This week's show features new music from Jack White and Deadforest, alongside plenty of old-school hip hop, soul, rock and more. 

This morning, Ilena talked to Golriz Ghahraman, the Green Party spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, on the need to urgently introduce legislation to better regulate the export of military products that could be used to breach human rights in other countries. 

At the beginning of this year, it was discovered by journalists that Air New Zealand staff helped maintain and run vessels from the Royal Saudi Navy while they were enforcing the blockade of Yemen. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had signed off on the export of military-use equipment in Saudi Arabia.

The report from a recent independent review by MPs has a number of recommendations to hold companies and exporters to account. 

Golriz talks about why better regulation is needed and what recommendations are in the report.

Ilena had her regular catch up with Shane Henderson, who this week talked about how water restrictions in Auckland will ease from tomorrow. Auckland has been under varying forms of restriction since May last year after a long period of drought, but recent rainfall events have had a positive impact on Auckland’s water stores. 

Shane also talked about the new bipartisan Labour and National announcement which aims to make it easier to build houses and intensify close to city centres.

Ilena had her regular catch up with Shane Henderson, who this week talked about how water restrictions in Auckland will ease from tomorrow. Auckland has been under varying forms of restriction since May last year after a long period of drought, but recent rainfall events have had a positive impact on Auckland’s water stores. 

Shane also talked about the new bipartisan Labour and National announcement which aims to make it easier to build houses and intensify close to city centres.

Friday with the Mike Havoc at 4:30pm + Tom Rodwell at 5:30pm!

A packed and diverse Friday Wire this week!

Noah spoke to Professor Nikki Turner and Professor Michael Plank about the government's latest Covid-19 guidelines. He also caught up with National MP Christopher Luxon for their weekly chat, speaking about local body elections and National's plan to move forward with Covid-19.

Ilena spoke to Kerri Nuku, kaiwhakahaere for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, about a new bill from the government. She also spoke to Green MP Golriz Ghahraman about regulating military products used to breach human rights, and Councillor Shane Henderson about ending water restrictions in Auckland and new housing density rules.

National's Spokesperson for Local Government, Christopher Luxon, has spoken about a government bill which would give them power to delay local body elections in the case of a Covid-19 lockdown. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Luxon about his issue with the bill, as well as the National Party's latest proposals around moving out of lockdown in Aotearoa.

This morning the government announced significant changes in New Zealand's response to Covid-19. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Professor Nikki Turner, Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre, and Professor Michael Plank, an epidemiological modeler from the University of Canterbury about their reactions to the announcement.

This morning Rachel spoke with Roberto Carlo Lange, aka Helado Negro, about his lush new album 'Far In' (4AD). Helado Negro's sound is impressionistic, thoughtful and joyous and his songs explore themes of climate anxiety, memory and love. Whakarongo mai nei to hear Roberto chat about making the record, writing in the Texan desert, and the influence of the pandemic on the album.