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Jonny chats to Buzz Moller of Voom about their new track Trouble off their just-announced forthcoming album two decades in the making - 'Something Good Is Happening'. The new album will be out via Flying Nun on May 16th. 

True School Hip Hop Show: February 20, 2025

Baby Gorgeous: Build Ups is set to head to Te Whanganui-a-tara Wellington at the Gryphon Theatre from the 26th to the 28th this month.

Radio Mother Host, Joel, spoke to Baby Gorgeous himself, Marshall Lorenzo, about Build Ups, and reflecting on what has changed since Marshall was last on the show in September 2024.

You can get tickets to Baby Gorgeous: Build Ups here.

On Monday, Auckland Council representatives delivered the council's submission on the Treaty Principles Bill to the justice select committee. In the submissions, Auckland Council rejected the Treaty Principles Bill as unworkable, saying there was a lack of good faith engagement with Māori, and that the bill would create legal uncertainty and damage the council’s relationship with Māori.

Additionally, over the weekend several Pride events saw intrusive protests by the 'Man Up' group linked to Destiny Church. Around 50 protestors stormed the Te Atatū library during a family-friendly Auckland Pride event where a drag king was reading to children about the science behind rainbows. Library staff were physically and verbally attacked and the around 30 attendees of the event were barricaded in a room in fear of their safety. This also came after Destiny Church members were seen disrupting the Pride Parade on Ponsonby Road on Saturday. 

For City Counselling this week, Sofia spoke to Councillor Shane Henderson about both of these topics, starting by asking what Auckland Council’s stance is on the Treaty Principles Bill.

A delicious taster of the recipes you can sample this summer at Bassment Theatre!

💚 A gentle beginning with things picking up as the show goes on. 

Eccentric Track of the Week: Deafheaven - Dream House

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Betty Carter - Open The Door

The 95bFM Top Ten counts down the best tunes from the bFM playlist as chosen by you!

Featuring What's Up? with MP Steve Able of the Green Party, the Aural Emporium and a first spin of the new single Moonbaby from Pōneke band Love Party. 

Last week a major study was published by Nature Communications which discovered that pesticides are causing significant harm to numerous species which they are not intended to harm.

The review examined over 1700 experimental studies, including a handful from Aotearoa. It found pesticides can reduce plant and animal growth, and affect animals' ability to find a mate or catch prey. However, the researchers note that cutting pesticide use could affect global food supply.

Producer Amani spoke with Professor at Lincoln University’s Department of Soil and Physical Sciences and Co-Director of Bioprotection Aotearoa, Amanda Black, on how this could have an impact on Aotearoa’s produce and economy, and what we can do to avoid harming non-target organisms whilst using pesticides.

The government recently announced a new fund of $30 million dollars towards biodiversity and tourism infrastructure projects. 

The $19 million in this fund going towards biodiversity funding would be invested in: Stopping the spread of wallabies and managing pest populations in National Parks, targeted predator control to protect native bird species and wilding pine removal.

Just before this announcement, members of Destiny Church held disruptions at multiple pride events over the weekend, including one at Te Atatū library in West Auckland which resulted in a number of library staff and bystanders getting injured in the confrontation.

Additionally, a deportation notice was given to Daman Kumar - an 18 year old of Indian origin who was born and raised in Aotearoa, telling him to leave the country and migrate to India by Monday this week. 

For his weekly catchup with the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March, Oto discussed all of these recent events with him for the Green Party’s take on the issue