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Oto played a variety of experimental Bumiputera Hip-Hop and Psych-Rock while Jaycee was recovering from a flu he contracted from Oto the week before. 

Oto also chatted with Aliya, a former member of the NiceGoblins collective here in Tāmaki Makaurau currently working as an independent filmmaker in Jakarta, Indonesia.

On the 23rd of October, a nationwide hui will be held by thousands of workers in 12 different places in the country, following policies coming into place since the current government took power last year that impacts workers’ rights, such as abolishing fair pay agreements, and mass job cuts in the public sector.

According to RNZ’s tracker, 2000 public service jobs have been cut from the period of December last year to June this year, with 7000 being cut from the public sector.

News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to the President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU), Richard Wagstaff, about the plans for the nationwide hui, and what the NZCTU hope to get out of this day of action.

Jonny chats to Serebii about his upcoming album Dime and play a first-spin of the leading single Might As Well Be Watching. The full album is due for digital and vinyl release in March 2025, so keep your eyes and ears out!

For Dear Science this week, our expert Dr Cushla McGoverin chatted to us about monarch butterfly migration, underground worms and snails, and new discoveries regarding the Tasmanian tiger genome. 

Featuring Loose Reads and Fashun with Penelope Noir, whakarongo mai nei!

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Jenna phones in from Time Out in Maungawhai to talk about New Zealand author Damien Wilkins' new book Delirious.

Whakarongo mai nei!

This week on the Monday Wire.

For our weekly catch up, News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to Te Pāti Māori’s Takutai Kemp about the party failing to release an annual statement, the Samoan Citizenship bill, and 21 new te reo Māori names being allocated for sites around the Māngere-Ōtāthuhu Local Board area.

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party’s Simon Court, Producer Evie talks about the Green Party using the Waka Jumping legislation to remove Darleen Tana from parliament, Gore district council’s plans to make the region an area of cultural significance and the University of Auckland’s new compulsory paper surrounding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Joel speaks to the Organiser of the Tertiary Education Union, Nicole Wallace, about the recent union member strikes at the University of Auckland.

Evie speaks to Professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland Dr Eileen Joy about the government’s approach to social welfare ignoring systemic causes.

And Joel speaks to the Delegate of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Shannyn Bristowe, about the recent student nurses rallies that happened across the country.

Whakarongo mai!

Listen back to hear Political Science student Castor recount a recent lecture on relations between Aotearoa and China on Lecture Me, thanks to Blue Hills Books!

Earlier this month, the Electoral Commission released political parties’ annual financial statements, however, Te Pāti Māori had failed to release theirs.

Since failing to do so, the party has since been referred to the police over the matter, with updates from last week from the police saying they were continuing to assess the matter.

For our weekly catch up, News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Te Pāti Māori’s Takutai Kemp about the party’s lack of a financial statement.

They also discussed Green Party MP, Teanau Tuiono’s Restoring Citizenship Removed by Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill passing its first reading with unanimous support from the select committee.

The bill would allow Samoans born between 1924 and 1948 to have reinstated New Zealand citizenship, following a 1982 ruling by the then National government that those born in the previously New Zealand-occupied territory of Western Samoa as non-New Zealand citizens.

Finally, they discussed  21 new te reo Māori names being allocated for sites around the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board area.