Songs about floods , water and inundation.......

Much, much love to those who have been affected by the flooding.

This week's show featured new music from Oddisee, Gorillaz, The Waeve, John Cale, The Arcs and more. Sam also pays truibute to Yukihiro Takahashi and David Crosby who died last week.

Western nations have begun to donate battlefield tanks to the Ukrainian army in their war against Russia.

The US has announced it will send M1 Abrams, Germany will send  Leopard 2 and the UK Challenger 2 tanks.

Experts anticipate this will give Ukraine an offensive boost in offensive moves.

David spoke to University of Waikato Professor Alexander Gillespie about the subject.

University of Canterbury Astronomer Professor John Hearnshaw is calling for national legislation to limit light pollution.

He proposed a national law that would set new controls on outdoor lighting, such as 10pm curfews for illuminated advertising signs, limits on what street lights could emit, and reductions in blue light across cities and towns.

David spoke to Richard Easther from the University of Auckland about what would happen if New Zealand started to regulate light pollution.

How to improve watersafety education so the recent spate of drownings doesnt happen again? Daniel spoke with Chris Button about this question. We should only swim at lifeguarded beaches during patrol hours and we should learn how to float. 

This morning, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child called out the failure of the New Zealand Government to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Referring to the current minimum age of criminal responsibility, the Committee stated clearly that the NZ Government is "just not getting children’s rights right".

Joe speaks to Lisa Woods, Campaigns Director for Amnesty International Aotearoa on this matter.