The government has recently announced that Te Pūkenga is set to return to ‘regional governance,’ re-establishing 10 polytechnics that were merged under the previous Labour-led government.

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to MP Simon Court about these developments with Te Pūkenga.

They also discussed Labour MP, Camilla Belich’s member’s bill — the Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill, passing its second reading.

In the government, National are in support of the bill, however, New Zealand First, and ACT, are not. We discussed why ACT are not supportive of the bill, despite their coalition partner, National, being in support.

But first, they discussed the re-establishment of the 10 polytechnics that were previously merged under Te Pūkenga.

Bass Culture From Around The World with Mikey

Thanks to the Tuning Fork!

This week's show featured new music from Blood Orange, Greatsouth, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist and more. 

Sam also pays tribute to a pioneer and trailblazer of New Zealand music Chris Faiumu aka DJ Fitchie aka Mu who sadly passed away last week.

For his Mid-Winter Show, Def Jim pulls together a typically diverse set list splicing selections from new and recent releases from Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet, Fractal Sextet, Myra Melford Splash and Tim Berne with choice older cuts by the late Jef Lee Johnson, James Newton, James Blood Ulmer and Mark Helias. And then some.

Lots of new releases and a Cowboy Junkies double concert pass giveaway.

Mōrena! A fun show this morning with a chat with Te Awarangi about her new short film, The Nephilim, which she is currently fundraising for. Whakarongo mai!

Shannon Conacher is a South African, Tāmaki based artist. Working amongst a variety of mediums with a central focus on moving image and video.

Her current exhibition, The Archive Room, showing at RM navigates RM's own archive and archive room. Bringing into focus a space that might be typically overlooked. An archive of ephemera that dates back to the artist-run space’s opening in 1997, with many of the artworks within the archive being largely unknown of its maker.

Within the archive room Conacher approaches the archive as a living, breathing site. Re-positioning the archive into an active site of touch and encounter. Through a process of material dialogue between Conacher and the archived art works. working with a light touch to preserve the works agency, but enough to bring them forth into a space of active dialogue.

Maya had chat with Shannon Conacher about her practice and current show The Archive Room.