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Milly takes on a Thursday Drive with Marijuana Media, Cocktail Corner and more tunes than you could ever wish for.

Milly and Chris get together to talk about the latest in green news. From what it would be like if the referendum in 2020 had a different outcome, to Nicki Minaj's unexpected arrest. Well, it's all green here. 

Strike action by more than 290 NZ Blood Service Workers across the motu begins tomorrow. The decision follows seven months of stalled negotiations in pursuit of funding that seeks to rectify the 13-35% pay gap between NZ Blood Service Workers and their colleagues of the same job roles, skills, experience at Te Whatu Ora. Representatives of strike action have affirmed the support of the executive team at NZ Blood during this process, and have emphasised that frustrations lie around the unnecessary and harmful delays in securing the funding to solve the issue. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Public Service Association Delegate, Sian Dallaway, ahead of tomorrow’s strike. 

June is the month for Sweat With Pride in Aotearoa, where Kiwis can sign up to sweat for 21 minutes everyday to raise money for services provided by the Burnett Foundation, Rainbow Youth, OutLine and InsideOut for our rainbow and Takatāpui communities. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to the Burnett Foundation’s Ella Sarigson ahead of the initiative kicking off this Saturday!

It’s not too late to get involved - head to sweatwithpride.com to signup and support our rainbow and takatāpui communities.

Last week the government announced a $24 million funding commitment to I Am Hope, the foundation behind Mike King’s Gumboot Friday initiative. The $6million annual allocation is set to fund two counselling sessions for those ages 5-25 years old. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, Dr. Hiran Thabrew, on differing strategies to address mental health investment needs. 

💚 High-energy show this week. All genre's, all eras, it's a fiestsa! 

Obtuse tune of the week: Pearson Sound  - XLB

We also go insearch of which track has the same riff as Superette's Touch Me. Please send help.

Lots of love, apologies for my own personal energy being a bit low today, blah blah sickness blah blah. See you all same time next week, with love. Or tomorrow at the Wine Cellar!

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This week the Thursday Wire's usual host Caeden was away, so Tuesday Wire host Castor filled in.

For City Counselling this week, Castor spoke to Shane Henderson about the draft regional land transport plan for Auckland and the council’s hopes for budget announcements later today. 

Producer Jasmine spoke with Dr. Hiran Thabrew about mental health funding following the Government’s budget announcement regarding investment in the I Am Hope Foundation.

She also spoke PSA Delegate Sian Dalaway about pay parity negotiations for NZ Blood Service workers ahead of tomorrow’s strike.  

She also spoke with Ella Sargison from the Burnett Foundation about June’s Sweat With Pride initiative.

Mōrena! The usual mixed bag of tunes - opening with Stella Donnelly, dabbling in some Peter Cat Recording Co. and going back to the classics with a bit of Erykah Badu and the Screaming MeeMees. Sofia and Joel speak to Danika and Kitty about Queer Speed Dating at the Charlotte Museum. Whakarongo mai! 

Justine gives the listeners advice on dress code, how many hours employers can make a shift, and more.

Rob Bollix chats about aardwolves and lungless frogs.