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On a rainy night Smashton and Big J take you through the top 10 95bFM songs of the week! With Pheobe Rings taking out the number one spot.

The government recently made a series of changes to the licensing requirements for early childhood centres to be able to operate. 

These include repealing the network approval provisions for people looking to establish early learning centres and removing the Person Responsible Staff requirements to have a full teaching licence.

The government justified these reforms by saying regulation cuts would make it easier for early childhood centres to operate, thus addressing Aotearoa’s teacher shortage.

However, many Kaiako working in early childhood education have said deregulation does not address the root causes of the teacher shortage, and that more focus is needed on addressing pay inequality for teachers within the sector.

For this week’s Get Action! Oto spoke to Early childhood Kaiako and member of the New Zealand Educational Institute, Hayley Cross, to discuss a petition from the union to the government calling for pay parity in early childhood education.

The number of children in New Zealand not immunised against the measles is growing, raising the possibility of another measles epidemic. 

Rachel spoke to Public Health Physician at the Public Health Communication Centre, Dr Oz Manssor about the immunisation gap found in today's society and the likelihood of a measles outbreak. 

The Bard of Bollix takes us through The Mind Trench, chatting space rulers and mystery blobs. Marlon Williams dials in to chat about his recent multiple nominations in the Aotearoa Music Awards. Sara Wiseman is in the studio to chat about The Effect, the play from Lucy Prebble. Salene gives advice for your renting woes on A Room Of One's Own. Happy first day of New Zealand Music Month!

According to TradeMe figures, rental rates across the motu are at an all time high, rising by an average increase of $50 since last year and bringing the nationwide median rental price up to $650 a week.

For their weekly chat, Oto spoke to Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the party’s calls to introduce rent controls to combat the increase in rent we’re experiencing here in Aotearoa. 

We also had a chat about the government’s RMA reforms last week and  the recent 1News Verian Poll.

Marlon Williams dials in to chat about his recent multiple nominations in the Aotearoa Music Awards.

Tales of cats, 20 massive pavers and many unanswered texts. Salene gives advice for your renting woes on A Room Of One's Own. Check out the resources below for additional information.

The Beths chat about their nominations in the Aotearoa Music Awards and their performances at Coachella.

Courtney Dawson is on Stage Direction to chat about her Comedy Festival show Dreams are Free. 

For Dear Science this week, Professor Allan Blackman chats to us about false stoner stereotypes, technology to differentiate elephant and mammoth ivory, and fixed messaging on the Voyager-1 probe.