On Breakfast this morning, Rob Bollix introduces us to some Victorian slang on The Mind Trench. Rachel chats to UK artist, Beth Orton, about her upcoming show at the Powerstation in Tāmaki Makaurau. And on Red Dead Redemption, Justine Sachs answers your union and employment queries. Whakarongo mai nei!

Having passed its first parliamentary reading, the Fast-Track Approval bill is currently open for submission.

The bill is described as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for resource consents and certificates of compliance required under multiple environmental acts.

The fast-track consenting process is claiming to provide significant regional and national benefits, but public health concerns are at the forefront for health experts.

Producer Sofia Kent spoke to Marnie Prickett, Research Fellow at the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, about the bill and what implications it may have. 

A nationwide climate strike organised by a coalition of organisations including Fridays for Future, School Strike 4 Climate, and Toitū te Tiriti is happening this Friday April 5th.

The strike is demanding the coalition government to slow down the Fast Track Approvals Bill, keep the ban on oil and gas, uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi, protect land and moana, and more. 

It will also stand in solidarity with the call to free Palestine, demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and calling for the New Zealand government to provide emergency humanitarian visas to Palestinians with family in Aotearoa. 

Producer Sofia Roger Williams spoke to one of the organisers of the Tāmaki Makaurau strike, Sophora from Fridays for Future, about these demands, youth-led activism, and how people can get involved. 

For Dear Science this week, Wire host Castor speaks to Professor Allan Blackman about 100 year old milk samples found in Antarctica, climate change impacting the Earth's rotation, and song lyrics becoming more repetitive. 

Education Minister Erica Stanford made several comments in mid-March regarding the government’s “one size fits all” approach to inequities in education.

However, a “one size fits all” approach has been critiqued by several education experts, citing differences in learning ability and environment that make a blanket approach impossible. 

Wire host Castor spoke to Professor of Disability studies and inclusive education Missy Morton about the issues with a one size fits all approach and the possible alternatives to better address student needs.

A Māori and Pasifika study space at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, has engendered wide discourse about safe spaces in universities. 

Commentary has included ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar saying the space is a form of segregation, and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters saying it is comparable to the Ku Klux Klan and apartheid in South Africa. 

Producer Sofia Roger Williams spoke to Dr Julie Douglas, the National Co-President for the Tertiary Education Union, about this commentary and the importance of these spaces for these tauira.

Sunday, March 31st, marked international transgender day of visibility, a day meant to highlight the achievements of transgender individuals and communities around the world and highlight the many legal struggles still affecting them. 

Wire host Castor talked to James about what the government has to offer our trans rangatahi, especially given policies promoted by New Zealand First Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters before the election. They also spoke about the Fast Track Approvals Bill and the possible environmental consequences. 

Reb Fountain chats about her newly unveiled upcoming shows with Vera Ellen and Voom, happening across May and June. 

On Breakfast this morning, Reb Fountain chats about her newly unveiled upcoming shows with Vera Ellen and Voom, happening across May and June. Conor Amor Bendall is in to talk about her play the Clitoris Conumdrum on Stage Direction, which premieres tonight at Basement Theatre. Zoe Avery joins us for Ready Steady Learn to talk about urban design and the World Green Infrastructure Conference, which she's an organiser of. Whakarongo mai nei!

Conor Amor-Bendall is in to talk about her play the Clitoris Conumdrum on Stage Direction, which premieres tonight at Basement Theatre.