreated those who were most vulnerable.

To learn more, Liam spoke to CCS Disability Actions Debbie Ward about the report, first asking about what exactly the abuse in care inquiry is. 

The effects of public transport cancellations have been felt across Tamaki Makaurau in recent days.

As Auckland transport deals with major staff shortages due to the covid wave, with over a thousand routes being cancelled per week.

Liam had a chat with Councillor Shane Henderson about the cancellation, as well as a new tsunami evacuation map that’s always been launched.

They started by asking about how the council is trying to tackle the mass route cancellations.  

bMovies is back, baby! Our very own Viewmaster kicks off the reviews by talking about Stephen Karam's The Humans - originally a play, and now a creepy as hell film with a stacked cast. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Playing at the ASB Waterfront Theatre on 2 August and 6 August. 

bMovies is back to celebrate the NZ International Film Festival! To kick it off, writer-director Tom Levesque comes up to the studio to talk about his debut feature film Shut Eye. Shut Eye follows the story of a young woman and her discovery of the ASMR world, shot in downtown Auckland in the winter of 2021. It's beautiful, eerie, and definitely not one to miss. Catch it at the Hollywood Avondale, 31 July. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Get ready for the Cheese Floor (cheese not included)!