Rob's delves deep into the Mind Trench and pulls out sleep patterns and an update on the mammoth revival. 

The Green Party co-leader phones up to chat about the co-leadership situation, calls for St. James Theatre's revivial, and calls from the Human Rights Commission for a rent freeze. Whakarongo mai nei!

The Mayor phones up for his weekly chat, this time touching on the calls for the Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway, calls for the revival of St. James Theatre, and the increase to number of protected notable trees in Auckland. 

Jack from A Slightly Isolated Dog has a kōrero about the theatre company's latest piece, The Trojan War. Whakarongo mai nei! Catch it as Basement from the 23rd of August, or if you're Pōneke based, head along to Bats tonight! 

New legislation will see councils directly own and operate public transport services, a move which Transport Minister Michael Wood claims will alleviate worker shortages and give local authorities greater flexibility. 

The changes will see the existing, long-running operating model be replaced with a Sustainable Public Transport Framework.

Emily spoke with New Zealand Bus and Coach Association Chief Executive Ben McFadgen about the changes.

A couple of weeks ago National Party Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop indicated at an Auckland meeting that the party is open to making changes to housing zoning laws.

To get a clearer picture of National’s current stance on what policies are needed to allieviate the housing crisis, with a particular focus on Auckland and the discourse around special character areas and intensification, Casper spoke to National MP Dr. Shane Reti.

Casper first asked what major ongoing issues with the housing market could be alleviated by policy and how high a priority it is right now.

This Tuesday Morning the THEME is hyperspeed_raceway.

Join East and I as we try to go fast, perhaps unsuccessfully, perhaps even crashing into the skytower.

This Tuesday we've got a bit of Second Guessing; the weekly catch up with the Mayor in Sounding Off with Phil Goff; a kōrero with Stinky Jim about his new album Spacial Awareness; Stage Direction with A Slightly Isolated Dog's Jack Buchanan; and some Ready Steady Learn where Annabelle Cranswick chats about the Southern Right Whale! Whakarongo mai nei. 

This week on Dear Science Casper and Emily had a chat with Allan Blackman about music alleviating chronic pain, bacteria as a possible fuel for personal electronics, and how magnets might be able to produce oxygen in space.

The Human Rights Commission is calling for a rent freeze to be implemented as part of a proposal to alleviate cost of living pressure on New Zealanders.

The proposal intends to address high rental prices as well as a growing need for renting to be recognised as a permanent housing reality for a growing number of New Zealanders.

For more details on their proposal and why they believe it to be necessary Casper spoke to Vee Blackwood, the Human Rights Commission’s housing inquiry manager.