Last week, Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono placed his Restoring Citizenship Removed by the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act of 1982 Bill in the parliamentary ballot. Rosetta had a chat to him about what the bill means for our Pasifika community, and what more needs to be done to amend dawn-raid injustices.

New music today from CRYER, plus a couple of ravey tunes for those who like speedy techno. 

Remix of the Day:

Andre of HEAVY CHEST (solo/unplugged) is in the studio ahead of the band's Tāmaki Makaurau show at The Tuning Fork this Saturday. The band have just pressed the album Pre-Heat to vinyl in celebration of 5 years since its release. You can cop that over on their website here.

Chur and thank you for playing some unreleased tunes for us also :~)

Reticulated rhythmic rigmarole

Violet Hirst is in the studio talking about her new album Donegal, and playing us a couple of songs from the record, live. Whakarongo mai nei!

On Isthmus’n That with Desley Simpson, the Deputy Mayor speaks about the government announcement on construction of three lane tunnel crossing the Waitemata Harbour Bridge, and the potential disestablishment of North Harbour Stadium. Whakarongo mai nei!

On Ready Steady Learn, Cam Hoffbeck, a doctoral student from the School of Biological Sciences chats about her research into the tuatara microbiome. Whakarongo mai nei!

Alice Canton brings us a bit of Stage Direction before she heads to the Edinburgh Fringe, chatting to Nahyeon Lee (producer), and Samuel Phillips (director) about their work, Losing Face, part of Q Theatre’s MATCHBOX series. Whakarongo mai nei!

Welcome to another week! Penelope Noir gives us the lowdown on counterfeit luxury items on Fashun. Fiona McDonald and Paul Casserly from Strawpeople are in the studio to talk about their new record, Knucklebones. On Loose Reads, Suri reviews Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol. Emily Wheatcroft-Snape is in the studio to talk about applications being open for the Record Enable Hardship Award. Whakarongo mai nei! 

On today's show:

Spike speaks to ACT's Karen Chhour about the party's new 2 rate tax policy along with the Green Party's free dental care policy, and 95bFM's Water Reporter Marnie Prickett on the new freshwater farm policy rollout, and the pushback it's receiving from farmers and agriculture industry groups.

Hanna speaks to Te Pāti Māori candidate Takutai Kemp about the party's proposed tax reforms and policy going into October's election.  

Caeden speaks to Urs Signer from Climate Justice Taranaki about their petition to stop oil and gas drilling in Taranaki.

Andre speaks to Otago professor Janet Hoak about the new WHO report on Aotearoa's "world leading" tobacco reduction policy, and the future of Smokefree 2025.