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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/

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.

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". 

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!

Joel and Sofia spoke to queer Whanganui/Pōneke based artist ARDON ENGLAND (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Ati Awa, Kahuranaki Marae) about his debut EP, 'That's Camp'.

For their regular catch-up, host Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March about: The recent cross-party inquiry into climate adaptation, The Roads of Regional Significance Project and boosts to our defence budget. 

He also spoke to Dr Ritesh Shah from the University of Auckland about an Open Letter to the UoA foundation calling for the university to divest from companies involved in arms sales and human rights violations.

Producer Rachel spoke to Senior lecturer of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland, Dr Jude MacArthur, about the funding disparity for neurodivergent and disabled students within New Zealand’s education system.

Rob Bollix guides us through The Mind Trench, chatting parrots and their many skills.

 Boh Runga is in the studio for a conversation about Synthony Pride. 

 Spycc of SWIDT chats about SWIDT Music Month. Whakarongo mai nei!