This week I'm keeping it pretty chill by just playing some of my music. However, we ramp it up at the end of the show for a special edition of the remix of the day. Kordell Cameron a.k.a. Vercetti swoops in to do a live set as the remix of the day and kills it!

Green MP Teanau Tuiono fills in for the party co-leader Marama Davidson today. Rachel and Teanau talk about the results from the People’s Inquiry into Student Wellbeing, his call for an independent review of Fire and Emergency NZ, and the Green Party annual conference this weekend. Whakarongo mai.

This week, Alex chatted with ACT’s Brooke van Velden about the rise in construction costs and ACT’s call for a more short-term inflation focus for the Reserve Bank.

Aotearoa’s Uni students are spending over half of their income on rent, are regularly not able to afford basic necessities, and skip class because transport to campus is too expensive.

The People's Inquiry into Student Wellbeing was released on Monday, and gave us a stark look at the dire conditions students are in while navigating their degrees.

The Green Party is calling upon the government to lift student incomes and put rent controls in place to reverse the normalisation of student poverty in Aotearoa as we creep further into a cost of living crisis. 

Emilia Sullivan spoke to Chlöe Swarbrick, the Green Party’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson about the issue.

Research released yesterday showed that there is a big pay gap between Pasifika and non-Pasifika in New Zealand, and most of it can’t be explained even after accounting for things like differences in occupation and educational achievement.

The research, conducted by AUT and published by the Human Rights Commission was the first time the pay gap had been looked at closely in terms of ethnicity, and the findings were dismal.

For every dollar a Pākehā man earns, a Pākehā woman earns 89c; a Pasifika man 81c; and a Pasifika woman earns 75c, according to non-profit organisation MindtheGap.

Emilia Sullivan spoke with MindTheGap founder Jo Cribb about this concerning new data.

Here is Mindthegap's petition to the government to mandate pay gap reporting: https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/close-the-gender-and-ethnic-pay-gaps-make-pay-gap-reporting-mandatory-for-businesses-in-new-zealand

This week on the Wire for Raapa Wednesday!

Aneeka chats with our European correspondent Cameron Adams about heat waves, Ukraine, and Russia on this week's Eurovision.

Alex speaks to ACT Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden about the rise in construction costs and ACT’s call for a short term monetary policy remit to address inflation.

Emilia speaks to Jo Cribb from MindTheGap about data released yesterday that showed a major pay gap between Pasifika and non-Pasifika

And Emilia also speaks to Green Party’s Chlöe Swarbrick about student poverty.

On this week's installation of Eurovision, Aneeka chats with our European Correspondent Cameron Adams about the heatwaves tormenting the continent, updates on Ukraine, and Russian gas imports.

Bassist from Te Whanganui-a-Tara band Goya, Jono, phones up to chat about their gig celebrating the release of their EP 'Being Earnest'! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Rob’s here with a slightly chaotic combination of Barbie dolls and turtles. 

Alice speaks with writer Ralph McCubbin Howell & director Hannah Smith about Trick of the Light's new show Tröll at Q theatre.