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Tess Walker Elliot is a Tāmaki Makaurau based artist, working amongst analogue photography processes. Her Practice is Centered around engaging with the archive, working across both personal and national archives.

Within Her Current show at Window Gallery, On being Imaged, Walker Elliot draws on her own personal medical archives. Engaging with x-rays and Ultrasounds to examine the depersonalization of the medical image and environment.

Pulling the x-rays back into a place of dark room photography process, using the x-rays as photo negatives that walker elliot then layers with external images of her own body.

Attempting to bring these medical images back into a place of the body, of the personal. Resulting in a series of images that wrestle with the dissolving of the external image into their own abstraction through the internal image 

Maya had a kōrero with Tess walker Elliot about the show and overall practice

Dr Kirsten Zemke phones into the studio to have a yarn with Annabel and Callum about jazz scat vocals and is evolution this morning on Travelling Tunes! 

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David finally clocks the reference in the Political Commentary introduction and discusses how former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may be called in front of the Royal Commission investigating New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic to give evidence on the government's response, as well as the discourse in the political and media sphere.

This month, a number of council body reforms have come into effect in the Auckland Council, fulfilling Mayor Wayne Brown’s promise to address issues and implement community feedback into the council’s format.

The three new divisions in the Auckland Council to improve organisation include the Auckland Urban Development Office, the  Property Department, and an Economic Development Office, each of which are intended to make decision making more effective and accessible to the public.

As well, with the persisting cold temperatures and rainy weather hitting Auckland this Winter, I wanted to discuss the topic of homelessness in Auckland’s city centre, and to what extent the council is working to support those rough sleeping in the CBD

United States President Donald Trump’s mega-spending bill passed its final vote in the House of Representatives and is now set to become law.

Despite its controversy and universal opposition from the Democrats, the bill has been supported by the vast majority of Republicans.

For International Desk, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University, Charlie Hunt, about the bill and Republican support.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Arena Williams about Phase Two of the Covid-19 inquiry and advisory group recommendations on climate adaptation legislation.

For International Desk, they spoke to Charles Hunt from Boise State University about United States President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill”. 

For this week’s City Counselling, Producer Sara spoke with Councillor Shane Henderson about Mayor Wayne Brown’s recent council body reforms, as well as concerns around homelessness in the CBD this Winter

Regarding Phase Two of the Covid-19 Inquiry, she spoke with both Restaurant Association Chief Executive Marisa Bidois, and public health expert Sir Collin Tukuitonga

Kia ora, it's Emma Gleason hosting Morning Glory today on a wet, grey Thursday, playing some good vibes and listener requests to get you through to lunch time.

Billie makes a non-alcoholic margarita and chats with HALFQUEEN about all the epic screenings coming up at the Hollywood Avondale over the next month. Plus a discussion of '90s kids' films spurred by a screening of Free Willie. Whakarongo mai nei!

It's only Sarah on 95bFM Breakfast duty this morning, featuring: Political Commentary w/ David Slack; announcing the Silver Scroll | Kaitito Kaiaka and Tohu Maioha nominee lists; Stefaan Van Leuven of Soulwax; Priya Sami of Bub; and unnecessary attempts to chat with the newsteam. (Sorry newsteam.)

Public hearings as part of phase two of the Royal Commission into COVID-19 took place in Auckland this week.

The second phase of the inquiry has a stronger focus on lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the impact of the Covid-19 response on business and the economy.

And yesterday, an independent reference group set up by the Ministry of Environment shared their recommendations for climate adaptation legislation.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Arena Williams about both of these topics.