The Deputy Leader of the Opposition is here to tell us what exactly is up. 

Tāmaki Makaurau based producer Skymning caught up with Rachel this morning to chat about the new release RELENTLESS. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Loopies, tenderfoots, and JAFAs :( 

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston last spoke to Auckland Women's Refuge on Friday August 20. At this stage Aotearoa had been in lockdown for three days. Now, Auckland has been in lockdown for 91 days and a lot has changed. Jemima wanted to catch up with Auckland Women’s Refuge to see how operations have changed for them and whether the organisation feels it has been supported to carry out its work in the community. She speaks to Chairperson Tauafu Havili about how the refuge has been coping in lockdown. 

If you are seeking support or are feeling unsafe in your bubble please call the Auckland Women's Refuge Office 09 378 7635 or call the national Women's Refuge 24/7 Crisis Line 0800 REFUGE (733 843). 

If you want to donate to Auckland Women's Refuge head to www.awrefuge.org.nz or call their office number to organise a time to donate essential food items. You can also head to the national Women's Refuge website to Gift A Safe Night.

Head cleaner, lug creamer.

Tuesday with some fire tunes.

Today on the Tuesday Wire, Emily Bell brings us her first piece where she speaks to Police Minister Poto Williams about the government's new firearms unit. 

Jemima Huston interviews Deborah Hart, the Chair of Holocaust Centre NZ, about some of the comparisons that have been made by anti-vaccination protestors between the Holocaust and the government’s Covid restrictions here in New Zealand. 

Jemima catches up with Auckland Women’s Refuge Chairperson Tauafu Havili to see how the refuge has been coping in lockdown. 

Finally, Jemima speaks to Oxfam Aotearoa about the Covid support New Zealand has provided to Papua New Guinea.

The government have announced a new firearms unit as the next step to regulating gun control in New Zealand. As the Royal Commission of Inquiry suggested, the unit aims to tighten and track gun ownership and violence in New Zealand, as well as work alongside the police to create safer communities. Emily Bell spoke to Minister of Police Poto Williams about the firearms unit and how it will function.

Johanna touches base on how the theatre and arts communities are doing after 91 days in lockdown. If you wanna check out the article by Sam Brooks she mentions, you can find it here. Also, stay tuned for the really valuable mahi she, Alice Canton, and Sam Snedden have been doing into what it's really like being an independent artist in Tāmaki Makaurau in ~ * ~ these times ~ **~~

I tēnei ata Second Guessing is speedy as per; the Mayor phones up for the weekly catch up; Chris Cudby aka Power Nap is on the line to share some very lush tracks; Johanna has all the thespian updates you desire; and there's some educational content on Ready Steady Learn. Whakarongo mai!