Phil McCabe joins us to look at TTR's attempts to jump on board the fast track process after they pulled out of their application to the EPA halfway through. Phil is the pacific lead for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and a member of Kiwis Against Seabed Mining

TTR's science is out of date and full of holes so we've invited in local scientist Dougal Greer to explain the details, following his submission at the EPA hearings on sediment plume modelling.

Who's grown the biggest pumpkin this year? Belinda from Crop Swap joins us to talk about the biggest, smallest and weirdest pumpkins we can see after a bumper growing season over summer

Jamie from Fire & Emergency NZ joins us to talk about this week's national surf competition for firefighters while also having a look at the mental health benefits of surfing for a workforce that witnesses a lot of traumatic events

With prizes to be won this month we get Julie Cardwell and Holly Dove in to tell us what's happening at this end of neighbours month.

Peggy Oki joins us to talk about a protest this weekend, a petition you can sign and also some research undertaken by the SPCA that shows how unpopular this move is with the New Zealand public

The Director of Trust Fall, the Julian Assange film joins us to talk about his unique making the film and the passionate support it has received around the world

Paul Trenwith joins us to talk about The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band - from the last show to the first show, and the TV show, playing in the Australia and the US and his podcast The Backporch Bluegrass show

Phil McCabe reports on the latest at the seabed mining hearings, the latest on the government's fast-track environmental destruction news and Shane Jones making a fool of himself

Dr Hesu Whitten has been extending the bounds of what kinesiology can do for patients. After training as a chiropractor Hesu has been spent most of his career working on a system of muscle testing that allows the body to direct the care. We have a talk about this fascinating approach to caring for illness