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Sola Rosa's Andrew Spraggon talks to Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason about his latest record, In The Mids, and imminent album tour. It kicks off in Auckland on Friday May 22 at Double Whammy, before travelling to Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Christchurch, New Plymouth and Wellington. Expect live interpretations of the album's tracks and reworked music from his extensive archive, plus (excitingly) an audio-visual element. Tickets are available here.  

The Government is heading into Budget week with plans to cut the core public service, and RNZ reports public servants' fears that their jobs are once again on the line. At the same time, questions have been raised over MFAT being spared from cuts, and the Government has unveiled major changes to secondary education through its proposed NCEA replacement. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Producer Pranuja spoke with Shanan Halbert about public service cuts, Budget priorities, and what the education overhaul could mean for students and teachers.

Ata mārie! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: Rosetta spoke with Kelly Moran about her show on June 17 at the Kāhui St Davids, Natasha Griffiths shares some memories from The Crown in Ōtepoti for NZ Music Month, and your chance to win tickets to Sola Rosa + Kevin Morby's new album on vinyl! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

This week on Sages of the Ages our two chronomagical comrades bring you a bunch of tunes directly from 1996. And because it's NZ Music Month, they're all bangers directly from Aotearoa. Including artists such as The Mutton Birds, Thorazine Shuffle, and Tall Dwarfs. They also bring you the latest on unleaded petrol, Mixed Member Proportional, and the Oceanic Football Confederation. Whakarongo mai!

A survey of Automobile Association members' views on time-of-use charging has been presented to the Auckland Council's Transport and Infrastructure Delivery Committee.  The survey found that members were open to congestion charging if it worked, even if they thought it was unfair. Labour leader Chris Hipkins gave a ‘State of Auckland' speech last week, focusing on the need for cross-party collaboration on infrastructure projects. Wire Host Caeden spoke with Councillor Shane Henderson about both of these topics.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Aotearoa New Zealand later this year. The expected visit follows the signing of the trade agreement between India and New Zealand last month. However, Prime Minister Modi is a controversial figure in Indian politics, largely for his religiously divisive policy and anti-Muslim speeches. Wire Host Caeden spoke to Sapna Samant, GP, storyteller, and activist, who is critical of Indian Prime Minister Modi and his supporters in the diaspora, about his expected visit.

Rosetta chats with NYC based composer, pianist and producer Kelly Moran about her forthcoming show at Kāhui St Davids on June 17th, as part of Strange Universe: Winter Edition. Whakarongo mai nei!

Natasha Griffiths phones in from Ōtepoti to share some of her favourite memories of The Crown, in honour of this year's NZ Music Month theme: Our Sounds, Our Spaces. Whakarongo mai nei!

Elle spoke to Cate Le Bon on the emotional core of her latest album Michaelangelo Dying. Le Bon's thematic arc of the album, an enigmatic take on the pit of heart break. Sonically dense and laden in synths Le Bon revels in the throes of heart ache, though her disarming and earnest narrative threads. They spoke about the writing process of the album and adapting it for the live shows later in June. 

Audrey Goggin is a London-born Tāmaki-based artist whose primarily oil painting practice uses primary source research as an anchor for her exploration of identity and belonging in relation to her mixed heritage and immigrant background.  Her current exhibition at Window Gallery, 馬上封侯, presents a beautiful large painting piece by Goggin on unstretched canvas. Using a photograph of her great aunt as a young child sitting on her family's white horse as a starting point, the work sees the artist approaching the year of the horse through an exploration of her mixed Chinese-Pākehā heritage through the Chinese zodiac and its significance in Chinese culture. With her great aunt being born in a Horse year, and herself a monkey year, the artist was reminded of the Chinese idiom, 馬上封侯, which literally translates to monkey sitting upon a horse, but can also take the inferred meaning of a quick advancement or rise in status. Connecting herself to the original image through this idiom, Goggin's younger self takes the place of her great aunt's position, now a monkey sitting upon a horse – in hopes of a prosperous year ahead of passion, ambition, and rapid change with her whakapapa supporting her as she seeks to better understand her equivocal identity. Sof caught up with Audrey about the show.

Maya caught up with Hamish Coleman about his solo exhibition Whippersnapper on at Season Aotearoa. And Sof caught up with Audrey Goggin about her solo exhibition at Window Gallery, 馬上封侯. Whakarongo mai x

For Fancy New Band today Huia had Moonwoven come into the studio!  Moonwoven Is a genre/gender bending local band, they switch instruments and their sound depending on each song. Today on Fancy New Band we were able to have a taste of three tracks off of their upcoming ep that was anounced on the show !  Thanks to Nz On Air !

Sofie and Jude are back in the studio, rounding off the week with some neat tracks and chat. Oui oui nos amies, this is a good one. Allez allez allez! 

