IT'S BUDGET WEEK and despite the modesty of this budget, the news cycle has been rolling in.
Key to the budget is the gutting of the public service, with an additional 9000 thousand Kiwi’s working in government services set to be gone by 2029 on top of the thousands the government let go earlier this term.
Seemingly as a part of this, The Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill will enable automated or ‘robo’ decision making within the Ministry of Social Development. Taking humans out of benefits and disability payment decisions, a practice that came to a dark end in Australia with many recipients wrongfully lumped with debt that the government eventually had to foot. Here in New Zealand it is made even more alarming by being sped through parliament under urgency, removing the oversight and guardrails that reforms would normally face.
And if they will have to foot the bill in the long run, is the government really making the savings they claim? The Green Party wants to ask this question in regards to our climate commitments. They say that poor caretaking of our Emissions Trading Scheme has led to the failure of recent auctions of credits, leading the government to be over a billion dollars behind and failing to meet our international commitments, which will cost the country even more.
So for our weekly catch-up w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the budget, do the numbers add up? And what are the consequences to cutting people out of the hard choices.
Rosetta and Milly chat with Lucy from Lucy and The Skylites about Reggae Got Soul - an epic night of reggae and soul music taking over Whammy, Double Whammy and Public Bar this Friday June 5! Whakarongo mai nei!
Elle spoke to Markus of goldenstar about their latest EP Chamber Music. Written alongside the melting snow of the Montreal winter, the melancholia of their surroundings seeps through into the sparce guitar lines and restrained vocal performances. Its music that lingers within you long after you’ve finished listening. Utterly Brilliant.
Mōrena e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: Loose Reads with Nate, Ready Steady Learn, plenty of tunes, prizes, and more! Whakarongo mai nei!
Phoenix Rising - Gulls
Only The Shallow Know The Depths - Brendon Moeller
A moment in time - Bdum Bdum Sound
Our deception - Bdum Bdum Sound
Village Soul - Earl Natty
Version - Mick Harris
Blink of an eye - Bdum Bdum Sound
Peace Lst Words - Gulls
Unbound - SUUNS & Kelman Duran
DEC 14 - SUUNS & Kelman Duran
Primordial Blossom - Katatonic Silentio
The Only Way Out - Katatonic Silent
La supériorité du nombre - Anadol & Marie Klock
Manivelles - Anadol & Marie Klock
Urwald (rRroxymore Daydream rRemix) - Acid Pauli
Want / Get - Saffaire
In Parallel - Dayzero
Ya Habibi - laxfilet + Balout Krew
F**k Your Orientalism - laxfilet + Balout Krew
Habban - Abadir
Istikhbar Sahli - VAGAN
La Balade de Misrakis featuring Feras Turk - Armor + Feras Turk
Lel.watan - Balout Krew + laxfilet
Sratli Khatra Kheleft L3ahed - Mohamed Ain Larbaa
Cheeky Razor - Armor
Archipelago - Katatonic Silentio
The Body - Mass Density Human
Glare And Halos - Benito + HOT16
Rentrer à la maison - Anadol & Marie Klock
Radio Embrace - K Wata
Flujo - Imaabs
Tilting - SUUNS & Kelman Duran
Ἠλεκτρικαὶ Ὑμνωδίαι – Α ́ Ἑωθινὸν μὲ ἠλεκτρικὴν κιθάραν ἄνευ τάστων (perdesiz) - Father Dionysios Tabakis
Strange - Yttling Jazz + Bobby Gillespie
Φλεξάρεις Κάργα – Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ Rap - Father Dionysios Tabakis
Homemade Emotion - Pallette
River's Song - Richard Norris
Do You - Mass Density Human
Metro to Père Lachaise - Pallette
Hey Baby - The Field
Rosetta and Milly chat with Caitlin Woods, who is a doctoral candidate at the Liggins Institute - researching New Zealand's shortage of midwives. Whakarongo mai nei!
Nate is back up in the studio chatting pukapuka with Rosetta and Milly! Today he delves into the auto-fiction works of Pirkko Saiso. Whakarongo mai nei!
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