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for todays Fancy New Band we were treated to Salem Māhias beauitful voice.

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for todays tunes I kept it pretty for a sunny day, for Fancy New Band I had Salem Māhia come in to play some beautiful tunes. Thanks to The Tuning Fork!

Thanks to NZ On Air Music!

Liz Breslin is a queer poet, editor and performer. Her new book, Show you’re working out is a collection of poems that weave together topics of complicity, cycling, DIY, domestic abuse, the queerness of hands, pride, pilates, wellness culture and white supremacy. 

The title of the book, Show your working out, shows a play on the word ‘your’/’you’re’. One being 'your' which references what we were asked to do with our maths equations in school when we were young, show your working. And the other 'you're' speaks to how it feels important to show that you’re working out, within a relationship or a small community when you are wanting to be accepted. Together, Destabilising the singular narrative within the collection. 

Maya had a chat with Liz about her creative practice as well as her new book.

How to Disappear is an exhibition by multidisciplinary Ōtautahi-based artist Steve Carr currently on at Gow Langsford Gallery. 

In a body of work composed of photographs, a moving image work, and sculpture, Carr stages a series of failed attempts at disappearance – reminding us that no matter how much we try to hide, something in us always remains visible. 

Seen crouched and stood behind invisibility shields, bushes, trees, and coloured smoke bombs, Carr repeatedly fails to camouflage himself – giving the works a certain absurdity and comedic quality that has been a recurring theme in Carr’s practice.

Sofia caught up with Steve Carr about the making of How to Disappear and his creative process.

Maya had a kōrero with poet Liz Breslin about her latest book Show you’re working out.  

Sof had a kōrero with Steve Carr about his current exhibition How to Disappear at Gow Langsford which opened earlier this week.

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Happy Friday e hoa mā! Today on Breakfast, Milly and Rosetta talk all things 'Butt-Rock' with Dr Kirsten Zemke for Travelling Tunes, Deva Mahal is up in studio to chat about her upcoming show at Big Fan. Plus Viewmaster with Litia, and From The Crate with Cam from Southbound! Whakarongo mai nei!

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Today on Political Commentary, Milly and Rosetta catch up with David Slack, and he shares his latest analogy: are the empty promises from Christopher Luxon's Maiden Speech the equivalent of buying a new coffee machine online that shows up and doesn't work? Whakarongo mai nei!

According to outreach providers, Auckland has had a 90% increase in homelessness since September last year.

Auckland Council’s Community Committee Chair Angela Dalton says government policy changes have “made it harder for people to access emergency housing.”

The committee has called for the government to work with frontline agencies to address the issue.

Yesterday, nearly 36,000 nurses, midwives, and healthcare workers went on strike for 24 hours.

This followed the breakdown of mediation talks between the nurses' union and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand.

The union says they are striking because of the ‘dire’ staffing situation.

And the government has announced a series of electoral law changes, including the end to same-day voter enrollment. 

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about all of these issues.

They started by asking about the increase in homelessness in Auckland.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni on the spike in homelessness in Auckland, yesterday’s nurses strike, and the end to same-day voter enrollment.

For City Counselling this week, Producer Sanat spoke with Councillor Julie Fairey about reports earlier this week of Auckland Council staff taking tents and sleeping bags from rough sleepers in the CBD and more broadly what Auckland Council’s response to homelessness looks like.

For International Desk, Joel spoke to Justin Sobion, Senior Tutor in Law at the University of Auckland and counsel for Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’, on the recent International Court of Justice ruling on states' climate change obligations.

And Sanat spoke to Associate Dean Pacific of the University of Auckland Sir Colin Tukuitonga about the growing drug crisis in the Pacific.

Through a mixture of seasonal migration, deportations and cost of living pressures, Pacific Island nations are facing an unprecedented influx of meth into their communities. 

Producer Sanat spoke to Sir Colin Tukuitonga, Associate Dean Pacific and Professor of Public Health at the University of Auckland about this crisis in health.

He says that “Meth poses a dire health threat in the Pacific. It’s extremely addictive, devastates people’s mental health, and is driving the spread of HIV in Fiji at an alarming rate, through needle and blood sharing. “

According to Sir Colin more needs to be done by international health organisations and law enforcement to help fund better rehabilitation services and stop the inflow of meth into Pacific Island nations. 

Here is that interview.