This week on Long Player, Jess chats to Toby Leman, the saxophonist from Pōneke-based jazz group, Hummucide. He takes us through each track from their debut self-titled EP. 

Tracklist:

The Mothership Left Without Me

Strictly Vintage Version

New Zealand households contribute between 224,000 and 504,160 tonnes of food waste to landfills each year. The Love Food Hate Waste Campaign is aiming to reduce landfill waste and encorage people to be responsible consumers. Jessica talks to Jenny Marshall, the manager of the project about how we can do our part to reduce food waste.

Results for Forest & Bird's 'Bird of the Year' competition were announced this morning, with the kākāpō taking out the top spot - the first bird to win the title twice! Aneeka speaks to Laura Keown, spokesperson for the competition about the kākāpō, the competition and the importance of engaging with our native birds. 

Today on the Wire with Zoë: 

First off, welcome to our newest producer, Jess Hopkins, who joins the Monday Wire team with Zoë Larsen Cumming and Aneeka Moheed. 

On the show, Zoë interviews vaccine expert Michelle Linterman from the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, U.K., on Covid-19 vaccines. 

Then, Jess talks to project manager of the Love Food Hate Waste Campaign, Jenny Marshal, about how we can do our part to reduce food waste.

Finally, Aneeka: talks to Forest & Bird's Bird of the Year spokesperson, Laura Keown, about this year’s competition and its winner - the kākāpō!

Whakarongo mai! 

Last week the great news came out that a Covid-19 with a 90% success rate was in the works. There are many Covid-19 vaccines in production around the world and to find out more, Zoë Larsen Cumming interviewed vaccine expert Michelle Linterman whose research at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, U.K. focuses on the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine in the elderly. 

Whakarongo mai! 

The Aotearoa Music Awards happened last night: with 19 live performances and a whole bunch of 95bFM faves nominated across the evening, Rachel and Tess were stoked to be on the ground, mic in hand, to get the scoop. Whakarongo mai nei to hear from Church & AP, Choicevaughan, Tami Neilson, Nadia Reid, The Beths, BENEE, SWIDT, Jawsh685 and more! 

Justine returns this week to answer all of your questions about sick leave, calling in sick, notice period, who finds you cover and what you're entitled to. 

Suri pops in with a review of Red Pill by Hari Kunzru, and although this is certainly not light reading, it's very good and worth diving into. Red Pill is a novel about the alt-right, online culture, creativity, sanity, history, and how love can endure through everything else.

Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rach and Tess are straight into the coffees after a late night at the Aotearoa Music Awards last night; we hear from some of the nominees and some of the winners during last nights celebrations; Suri pops in with quite the heavy book to share on Loose Reads; and Justine answer all your questions about calling in sick and taking leave on Red Dead Redemption.