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Fran from KORA is up in the studio for a kōrero with Rosetta and Milly about their brand new album Fifth Season, out tomorrow! They're also heading on tour, playing the Powerstation in Tāmaki Makaurau on October 3. Whakarongo mai nei!

Last week the World Health Organisation declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea.

The Papua New Guinea government has activated its emergency response supported by the Australian Government, the WHO and UNICEF. 

The government has modified it’s response after a similar outbreak in 2018. The new response involves mass vaccination campaigns, enhanced surveillance of transmission and better localised community engagement. 

I spoke to the University of Auckland’s Associate Dean Pacific Sir Colin Tukitonga about the outbreak, what the response looks like on the ground and what lessons we can take from the Pacific when it comes to vaccinations at a time where New Zealand’s vaccination rates are the lowest in the OECD.

Promoters in Auckland’s independent music scene have been “shocked” after Auckland Council has started taking enforcement action against gig posters in the CBD. 

These posters are often self designed and self printed by promoters in order to ensure that there is a high level of engagement in Auckland’s independent music scene which has often been described as the “lifeblood” of the CBD. 

However, the council has been receiving an increased amount of complaints about posters and has cited the signs bylaw as reason enough to take this enforcement action. 

They have also been told that promoters can pay to use advertising space and use social media to advertise their gigs. 

I wanted to understand how the community was feeling about this action and whether the alternatives posed by council are actually feasible, so I spoke to promoter Lara Marie about gig postering in the CBD.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about yesterday’s teacher strike, Indian Independence Day celebrations in Tāmaki Makaurau, and concerns about safety and rehabilitation in Mt Eden Prison.

For International Desk, they spoke to Olga Pantos, a research scientist at PHF Science with a PhD from Newcastle University, about the failure to negotiate a global plastics treaty at the United Nations last week.

And they spoke to University of Auckland PhD candidate Annabelle Cranswick about efforts to protect the Bryde’s whale and why they’re moving further out in the Hauraki Gulf.

For City Counselling this week, Producer Sanat spoke with Councillor Shane Henderson about Auckland Council’s recent enforcement action against gig posters in the city and Auckland’s broader economic recovery. 

He also spoke to Indie Music Promoter and founder of JunkMail Lara Marie about what Auckland Council’s enforcement action means for the community and what she believes is the path forward on this issue. 

And he spoke to the University of Auckland’s Associate Dean Pacific Sir Colin Tukitonga on the recent outbreak of polio in Papua New Guinea and the lessons we can learn from the Pacific Islands when it comes to community vaccination response.

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Today, the winner of the Great New Zealand Toastie Takeover Supreme Winner was announced: Newmarket eatery Toast on the Green’s 'McChickle & Bacon'! Nick Brown, co-founder of Toastie Takeover, and Joe McClure of McClure's Pickles, are up in the studio for a chat with Milly and Rosetta about the winner. Whakarongo mai nei!

This week, the boys chat bangers, band names, and debate Primus! 

Wherever you’re listening to this, it’s quite unlikely that you arrived at that location by walking there. How do we know this? Because, according to a 2018 census, 82.8% of trips made in Auckland were by car. And that’s despite most New Zealanders understanding that walking has many benefits. It keeps us healthy, reduces stress, and produces zero carbon emissions.

So why don’t we walk more? Well, Dr. I-Ting Chuang, a Senior lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland, conducted a study to look into why people in Auckland and Hamilton are so dependent on cars, despite many areas fitting the conditions of being an ideal walking location.

Producer Max spoke to Dr. I-Ting Chuang, to understand what her research found about our dependence on cars and what we could do to build a walking culture.

Author and music journalist Liz Pelly joins Milly and Rosetta for a kōrero about her new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist - you can hear more from Liz about her mahi at Whammy Bar next Tuesday August 26, in conversation with Martyn Pepperell. Whakarongo mai nei!