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Jonny talks to Chris Hipkins of the Labour Party for What's Up?, listen back to hear the Aural Emporium shenanigans, plus an interview with Josh ahead of the Exlpoding Rainbow Orchestra gig next week.

Lou talked to Will Barrett and Emma Bernard from BIRDPARTY about their newly released self-titled debut album. 

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

Oto reached out to Paula Lorgelly, a professor of Health Economics and Population Health at the University of Auckland for an expert opinion on the end of Free Covid Test distribution. 

From Monday this week onwards, Rapid Antigen Tests would not be provided from pharmacies freely and would instead need to be purchased directly from retailers.

A pack of 5 covid tests would cost $16.99 at Chemist Warehouse, for example.

Last week, infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Health Minister Shane Reti announced that the planned redevelopment of the new Dunedin Hospital would need to be scaled back, based on projections that the upgrade costs could reach or exceed $3 billion New Zealand dollars. 

Advice given to Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, has been to either reduce the scale of the hospital’s infrastructural development or to develop the project in stages.

The decision has been widely criticised, both by the general public and local government officials in Dunedin, who say that the announcement contradicts the coalition’s promise to continue a project started by the previous Labour government to rebuild Dunedin hospital to full capacity and capabilities.

For their weekly catchup, I spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March to discuss the decision to roll back on the development of Dunedin Hospital.

Michael of Palmerston North band Pining Radiata selects several tracks for What's Cooking and chats to Tuva'a about the band's new album Skin. 

Oto and Jaycee talked to local artist, romiin, of Filipino origin to discuss his songwriting process, collaborations with international artists and ventures into the world of DJing.

They also tried some snacks that Jaycee brought back from his trip to Canada.

Elle catches up with MACEY about his newest single, 'before you have to go'. Together they discuss the writing of the single, its themes, and his relationship with music. MACEY also brought along his guitar to play the song live!

Last week, the government announced that planned developments to Dunedin’s hospital may exceed the planned budget of $1.88 billion, and reach as much as $3 billion. As such, ministers Chris Bishop and Shane Reti announced that the plans may require reductions or an extended timeframe. 

The announcement was met with mass opposition both on social media and in public, with some 35,000 protestors turning out on the streets of Dunedin on Saturday to march against the change.

Wire host Castor spoke to the Mayor of Dunedin, Jules Radich, about the state of public health in Dunedin, the necessity of upgrades, and how the public response may impact the government’s future decision-making.

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