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Kainga Ora, New Zealand’s state housing provider has been subject to deep cuts under the current coalition Government. Current housing demand demonstrates that nationally nearly 30,000 houses are required. However, most developments that were in Kainga Ora’s pipeline have since been cancelled with the most recent cut coming in Whanganui where 138 planned houses have now been cut down to 7. 

This comes at the same time as the Government is trying to stimulate a sluggish housing market by offering tax incentives to property owners, lowering interest rates and opening up New Zealand’s housing market to overseas investors. This in the hopes that private developers and the market can cater to high levels of demand.

Producer Sanat talked to Vanessa Cole from the Public Housing futures campaign, a group that is trying to halt the deep cuts that are currently being experienced by Kainga Ora.

Happy Thursday e hoa mā! Today on the show, Rosetta and Milly catch up with David Slack for Political Commentary, Stevei Houkāmau has a kōrero about Kōkōwai at Auckland Museum, and Natural Ange is up in the studio to chat about all your ailments! Whakarongo mai nei!

Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason talks to rising star Imani-J about her new EP Expectations (out now) and what's next for the teenager from Nelson.

Thanks to The Tuning Fork.

This week Emma Gleason interviews rising star Imani-J about her debut EP Expectations and what's next for the teenager from Nelson, talks about new music from Dick Move, The Beths and Tom Scott, and plays some old favourites.

Thanks to The Tuning Fork.

Today on Parakuihi Pals, Milly and Rosetta jump on the line with today's RDU brekkie host James to catch all the news from Ōtautahi! Whakarongo mai nei!

Care HQ nurses Nikki and Charlotte are up in the studio again for The Birds, The Bees and The Bugs! Today, they chat with Milly and Rosetta about broaching the topic of STI screening with a new sexual partner, and answer questions from the texters. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Thanks to Care HQ!

Milly has a kōrero with Aussie rockers The Grogans, about their new album Stagger and their NZ tour - which kicks off this week! Whakarongo mai nei!

Elle spoke with Catherine (vocals/guitar) and Adam Cooper (guitar), of Alison's Halo, about their brilliant compilation album Eyedazzler (1998), and their latest singles Happy and So Far Away. A dreamy, shoegaze sound is complimented by Catherine's misty vocals. Lyrically complex, the transportational 90-minute album is worth a listen from start to finish. And so is this interview, so listen back. 

Lately, our government, civil society organisations and UN bodies have all condemned the range of human rights abuses Israel is currently committing against the Palestinian population. However, universities in New Zealand, like in many other parts of the world, have made an intentional decision to remain neutral in their position on Gaza, despite public sentiment shifting on this issue. 

This stance of international neutrality can be traced back to a 1967 study known as the Kalven report. But was this report ever relevant? And should it still apply today? 

To discuss this, as well as what Universities could potentially do to act against Israel, Producer Max spoke to Dr Ritesh Shah, a senior lecturer of comparative and international education and the co-director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Study at the University of Auckland.

If you'd like to sign this open letter you can find it here.

For our monthly catch up with The Green Party's Steve Abel, Milly and Rosetta have a kōrero with Steve about David Seymour's comments about withdrawing NZ from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Government forging ahead with changes to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act, and a recent protest at Stockton Mine on the West Coast. Whakarongo mai nei!