Ceci Sturman, Hannah Pruzinsky, and James Chrisman of Sister. (NYC) chat with Sof about their sophomore LP, Two Birds. Together, they discuss the intimacy of female friendship and changing and growing, both musically and personally. 

Recently, a study was published by Australia’s Museums Victoria Research Institute, examining deep sea ecosystems around Aotearoa’s waters.

The study mapped the global distribution of brittle stars, which are closely related to starfish, the links between deep-sea ecosystems from Iceland to Tasmania and the impacts of climate change and deep sea mining on said ecosystems.

95bFM Tuesday Wire Host Sara spoke with Sadie Mills, invertebrate collection manager at Earth Sciences New Zealand, to discuss what this research means for understanding biodiversity beneath the waves especially within the context of climate change and deep-sea mining

Rosetta catches up with Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk to chat about the Government's latest announcement that it will allow a greater amount of overseas materials for building, in attempt to reduce costs to construction. Whakarongo mai nei!

Last week, the government announced that they’d be scrapping same-day election enrolments, alongside a number of other changes to electoral laws.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said that current electoral laws were “placing too much strain on the system” and increased the time needed for the vote count.

Earlier this week, the Climate Change Commission released its annual monitoring report on emissions reductions,  which showed that Aotearoa New Zealand was on track to meeting its first emissions budget for the period of 2022-2025, but not towards meeting future budgets around the 2050 period.

And the Greens recently launched a petition calling on Rail Minister Winston Peters to reinstate passenger rail services across the country.

For our weekly catchup with the Green party, Oto spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March to get the party’s take on all of these issues.

The Israeli founded and based company SodaStream is the most popular sparkling water maker in New Zealand, supplying sparkling water machines to over 400,000 households in Aotearoa, with around 30% of families using one to make beverages at home.

The company has also had involvement in the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, previously having a factory in the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the internationally recognised Palestinian west bank.

For this week’s Get Action! Oto spoke with Brandon Johnstone, a BDS coordinator at Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa about a petition calling on retailers and stockists to swap out SodaStream for more ethical alternatives.

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

On Friday, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced various changes to the electoral system in New Zealand which he says seek to make the process of voting more efficient and effective for future elections.

A number of Labour and Greens party politicians have been among those to criticise the changes as a disenfranchisement of voters which will make democratic engagement in New Zealand more difficult.

As well, last week the Ministry for Housing and Urban Development released the latest iteration of the Homelessness Insights Report which reveals that there has been a quantifiable rise in homelessness across Aotearoa.

Today on Tuesday Brekkie, Rosetta interviews Kokoroko about their new album Tuff Times Never Last and forthcoming Auckland show, Mokotron is up in studio for a Glasto recap, and Dr Preeti Cowan joins Milly and Rosetta for Ready Steady Learn. Plus news, weather, surf, and Short Player with Soft Bait! Whakarongo mai nei!

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Today on Ready Steady Learn, Dr Preeti Cowan is up in the studio to chat with Milly and Rosetta about her research in training AI to detect astroids and comets in outer space! Whakarongo mai nei!

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MOKOTRON is up in the studio, for a kōrero with Milly and Rosetta about his recent adventures at Glastonbury with Pulotu Underworld! The trio also chat about coining a new term for Māori electronica, 'Hiko'. Whakarongo mai nei!

Rosetta has a kōrero with Kokoroko founding member Sheila Maurice-Grey about their new album Tuff Times Never Last, and their forthcoming show alongside Romi Wrights at The Powerstation on November 26! Whakarongo mai nei!