Harry and Alex from F.A.I.R.Y are in the studio to talk about  their gig in Tāmaki Makaurau tomorrow night at Whammy Bar, and their new album It Lives. Whakarongo mai nei!

Rob Bollix explores the noises that plants make (you read that right), and gives us another train poem. Whakarongo mai nei!

On The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday, host Andre Fa'aoso speaks to Dr Teuila Percival about a recent report that discloses a 10-year-plan for better outcomes for Pacific children and families.

On The Green Desk, Jack Marshall speaks to Professor Xiaoqi Feng from the University of New South Wales about nature prescriptions. 

Producer Arno speaks to FIRST Union President Robert Reid about their budget submission to Auckland council, and Dr Haribalan Kumar of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute about new MRI technology for modelling children’s physiology.

This week for our weekly chat with James Shaw, Emilia Sullivan chats to the Green Party co-leader about the Green’s list selection, the climate news coming out of the UN General Assembly, a farewell to Jacinda Ardern, and more.

On The Wire for Rāhina Monday:

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins discussed the minimum wage and benefits increase and an alternative Waitematā Harbour crossing with ACT’s Karen Chhour. 

Jessica Hopkins talked to Public Transport Users Association spokesperson John Reeves about mass bus cancellations in Tāmakai Makaurau. 

Hanna Thompson spoke to Te Pāti Māori’s Takutai Kemp about addressing child poverty in Aotearoa, reforming our welfare system, and indigenous foreign policy.

Nicholas Lindstrom interviewed associate professor Paula Morris about the state of New Zealand literature, the Auckland City Council budget, funding for the arts and the Aotearoa book review, and a new literature review website.

And Caeden Tipler spoke to several experts on our melting glaciers and what that means for climate change.

For their weekly catch-up, News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to ACT’s Karen Chhour about the minimum wage and benefits increase and an alternative Waitematā Harbour crossing.

She started off the interview by asking Chhour why ACT opposes these measures to help low income earners with the rising cost of living.

 Eli Matthewson is in the studio talking about Muckaround Comedy and his upcoming comedy fest show Gutterball. Whakarongo mai nei!

Deputy Mayor of Tāmaki Makaurau, Desley Simpson, dials in to chat about what will happen following the Budget submissions closing, leaks in Western Springs Park, and the recent cancellation of co-governance meetings in Mount Eden.

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