This Morning Glory was a packed one! Huia Played an array of music that could cater to many ears, we also had a guest interview where Cayden interviewd Tareq Baconi for writers fest and Fancy New Band with Moonwoven! Brought to you by Nz On Air!  Thanks to The Tuning Fork!

Pick yourself up with some sweet tunes brought to you by host Sofía Kent Padilla

This week, Cam's selections include music from Ammar El Sherei, Jeff Parker, and Dua Saleh.  Thanks to Southbound!

For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about the need for council to be involved in discussions about the details of an additional harbour crossing, and the number of job losses in the Auckland Transport restructure.  And they spoke to Māni Dunlop from Te Ao Māori News for our new bi-weekly catch-up on the political issues of the week from a Māori perspective. News Director Castor spoke to kaumatua and climate activist Mike Smith about his court case against Fonterra in the wake of the government removing its legal basis. They also spoke to Professor of Law at the University of Waikato, Alexander Gillespie, about the legal ramifications of such a decision.  For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Producer Pranuja spoke with Shanan Halbert about the Government disestablishing the BSA and scrapping the tertiary Fees Free scheme, as well as the Government's new citizenship test. She also spoke with Associate Professor Alice Mills about why secure housing is central to reintegration for those leaving prison.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says the council must be involved in any final decision on a second Waitematā harbour crossing.  And the number of jobs that will be lost in the Auckland Transport restructure has been revealed - a net reduction of 20.  For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about both of these topics.

This week's show focuses on Unwound's final album Leaves Turn Inside You, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Features tracks from associated artists such as Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse and Quasi. Also includes songs from Nirvana and Radiohead through varying connections and influences!

For our monthly catch up with the Labour Party, Rosetta and Milly chat with Carmel Sepuloni about the Government's proposal to scrap Fees Free, changes to Climate Law announced yesterday, and the latest split in Te Pāti Māori. Whakarongo mai nei!

Last week the government announced plans to scrap the Broadcasting Standards Authority, the entity that serves to ensure television, radio, and internet broadcasters remain accountable to members of the public. While the government saysit trusts broadcasters to self regulate, it's unclear what this regulation could look like, especially without the all encompassing BSA to ensure that a universal standard is met.  In addition, ACT Party Leader David Seymour has expressed dismay at some of the recent publications by state funded broadcasters TVNZ and RNZ. Since Seymour is one of the ministers responsible for appointing the board for each organisation, his comments and criticisms are being compared to threats of censorship.  Lastly, the government has announced a new test for prospective immigrants to New Zealand, which would see them quizzed over topics relating to New Zealand values, our Bill of Rights, and our system of government. While the government is proposing this standard of knowledge for immigrants, many New Zealand citizens could be unable to answer the questions.  For this weeks catchup with the National Party's Ryan Hamilton, News Director Castor asked about these topics, beginning with the BSA.

this wiki piet and liv r talking ko whio whio/whio - the blue duck !!! whakarongo mai nei. link to piet's notes here!

This week on Dear Science our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about the science behind football players choking, the chemistry behind the taste of beer, and the woman behind determining the structure of insulin.  Thanks to MOTAT, home of powerful play! 

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Ata mārie! Rosetta and Milly have your hump day covered with a great Breakfast show, including What's Up with Carmel Sepuloni from the Labour Party, your chance to win tickets to Dry Cleaning and Seun Kuti, AND a very special hour of guest-hosting from Shayne P. Carter! AKA Keith Miller - IYKYK. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

On the 1st of April, a cruise ship departed from the port of Ushuaia, in the far South of Argentina, carrying 175 passengers and crewmembers. Within a week, the first symptoms of the hantavirus infection began to show. A 70 year old Dutch man died onboard, becoming the first fatality of this outbreak, and his wife died not long after. With the death of a German woman in early May, the death toll now stands at three. The surviving passengers, who come from 23 different nationalities, have finally disembarked the ship in the Netherlands, and most have gone back to their home countries where they will go now through a period of quarantine To discuss the specifics of the hantavirus outbreak, producer Toby spoke to infectious disease expert and public science communicator Siouxsie Wiles.

A BUSY SHOW TODAY EVERY1!!!!! piet is here to talk abt the whio, jonjon tolovae is here to talk abt her upcoming comedy fest show, and i (liv) am here to play u sum songs to make ur wednesday sexy and sweet! featuring lots of waiata māori cos nz music months guys !CATCH UP love u all!, liv xxx

Lou is alonely today! :((  A bit of this, a bit of that... CDs were lost (and then promptly found) but you probably can't even tell.

This week's show featured new music from Aldous Harding, the Lemon Twigs, Yard Act and more.

Big thick coats on the dogs of people just trying to help. Thanks Decibel Wines. (Get a discount on your order with code 95BFM.)

