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Statistician Dr. Liza Bolton visits the bFM studio to shine a fresh light on the world of numbers and data ahead of her chat at Raising the Bar.

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Suri from Time Out Bookstore visits the studio to chat about Blackouts by Justin Torres!

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This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about people aging in spikes, poisonous dyes used on books, and water found underground on Mars. 

Fonterra’s recently revealed ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices have been criticised for greenwashing. The announcement indicates that Fonterra believes existing practices, such as cows eating outside, constitute regenerative agriculture. 

Greenpeace disagrees, pointing out Fonterra’s position as Aotearoa’s biggest climate and freshwater polluter. They accuse Fonterra of greenwashing - performatively claiming environmental friendliness while continuing to pollute or harm the environment. 

Wire host Castor spoke to Greenpeace’s Sinead Deighton O’Flynn about greenwashing at Fonterra and the company’s environmental impact.

Here's that interview with local Alternative rock outift Grapehouse where they talked to Oto and Jaycee about their musical process, experiences as Asian musicians in Aotearoa and shared some tracks they were working on.

Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People, is set to be restructured, losing its responsibility to deliver support services, which will be moved to the Ministry of Social Development. 

This has faced backlash by multiple political parties, such as Labour and the Green Party, as well as from disability activists.

News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to the CEO of the New Zealand Disability Support Network, Peter Reynolds, about the reshuffling, and what will change about Whaikaha.

They started off by asking Peter what this would mean for disabled New Zealanders.

On the Tuesday Wire this week...

On Dear Science, we chatted with our expert Professor Allan Blackman about spikes in aging, poisonous book covers, and underground water on Mars. 

For our weekly catchup with the National Party's Katie Nimon, Wire host Castor asked her about the newly appointed Human Rights and Race Relations commissioners, and about new funding for more drunk driving tests.

They also spoke to Greenpeace agriculture campaigner, Sinead Deighton -O'Flynn, about greenwashing in Fonterra's new regenerative agriculture policy. 

Producer Josef spoke to Dr Timothy Welch about congestion charges and their implementation in Aotearoa.

And News and Editorial director Joel Armstrong spoke to CEO of the New Zealand Disability Support Network, Peter Reynolds, about restructures in Whaikaha, the ministry for disabled peoples.   

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