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A stacked Rāpare Drive for you! Featuing Marijuana Media with Chris Fowlie, thanks to The Hempstore! Then a recipe for a Best Foods Mayo White Russian crafted up by comedian Michelle Wiley and inspired by this years' NZ Intl. Comedy Festival. Catch Michelle in Is Who She Says She Is at The Classic Studio from 20 May. Then, local legend selector GoldTooth was in the studio to chat about ActionStation and Dental For All's party Flossin, happening this Saturday at East Street Hall!

Hayden from the NZ Drug Foundation talks us through the combination of intimacy and substances, what to be aware of and how to stay safe! Thanks to The Level.

Bienvenido a Thursday's One to Four with Sofia Kent.

Love Apple, Erykah Badu, Coco Solid, Ramon Veloz, Nino Brown, Beats International, Take Three, S.P.U.D., Phoebe Rings, Res, Jenny Morris to name a few artists we play. Eat up!

Jonny chats to comedian/DJ/legend/icon David Correos about his upcoming show for this year's Comedy Festival titled Noise Zealand. The show blends rave and comedy in an unhinged approach to attempt something no one has ever bothered to before. Whakarongo mai nei!

Featuring What's Up? with Green Party MP Steve Abel, the Aural Emporium, and a chat with comedian David Correos about his show Noise Zealand at this years' Comedy Festival!

Last week, the government announced that they would begin an official review of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.

The government has said that the review is to ensure the Waitangi Tribunal remains effective and relevant, however, a number of Māori and treaty law experts have referred to the review as an attack on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles.

In that same week, the government announced that they would be investing $774 million towards improving the redress process for survivors of abuse in state care in Budget 2025. 

However, going against one of the key recommendations of both the Royal Commission and the Redress Design Group, the government will not be looking to set up a new redress scheme for abuse survivors.

And the government recently passed amendments to the Wildlife Act that would permit the “incidental killing” of certain native wildlife species by companies during lawful activities like construction and development.

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

Recently, the US military indicated that it wants to increase the number of space launches from Rocket Lab’s launchpad on the Mahia Peninsula, including launching satellites that are involved in Nuclear command-control-and-comms.

Valerie Morse from Peace Action Wellington, has questioned this development over the lack of transparency from the US military about what they are launching into space, and urged New Zealand to stay firm on it’s stance on Nuclear Weapons.

To talk about this, as well as what it means for New Zealand’s independence, Producer Max spoke with Valerie Morse.

In 2014, Victoria University of Wellington made an official promise to divest $650,000 worth of investments in fossil fuel companies which, at the time, comprised of 2.1% of the University’s total investments.

However, more than 10 years on, a student-led investigation found that the university still held significant investments in companies like Exxon Mobil and SHELL through third-party investment managers.

A year after a successful petition by Students for Justice in Palestine Pōneke calling on the university to divest funding from Israeli companies, a group of students from Climate Action Victoria University of Wellington have made renewed calls to the university to divest from fossil fuel companies. 

For this week’s Get Action! Oto spoke to Hugh Acton, a member of Climate Action Victoria of University of Wellington, who’s launched a petition calling on the university to disclose their investments in companies involved in fossil fuel production and to divest from them immediately.

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