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Lately for Friday 9 August 2019

  • Pre-Wired

    10:45 PM.Danielle Street joins us with a preview of her new music selections to be featured on her Totally Wired show on Auckland University radio station bfm on Saturday mornings. Read more Audio

  • From Kupe To Cook

    10:30 PM.It's 250 years since Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa, and Pataka Art and Museum in Porirua is marking it with an exhibition. Director of Pataka, Reuben Friend, joins Karyn to talk about the… Read more Audio

  • Waikato Hospital Running Out of Beds

    10:20 PM.Waikato Hospital is experiencing an influx of patients and asking people with non-urgent conditions to first go to their GP or a chemist. Chief Operating Officer Ron Dunham speaks with Karyn about the… Read more Audio

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Photo: RNZ

10:20  Waikato Hospital's running out of beds 


Waikato Hospital is experiencing an influx of patients with nearly all of its 650 beds full because of a high number of elderly patients and sick children.

The hospital wants people with non-urgent conditions to first go to their GP or a chemist instead of its Emergency Department.

Waikato Hospital's Chief Operating Officer, Ron Dunham, speaks with Karyn about what people should do as the weekend approaches.

Waikato Hospital

Waikato Hospital Photo: Supplied / Waikato DHB / Facebook


10:30  From Kupe to Cook   

It's 250 years since Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa, and Pataka Art + Museum in Porirua is marking it with an exhibition that explores the voyagers who were first to come here.

The exhibition begins with the epic journey of Polynesian navigator Kupe who sailed by waka from Hawaiki to Aotearoa. 

Director of Pataka Art + Museum, Reuben Friend, tells Karyn about the connection between Kupe and Porirua, and the artists with work in the exhibition Here: Kupe to Cook.

Greg Semu, The Arrival, 2014-15, C type photograph, 126.5 x 168.7 cm, Courtesy of Pataka Art + Museum

Greg Semu, The Arrival, 2014-15, C type photograph, 126.5 x 168.7 cm, Courtesy of Pataka Art + Museum Photo: Copyright: GREG SEMU


10:45 Pre-Wired: Mallrat, Brookhampton and Na Noise

Danielle Street joins us with a preview of her new music selections to be featured on her Totally Wired show on Auckland University's bfm on Saturday mornings.

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Auckland-based Na Noise release their first single Then Who today. Photo: supplied