This week, Sam pays tribute to De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove who passed away last week.

The Breakfast portal opens to Te Whanganui-a-Tara where Maggie chats about what's been happening at RadioActive! Whakarongo mai nei. 

This week on The Wire for Rāmere Friday!

Joe looks at the Muriwai landslide following Cyclone Gabrielle and how the landscape that the houses were built on was eroded by a landslide in 1965. He spoke to Associate Professor Martin Brook, from the University of Auckland on this matter. Joe also speaks to Claire Breen, a Professor of Law at the University of Waikato about the latest report into the rights of children in Aotearoa from the UN.

Daniel dives into the psychology and history of social panics about UFO’s with Robert Bartholomew. He also speaks to Anthony Milligan from King's College in London about love and soulmates.

Joe speaks to Rebecca Dunlop from the University of Queensland about Humpback Whales switching from singing to fighting to win over the ladies.

That's us for the Friday Wire!

Two firefighters lost their lives when the house they were called to was brought down by a landslide on Monday night, due to Cyclone Gabriel. However, this is not the first time a fatal landslide has occured. A mother and her teenage daughter died and two houses were destroyed during two huge landslides in Muriwai in 1965. Experts say that the sand and soil was probably already damaged due to the past landslides.

Joe spoke to Associate Professor Martin Brook from the University of Auckland on the matter.

As whale numbers recovered from near extinction, humpback whales off Australia's east coast may have shifted their mating tactics from singing to fighting with other males, in order to win over the ladies. The study looked at data collected between 1997 and 2015, a period in which the population increased from around 3,700 to 27,000 whales.

Joe spoke to Rebecca Dunlop from the University of Queensland on the subject.

Phoebe Johnson from Revulva chats to Rachel about touring and the band's latest single 'This Town'. Whakarongo mai nei!

Our beloved Viewmaster is back and this week he chats about the second season of Hunters, which has apparently gone "balls to the wall"! Whakarongo mai nei!

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has recently published its sixth review into how Aotearoa New Zealand is implementing its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.

Joe spoke to Claire Breen Professor of Law at the University of Waikato on this matter.

Robert Bartholomew is a sociologist specialised in social panics. He predicted already after the first shooting down of a ‘chinese spy balloon’ there would be a wave of UFO sightings in the US. Daniel spoke with him about the history and psychology of such UFO scares and outbreaks of UFO sightings.

Last Tuesday we celebrated romantic love. But what is romantic love actually? Daniel spoke with Anthony Milligan from Kings College London about one image of romantic love: The idea of finding a soulmate.