Tourism is Aotearoa's largest export and the industry is suffering admist current Covid travel restrictions. I speak to Bjoern Spreitzer, the General Manager of Tourism New Zealand's domestic tourism team about the value of domestic travel and importance of stimulating the domestic tourism market in Aotearoa. 

Tourism is Aotearoa's largest export and the industry is suffering admist current Covid travel restrictions. I speak to Bjoern Spreitzer, the General Manager of Tourism New Zealand's domestic tourism team about the value of domestic travel and importance of stimulating the domestic tourism market in Aotearoa. 

Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews senior lecturer from Te Ipukarea Research Institute Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta on Māori Language Week and the importance of Te Reo in Aotearoa’s culture.

In the Eastern Mediterranean, recent confrontations over the rights to drill natural gas have threatened to reignite conflict between Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. This conflict emerged after Cyprus’s independence in 1960 and was complicated by international interventions by Greece and Turkey on behalf of their ethnic populations on the island. Renewed Turkish interest in the access and exploitation of natural gas reserves and other energy reserves around the island have bought the conflict into a new focus with the potential of further conflict occurring. Doug Becker spoke with Aristotle Tziampiris and Nukhet Sandal about the latest standoff.

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Em Walker, aka Theia, has a brand waiata reo Māori project called TE KAAHU. She popped in for a chat about singing in te reo Māori, her Kuia, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and more. Whakarongo mai nei! 

From very chilly workplaces, to payrises and work conflicts, Justine's here to help you through all your union questions.

Suri brings us Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, the romance novel that you must read this Spring. After taking out the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, this is definitely one to add to your reading list.

Today on your bFM Breakfast: Easing into your Monday with some very good tunes and plenty of coffee; Theia joins us for a kōrero about Te Kaahu and celebrating te wiki o te reo Māori; Suri joins us with a romantic novel to add to our reading lists; and Justine answers all your union questions on Red Dead Redemption.

TA plays some tracks from Baroness, Propaghandi, Chelsea Wolfe, Sick of It All, Fucked Up,War On Women and  a couple of Toots Hibberts covers/ influences on Punk Rock as he passed this week. RIP.

Bernie and Kirsten dancing together on the Border Radio show . Lefty Frizzell to Justin Townes Earl and The Be Good Tanya's feature in 2hrs of beautiful and dark music. Dig deep!