Video games require players to be mentally engaged at all times so they're a really good vehicle for learning new information, says science communication student Asia Martusia King. To introduce people to a range of "uncharismatic and ugly New Zealand animals", she made a dating simulator called The Ugly Club.

Dating game inspired by Bird of the Year

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'The Bitches Box' are two women embodying the essence of man's best friend in a travelling show. This multi-dog character comedy also musters support for rural communities and farmers. Writer's and actresses Emma Newborn and Amelia Dunbar are rounding up audiences for "The Bitches Box Episode Four", and Amelia joins us today.

Two-woman comedy show brings joy to cyclone-impacted areas

Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, and so the hunt for new strategies to combat the impacts rages on. One idea that continues to gain traction is to grant legal rights to nature. Ecuador became the first country to legalise the rights of nature in 2008, and an ever-growing collection of countries have followed. This includes patches of our own environment, such as the Whanganui River. Dr Viktoria Kahui, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics at the University of Otago, joins guest-host Susana Leiataua today.

Support growing to grant ecosystems 'personhood'

The Rotorua Cricket Association is fed up after yet another attack on its cricket nets. Chairman Paul Wylie spoke to Charlie Dreaver.

Cricket nets and turfs ripped up in Rotorua

Auckland Council has received a record-breaking number of submissions for it's Long Term Plan, with 28-thousand responses. Council chief executive spoke to Charlie Dreaver.

Dating game inspired by Bird of the Year

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