Last weekend, Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now opened at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Curated by Hutch Wilco, the exhibition is the first major survey of Chinese contemporary art to be shown in Aotearoa.  Split into four connected themes, and showing 67 works by 42 artists and collectives, Forever Tomorrow traverses through four decades of accelerated major transformation in China, examining the experiences of artists from China's Reform and opening up in 1978 to the present day.  The first theme, Stones From Other Mountains, explores artists' experiments with the body as action, the instability of language, and the capacity of photography, performance, and moving image to propose realities post-Reform. In the second, People Mountain People Sea, artists are seen turning their attention to the ground beneath their feet: connecting with the land amongst the changing landscapes around them and a period of mass migration to China's cities. The third, Tender Revolutions, looks inward to private lives, attitudes towards intimacy and sexuality, and personal expression. And the fourth and final, In the Clouded Realms, sees artists addressing the architecture of the internet and the behaviours it elicits, navigating the rapidly developing digital era. Merging China's history and the lived experiences of these artists, the works in Forever Tomorrow seek to subvert the idea of China as exceptional, proposing, rather, a shared global experience, that of living in a state of forever tomorrow.  Sof caught up with curator of the show, Hutch Wilco, about Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now and his curatorial process. 

Today we had Olivia Reeves come in for Fancy New Band!  Olivia Reeves Is a young independent indie/rock artist from Tāmaki Makaurau who has worked her way through the competition sphere; Winning solo/duo for New Found Sound and being a two time finalist for Play It Strange!  Her set today was unlike anything else we've heard from her as she leans into are more heavy yet catchy guitar sound. Thanks to NZ On Air

Kirsten joins Rosetta for a kōrero about lunarpunk! Whakarongo mai nei! Aphex Twin - Jynweythek (2006) Hinkstep - Moonwalk On Mushroom Street (2011) C418 - Minecraft (2011)

Sof caught up with curator Hutch Wilco of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki's newly opened exhibition Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now, the first major survey of Chinese contemporary art to be shown in Aotearoa And Maya spoke to Artist Antonia Barnett McIntosh about her current exhibition on at RM, A Ponder of Transported Local Delicacies  Whakarongo mai x

Mōrena! Finish the week with Rosetta! This morning, she chats to Dr Kirsten Zemke for Travelling Tunes, chatting about lunar punk! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Antonia Barnett McIntosh is a Tāmaki-based Composer, performer, sound artist, editor and curator. Her multidisciplinary practice often seeks out various modes of connection through collaboration. Collaborating between the threshold spaces of speech/music, performance/rehearsal, composition/writing. Drawing connections between mediums, finding this  mutual thread between artistic outputs to build upon. Often working with musicians, dancers, poets, visual artists, and Filmmakers.  In her current exhibition at RM, A Ponder of Transported Local Delicacies Barnett McIntosh presents a beautiful sound installation which comprises captured moments of field recordings, and speech. Applying this musical thought to speech, that approaches speech as an instrument in istelf—tunning into its inherent musicality. Reflecting on this in-between state of the live and the documented dwelling in one's mind and body.  The sound work itself is dispersed across four channels, creating a dynamic sonic landscape that morphs and shifts, as one moves around the space. Alongside the sound installation Barnett McIntosh offers this secondary mode of documentation within the show text, through a piece of writing, by writer Lisa Samuels. Samuels will also be involved in a collaborative activation of the gallery space with Barnett McIntosh, through a series of performances. Emphasising the active liveliness of the gallery space and the circulative artistic discourse.  Maya caught up with Antonia about the show, as well as her overall practice.

Mim Jensen joins Emma Gleason in the studio ahead of her Whammy gig tonight to discuss her new album The Muse, the healing properties of songwriting, and finding yourself through heartbreak. As a special treat, Mim plays two songs live in the bFM studio: Track Star and The Mask. Catch her nationwide tour in Auckland May 7, Christchurch May 29 and Dunedin May 30.

Happy Rāhina! It's been a huge weekend for Milly and Rosetta, but they're back up in the bFM studio serving your Breakfast show and recapping the weekend's shenanigans. E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: Whataukī o Tēnei Wiki with Arini Loader, This Is How We Brew It with Charlie from eighthirty, Loose Reads with Nate from Timeout, and bosom selecta with Teenage Frequencies hosts Jude and Sofie! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Your bosom selectas i tēnei wiki were Jude and Sofie of Teenage Frequencies! Tune in to the show every Friday 5-7am, or anytime via the bCasts Whakarongo mai nei!

Charlie is up in the studio for This Is How We Brew It - chatting with Rosetta and Milly about all things coffee competitions, including the Cup Tasters and Brewers comps next weekend at The Tuesday Club! We're also giving away a bag of the eighthirty Classic Blend on Friday so text in to 5395 for your chance to win. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!