Last Friday was Waitangi Day, with over 35,000 people visiting the Waitangi grounds on the day.

The fast-track approvals panel has turned down a bid from Trans-Tasman Resources to mine the Taranaki seabed.

And Labour’s Camilla Belich has lodged a joint members' bill with National MP Greg Fleming to combat modern slavery. 

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden asked MP Shanan Halbert about all of these topics.

Mainard Larkin and Shannon Fowler (Tom Lark) are in the studio, chatting about their brand new single 'Rattlesnake Boy' - and forthcoming album out May 22! Whakarongo mai nei!

This week, sewage swept onto the beaches of Wellington and Christchurch as the water management systems failed in both cities.

At the same time the National Party floated their idea for a cap on council rates, the same rates that ostensibly fund those water managements systems.

Last week we also saw the release of a draft decision to decline sea bed mining in the Taranaki bite, a move that had been pushed for by the Green Party.

For this weeks catch up with the Green Party Wire host Manny spoke to MP Ricardo Menéndez March over the rates caps, the infrastructure crisis facing the councils and the draft decision to decline the sea bed mining project in Taranaki.

Last week we saw the release of a draft decision to decline sea bed mining in the Taranaki bite, a move celebrated by a number of local and environmental groups.

One of the voices opposing the project was Forest and Bird. They are now appealing a fast-track gold mine consent in Waihi North. 

Following reforms to the fast-track approvals scheme pushed through last year which cut them and other community groups out of the process, the Waihi mine is the final project which Forest and Bird is invited to input on.

Wednesday Wire host Manny spoke to the Waikato and Taranaki regional conservation manager for Forest and Bird, Elvisa Van Der Leden, about the draft decision to decline seabed mining in Taranaki, Forest and Bird's appeal of the Waihi North Goldmine application, and the reforms to the fast-track approvals scheme.

It's a busy Rāapa Breakfast show for Rosetta and Milly! They've got your morning covered with tunes and chats, and prizes! E whai ake nei: What's Up with Steve Abel, Parakuihi Pals with Radio Active, a kōrero with ANITO creative Justin Shoulder as part of our Pride Fest coverage, and What's The Buzz with Hayden! Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

For our monthly catch up with the Green Party, Rosetta and Milly chat with Steve Abel about what took place at Waitangi over the weekend, and the government's new plan for a liquefied natural gas import terminal. Whakarongo mai nei!

Co-creator of ANITO - an immersive theatre experience taking place this week as part of Auckland Pride Festival - Justin Shoulder, is up in the bFM studio for a chat with Rosetta and Milly! Catch ANITO at Q Theatre this week running from Feb 12-14th. Whakarongo mai nei!

My first ever bFM show!! Featuring indie classics Wilco and Elliott Smith, local artists because robots and Ringlets, plus more more!

Thanks to The Tuning Fork

Before his sold-out Auckland show on 12 February 1998, Ozzy Osbourne climbed up the stairs to be interviewed at the bFM Studios the day before. Despite the constant banging of construction downstairs from Studio 1, Osbourne speaks about the 90s looks like for him, a compilation album release, his familiaral connection to New Zealand, and him getting fired from Black Sabbath. 

While we don't necessarily know who's asking the questions, we'd love to know who took the time to speak to Ozzy. Do you know? E-mail us: contact [at] 95bfm.com

This interview comes from The bFM Archive - digitised and processed by Corey from a C60 audio tape.

Hayden is back up in the studio for What's The Buzz, chatting with Rosetta and Milly about pressed MDMA pills and the risks involved. Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to The Level!