On August 5th the government passed the Residential Tenancies Amendment (RTA) Bill 2020, which bought in a number of changes to help support tenants as well as landlords. James looks at some of the changes as well as what some of the stakeholders think about it.

Today on your bFM Breakfast: We're kicking the show off with some profound advice and a beautiful sunsrise; the Prime Minister dials in to talk about border quarantines, climate change and tenancy laws; Rob's talking sharks and Cinderella; Peter and Tom from Wax Chattels to talk about their upcoming album and a new single they've released; and Amelia's giving us the lowdown on the Great Vowel Change.

The Prime Minister joins us to talk about the current border quarantine system, the Climate Change Risk Assessment Report, and proposed changes to Tenancy Law.

What do sharks and Cinderella have in common? Rob is talking about them both on this weeks episode of The Mind Trench. Plus, a remix of his own poem. 

The Great Vowel Change, what is this? Amelia's here to run us through how we got from one vowel sound to another.

Peter and Tom from Wax Chattels popped by this morning to chat about their second album 'Clot' and give us a spin of their brand new single 'Efficiency'. Whakarongo mai nei! 

CHAII, Zero Cool, Cool Sounds, Robyn, ANOHNI, Mort Garson, Reb Fountain, Phodiso + MORE

90% my own picks, 5% bFM playlist gems, 5% dead air while I find the play button.

Crystal Choi of cool new band Phoebe Rings joins me to talk about one of her favourite Stereolab tracks.

I want to hear the song you've played ten times in a row. The song you'd go the long way home for, just to listen to it again. The song you've worn absolutely threadbare.

On Dear Science today with Marcus Jones we discuss the curious case of a man who can read letters but not numbers, the effect of vitamin D deficiency on COVID-19 mortality rates, and NASA’s most ambitious Mars rover yet.

This week Bronwyn spoke to Tracey Martin about the new $75.8 million dollar funding announcement for counselling in schools, which includes the first allocation for primary school counselling in New Zealand’s history. They also covered the announcement of $160 million dollars in funding for the the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) which provides specialist teacher aide support to student with the highest learning needs. Lastly they spoke about the recent passing of an amendment of the Crimes Act definition of Female Genital Mutilation. This is particularly historic as it marks the first time a bill has been put forward signed by a female member of all four major parties.