In this excerpt from the 10 April 2022 Artbank, Mark Williams, director of CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image Aotearoa New Zealand, discusses CIRCUIT's ten year anniversary and website relaunch. 

Finn's on this week, reading plenty of stories and introducing you to David Bowie!

Hunter brings you new music from Alex G, Wet Leg, Rubi Du, Pavement, Arca & more! Plus we hear from E.J. Thorpe, and Christian Pearce of Te Whanganui-a-Tara's mighty End Boss for Long Player, thanks to NZ On Air Music! 

INDEX: Records mix courtesy of DJ/production duo FAFF, who are operating outta London, UK. Reach for the laser voibes on this 1.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara's mighty End Boss have unveiled their debut album 'They Seek My Head'. E.J. Thorpe, and guitarist Christian Pearce (Ghidoragh) chat to Zazi about 5 tracks from the release for Long Player, thanks to NZ On Air Music! 

This week's show featured new music from Wet Leg, Quelle Chris, Father John Misty, The Linda Linda's and more.

This week saw  the release of another major IPCC Climate Report, stating that without immediate action we will reach a one point five degree rise in climate and beyond by 20300.

Several new contributors to climate change were highlighted, including the cumulative impact of big cities and towns on the climate.

Efforts to turn our cities more green have been taking place across Aotearoa for several months, so Liam Hansen spoke to Crystal Olin from Sustainable cities Aotearoa about what’s being done and what needs to come next.

Yesterday the government announced a proposal to remove sugary drinks from primary schools.

Jessye spoke to Dr Rob Beaglehole from the NZDA about the announcement and whether it went far enough.

Aotearoa has a housing crisis. However, Auckland alone has 40,000 unoccupied houses.

Jessye spoke to Dr Anthony Hoete, a professor of architecture at the University of Auckand and director at QuakeCoRE, New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience. They discussed issues with housing availability, how Māori housing needs can be rethought, and how different materials might solve construction issues.

Amid hikes in rent prices across the country, the Green Party has launched an open letter calling for a rent freeze and stronger rent controls.

This is the latest in a series of calls from the Greens to revitalise the renting system in Aotearoa, previously including a warrant of fitness for homes and a registrare for landlords.

To learn more, Liam spoke to Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson about what the open letter contains and why the issue is so important.