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Jonny chats to Nikki Maddow about the brand new podcast Ingenious launched by the University of Auckland, perfect if you love delving into interesting research and complicated topics as discussed by local experts and brainboxes in Tāmaki Makaurau! Check out the first episode Ingenious and learn about what really causes lactose intolerance (the worst for all the cheese lovers out there). Thanks to the University of Auckland!

Whakarongo mai to hear the fortnightly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson on Isthmus'n That, a kōrero with the Ōtepoti-based Wax Mustang ahead of his Aotearoa tour, Short Player recap of Max's chat to CCTV about their new album Austerity Blues, plus talking about the just-launched Ingenious podcast on Ready Steady Learn with Nikki Maddow, thanks to the University of Auckland.

The government’s new school lunch program, spearheaded by ACT party leader David Seymour, has come under fire for a raft of problems related to its implementation.

With rollout issues continuing since the first week alongside quality and quantity concerns, many are questioning whether the program change was necessary. 

School lunches often support struggling families and students to maintain a healthy and balanced diet.

Tuesday Wire Host, Castor, speaks to Co-Chair of Health Coalition Aotearoa, Professor Lisa Te Morenga, about why a school lunch program is necessary and how the new program stacks up.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats to us about the International Space Station being too clean, birds of paradise being more colourful than we originally thought, and stretchy displays.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Oto caught up with the number 1 Japanese Punk Rock vocalist Deathro after his gig at 605 Morningside last week for a chat about the punk scene in Japan and his nationwide Aotearoa tour.

South Africa Special

Thanks to The Tuning Fork!

Featuring the announce of the finalists up for this year's Taite Music Prize, check out the list here! This week's book review on Loose Reads is Suri's take on the debut novel by Nussaibah Younis, Fundamentally - brought to you by Time Out Bookstore.

Concerns have been raised regarding Aotearoa’s animal protection system.

In his doctoral research, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere, comparing our system with Alberta, Canada’s, Ferrere refers to our system as being ineffective, underfunded, and at risk of collapse, and has called for an animal welfare police unit to address the concerns with our current system.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, started off by asking him how grave of a concern our current system is.