Auckland Council's recent planning committee meeting took place last night. 

The focus was on mass housing reforms, which could see rates of housing re-intensification rise across Tamaki Makaurau. 

To learn more about the decisions made, Trishil took over the segment from Liam this week and spoke with councillor Shane Henderson on our regular City Counselling segment. The conversation touched on the pay rise for bus drivers in Auckland in a measure to combat staff shortages.

Director Florian Habicht has a chat about New Zealand's Best 2022 - some incredible short films in this year's NZIFF which Florian lovingly selected for us all to take in. Catch them tomorrow at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. Whakarongo mai nei. 

Amelia D'Screte carves out some time from her busy movie watching schedule to let us know her thoughts on Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet - a cacophony of culinary sonic arts. You can catch it tomorrow at The Hollywood Avondale! Whakarongo mai nei. 

Violet French dials in to chat about her incredible EP Violet French and The Horrible! It's folky, psychedlic, dark, and lovely. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Today we open the radio portal to the Mighty Manawatū to chat with Jordan at Radio Control! 

Today Dr. Zemke brings in Unlikely Collaborations. Breakfast's into it, Kirsten's unconvinced, and the text machine's got the best reckons of them all. Whakarongo mai nei! 

This week Frances covers the changing climate and mental health, speaking with Gabrielle Feather, a climate anxiety PhD student at the University of Tasmania. 

The government released our first National Adaptation Plan yesterday, which details how kiwis could respond to climate change. Stella spoke to Dr Nick Cradock-Henry, Lead Scientist of social and ecological resilience at manaaki Whenua, about the NAP.

Welcome to the Thursday Wire! This week on the show…

Tuva’a has his weekly catch up with Andrew Little. Stella speaks to the head writer of Shortland Street, Jessica Joy Wood, about Shortland Street’s creative involvement with the campaign to recruit nurses.

Frances brings us Greendesk, speaking with Gabrielle Feather, a PhD student at the University of Tasmania about climate anxiety.

Stella speaks to Dr Nick Cradock-Henry from Manaaki Whenua about the government’s National Adaptation Plan. Stella speaks to Joe Rich, chief executive of the Burnett Foundation, about their call to the government for vulnerable populations to be vaccinated against monkeypox.

In his weekly catch-up with Andrew Little, Tuva'a gets an update about the recent recruitment drive for nurses in New Zealand by the Ministry of Health.