Stella is away today so Rosetta's filling in as producer, Rachel chats to Marc Daalder about ministries firing employees and rehiring them as consultants and what's going on with Transpower for Political Commentary, we also chat to Pati AF about her new multi-media concert experience Ka'a, plus news, weather, surf, prizes and plenty of tunes! Whakarongo mai nei!

Pati AF is in the studio to chat about her new project, Ka'a - The Concert Experience, a live music performance that merges storytelling, multimedia, and dance to share the experience of growing up and being labelled "a little sh*t". 

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about New Zealand First’s proposed Bathrooms Bill.

For City Counselling Caeden speaks to Shane Henderson about continued flood recovery and new public transport funding in council’s Long Term Plan.

They speak to Dr Lida Ayoubi and Dr Andrew Geddis about the Karen Chhour/Waitangi Tribunal case.

And they speak to Dr Neal Curtis about the origins of the term ‘woke’.

Jasmine speaks with Chief Executive of Hospice New Zealand, Wayne Naylor, about Hospice Awareness Week, which is taking place this week.

This week is Hospice Awareness Week in Aotearoa, a campaign aimed at opening the conversation around Hospice care and services. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Wayne Naylor, Chief Executive of Hospice New Zealand, also known as Te Kahu Pairuri o Aotearoa, about Hospice Care, breaking the stigma, and how to support their kaupapa.

To learn more and support Hospice New Zealand, head to https://www.hospice.org.nz/

💚 Kia ora gorgeous creatures. Happy NZMM. We pack todays show full of favourites from all over the genre playground, set your eyeballs on todays playlist and see if anything peaks your interest. 

Our Obtuse Tune Of The Week at 2 pm sees a big collaboration from Total Science and Break and for Live Before The Entertainment Guide we grab a track featuring a twist on some old Boy Better Know bars.

As always the playlist is available here for streaming. If you like anything and have the means do consider supporting the artists directly. 💚

Rachel has a chat with Marc Daalder about why ministries are firing employees and rehiring them as consultants, and what this means for the public sector at the moment. They also chat about the current status of oil and gas in Aotearoa, and what's going on with Transpower.

Radio Mother's first official show! A range of tunes today - sharing lots of recent discoveries - as well as the usual random yarns. Queer Whanganui/Pōneke based artist ARDON ENGLAND chats to Joel and Sofia about his debut EP, 'That's Camp'. Whakarongo tonu mai! 

Neurodivergent students make up 15 to 20 percent of the education systems population, but with many of these  students showing signs of an  “Invisible disability” such as ADHD, autism and dyslexia, they are left receiving little to no help by the school and government.

Following the release of the “The Illusion of Inclusion” report by the Education Hub, I speak to Senior Lecturer of Critical Studies in Education, at the University of Auckland, Dr Jude MacArthur, about the funding disparity for neurodivergent students which places them at a considerable disadvantage.

Last Thursday, parliament agreed on a motion to establish a cross-party inquiry on how Aotearoa can better adapt to more frequent and severe weather events, continuing from an inquiry launched by former Green Party co-Leader James Shaw under the previous labour government. 

For their weekly chat, Oto spoke to Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez March to discuss the party’s thoughts on the launch of the inquiry. 

They also had a chat about the Roads of Regional Significance project, as well as the recent funding boost to the New Zealand Defence Force.