Proposed changes to New Zealand’s political donation rules have put the spotlight on donors who give thousands and the motivations they have for their generosity. New research into New Zealand’s political donations system aims to shed light on this often obscure process.

The proposed reforms to the political donation rules follow Serious Fraud Office investigations into the handling of donations received by the National, Labour and NZ First parties. All three investigations have resulted in court proceedings, with the first case just ended with the judge reserving his decision.

Joe spoke to Max Rashbrooke, a Research Associate for the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, about political donation regulation and the motivation behind it. 

What's hiding in your soil? This week Stella and Isla work through a written interview with Dr Emma Sharp about the work of Soilsafe Aoteroa. Chatting metal contaminants and citizen science.

Calling all listeners! Many new releases unknown's and women!!!!!!!!

On this edition of Plato's Retreat we are joined by special guest DJ Kodi Lotto to discuss an upcoming release by DJ Kappa Wam on B2BO: Been To Berlin Once (https://b2bo.bandcamp.com/). In the interview he plays 3 worldwide exclusive tracks for your listening pleasure. 

Mokotron chats to Hunter about tracks from 'Embrace The Bass', for Long Player, thanks to NZ On Air Music! 

A bangin' show to round off the week! We've got a Breakfast Buffet with Maggie at RadioActive, Travelling Tunes with Dr. Kirsten Zemke, Wiri Donna playing an incredible set live in the lounge, Viewmaster with Sam, and so many prizes and tunes! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Eight local boards from central Auckland voted on the issue of special character areas in Auckland, contributing to a longstanding debate around housing intensification and preserving Auckland’s inner-city suburbs.

For the our regular city counselling segment Casper spoke to Auckland city counsellor Shane Henderson to get a sense of what happened in this debate, what the vote means and how it might affect the future of housing in Auckland.

Live from the lounge, Bianca, Elliott, James, and Harry of Wiri Donna treat everyone up at bFM to three incredible tracks off Bianca's debut EP Being Alone. They're off on tour at the moment, and you can catch them at Whammy tomorrow night, and other dates around the motu. Whakarongo mai nei! 

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, announced his resignation from leading the Conservative Party.

Liam gave a report on Johnson's resignation, and what he represents as one of the largest figures of UK politics. The report includes a comment given to Casper by Stephen Hoadley from the University of Auckland on whether the move could have been predicted.