For the last Tuesday Wire of the year, the team is joined by Allan Blackman for Dear Science. They discuss the biggest science stories of this year including a debunked super conductivity paper, Chat GPT and how science helped exonerate a convicted murderer.

Nicholas interviews the National Party's Dr Shane Reti about Goverment Department name changes and his plans for the new year.

The team also recaps highlights form Wire interviews this year. This include interviews with; Ian Mclean about feral pigeons, Mihingarangi Forbes on the coverage of Māori issues during the election and a pre-election interview with Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick.

The new Government’s plans to revert government department names back to their English names.

This policy will mean that a government agency like Waka Kotahi will have to revert back to using NZTA as their primary identifier. 

Nicholas spoke to the National Party’s Dr Shane Reti about why changing the agency names has been a priority for his government. 

They also spoke about the legacy that the name changes will leave and how his government plans to support Te Reo Maori.

Nicholas began by asking Dr Reti, why his government believes department name changes are necessary.

Tuesday Drive & Simon Grigg joins us for Audio Culture! 

Thanks to The Beer Spot! 

Simon Grigg takes us through some of our seminal local dancefloor hits! 

Thanks to AudioCulture!

Hosted by PHILLIEE, featuring the Sound of Sydney courtesy of our man Carlos Avilés.  

~ Universal Harmony ~

Oozing a grateful ora, massaging the creative mind.

Many happy returns and delays

For the last Tuesday Wire of the year, the team is joined by Allan Blackman for Dear Science. They discuss the biggest science stories of this year including a debunked super conductivity paper, Chat GPT, and how science helped exonerate a convicted murderer.

Penelope Noir delves into the Fashun history of Christmas elves- where on earth do they get their clothes from?

Jenna cosplays as your book Agony Aunt on Loose Reads, giving book recommendations off listener-submitted-vibes, as well as giving us the lowdown on the Booker prize winner from this year, Prophet Song from Paul Lynch.