This week, the boys talk about a controversial story involving pistachio nuts.

With Israel’s war on Gaza now reaching its 655th day, bringing the number of casualties in the strip to almost 60,000 Palestinians, city councils, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world, have been adopting resolutions officially calling for a ceasefire and divesting from Israeli companies and other enterprises involved in weapons manufacturing.

For this week’s Get Action! Oto spoke to Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab, a member of the Manawatu-based human rights group Thyme for Action, about a petition of hers calling on the Palmerston North City Council to adopt a ceasefire motion and ethical investment policy.

If you’d like to sign this petition, you can find it here:

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For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party Oto spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March about the recently published inflation statistics, The Greens call to lower the voting age to 16 and The most recent unemployment statistics on beneficiaries.

Freshwater quality across Aotearoa has been in decline for some time, with almost 70% of monitored groundwater sites failing to meet drinking water standards for E. coli and almost half of the country’s rivers being unsuitable for recreational activities like swimming due to bacterial contamination.

Many concerns about the future of Aotearoa’s freshwater have been exacerbated by the government’s recent changes to Freshwater National Direction, with experts speculating that many of the proposed policy changes would favour commercial activity and lead to the further contamination and pollution of freshwater sources.

Oto spoke with Marnie Prickett - A research fellow at the department of public health at the University of Otago in Wellington and a member of the Public Health Association about a freshwater policy statement put out by the Public Health Association calling for urgent action to protect freshwater in Aotearoa and outlining freshwater protection as a critical public health priority.

Rosetta chats to Rei and Steph about the new podcast 'On The Record with Rei' spotlighting industry professionals to help uplift Aotearoa's next generation of musical talent! 

You can check out Play It Strange and the work that they do here!

Milly and Rosetta catch up with Xavier, who is covering breakfast down in Te Whanganui-a-Tara! 

Track Selection: TOČKA - 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐁𝐀 𝐂𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐄

Instead of Chris Hipkins, this week Milly and Rosetta catch up with Kieran McAnulty to chata about rising homelessness and inflation. 

Today on Ready Steady Learn, Cheng-Huan Lu is up in the studio to chat with Milly and Rosetta about his research in enhancing diver safety by using a wearable physiological monitoring system. Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to The University of Auckland!

The government’s $231m boost for breakthrough technology has drawn praise for being a step forward, but scientists, researchers, and academics have criticised the risks involved– and how the money was reallocated. 

Producer Faith spoke to Professor Nicola Gaston from the University of Auckland about the investment, and the potential opportunities it will create.