Wednesday airwaves send out a kōrero with the Green Party co-leader in What's Up w/ Marama Davidson, Rob's here for The Mind Trench, Richard Larsen from Crush chats about their gorgeous new release, and Amelia D'Screte serves up a healthy bowl of Word Salad. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Denzel takes over the late morning hours to liven up your Thursdays with an eclectic set of tunes accompanied by some stellar chat and good nostalgic vibrations as he delves into video game soundtrack history to bring everyone’s favorite radio spot ‘video game soundtrack gems.' 

Tuva'a has his weekly catch-up with Labour's Andrew Little. This week they talk about Pharmac funding, and security concerns over Tik Tok.

This week on The Green Desk, Frances talks to Ellie Hooper about Greenpeace's call to back the strongest possible Global Ocean Treaty.

Tuva'a has his weekly catch-up with Labour's Andrew Little. This week they talk about Pharmac funding, and security concerns over Tik Tok.

Welcome to the Thursday Wire! Today, Tuva’a has his regular catch-up with Labour’s Andrew Little, this week talking about security concerns with Tik Tok and a new cystic fibrosis medication. Green Desk is back as always, Frances updates us on the week’s environmental news.

Stella speaks to Associate Professor on veterinary epidemiology Carolyn Gates from Massey University about transmission mechanisms of foot and mouth disease. She also speaks to MPI’s chief veterinary officer Dr Mary Van Alden about what New Zealand’s plan is if the disease were to enter the country.

Stella speaks to the Green party’s spokesperson for education, Teanau Tuiono about the party’s calls for pay parity for early childhood teachers.

We finish the show with Stella chatting to a Research Assistant from the Manalagi Project, Allyssa Verner-Pula, about their work documenting the experiences of the LGBTQ+ Pasifika community in healthcare settings. AUSA provides a written comment about the current voting in student elections.

Thursday dishes up some informative Political Commentary with Rod Oram, media wading on Mediabatt with Tim, and Ange is here to help out with your ailments on Natural Ange. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Ange helps you out with cold feet, cat allergies, and indigestion. Whakarongo mai nei. 

Tim wades through media soup and pulls out stories on David Farrier's reporting on Arise Church, Willie Jackson's comments on the new public media entity (TVNZ/RNZ not-merger), Tova O'Brien's interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and five Auckland Mayoral candidates banding together to contest their media coverage. Whakarongo mai nei. 

The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in a case that could decide whether polluting companies are breaching important duties to New Zealanders. 

Sitting at the Environmental Court in Auckland, the Supreme Court will make a decision as to whether or not to strike out a claim against New Zealand’s 7 biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses by a Northland man who says they are breaching well-established common law principles by contributing to climate change.

Mike Smith is the climate spokesperson for the Iwi Chairs Forum, and is claiming that ongoing pollution by corporations such as Fonterra, Genesis and Z Energy has damaged his Whenua and sites of cultural and historical significance to him and his whānau.

To discuss the legal aspects of this case, as well as the role of tikanga Maori in the decision-making, Emilia Sullivan spoke to Geoff McLay from Victoria University Law School.