Lucia Taylor spoke with American songsmith Lucy Dacus ahead of her shows this week at the Hollywood Avondale. The pair spoke about Lucy's 2021 album 'Home Video', novels, touring in covid and plenty more. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Episode 6: The Press The Anykey Affair

On this week's Wednesday show, Stella starts off chatting to advocate Abbey Trewavas from APEX, allied scientific and technical about the document of crisis delivered to government about lab workers. They also touch on the future of the profession, given a generation of lab work students didn't get comprehensive access to labs during lockdowns. 

Alex talks to ACT's Brooke Van Velden in their weekly catch up. This week, they cover China’s new cooperation agreements in the Pacific. 

Stella talks to the Green Party's Ricardo Menéndez March about the government's actions on the supermarket duopoly. 

Finally, Frances speaks with European correspondent Cameron Mulgan on Eurovision, this week covering the war in Ukraine, the EU's Russian oil embargo passed late last night, Sue Grey's report on the Partygate scandal and nine euro per month public transport in Germany.

This week Frances speaks to European correspondent about the war in Ukraine, the EU's Russian oil embargo passed late last night, Sue Grey's report on the Partygate scandal and nine euro per month public transport in Germany.

Lab technicians carried us through the pandemic, diagnosing thousands of covid cases and working in arduous conditions to do so. Now there’s an exodus of professionals from the field, but the need for them hasn’t gone away. Stella spoke with Abbey Trewavas, an advocate at APEX whose portfolio is lab workers, about the future of the profession, given the experience of science students over the course of the past two years.

Producer Alex has his weekly catch-up with ACT’s Brooke van Velden, this week covering China’s new cooperation agreements in the Pacific.

The supermarket duopoly has seen prices for essential items increasing sharply. The government has made a formal response to the commerce commission’s market study showing supermarkets earn $1million a day in extra profits. Today Stella spoke with Ricardo Menéndez March from the Green Party, about the recommendations.

This week on The Playbook, Rob and Aneeka are away so Joe has called upon prior guests Sam and Emilia to give us their take on Sports. This week we talk about the UEFA Champions League Final, the Monaco GP, and Gervonta Davis' win over Rolly Romero, as well as much more. That's us for this weeks Playbook!

Afio mai, Susu mai, Maliu mai. Talofa lava, it's Samoan Language Week and Samoan Independence Day! I am joined by the wonderful Oscar Kightley, and we delve into all aspects of Samoan Culture. Including music, old sayings, random Samoan facts and a how to guide, if you ever find yourself in the middle of a taualuga. So take it back to memory lane and have a listen!

Alice is here with all the thespian news our hearts desire, and this week reckons we should check out She's Crowning at Basement! Whakarongo mai!