Shane Jones is amending his own legislation to try to make it harder to oppose applications for seabed mining. Phil McCabe joins us to talk about the state of play and how the current fast track legislation is still providing lots of opportunities to oppose Trans Tasman Resource's mining plans.

Gillian Marie from the Whaingaroa Palestine Solidarity Group is in studio to talk about their latest protest, plus we look at the reality of the cease-fire in Gaza and talk about the media coverage and how people can help a situation that is still very dire.

Betty from RAS and Lara from Raglan Naturally join us to talk about this weekend's 3rd edition of the Hikoi and the kaupapa of creating conversations about suicide.

Carissa Brown joins us in-studio to talk about her approach to wellness and what she'll be doing at the Creative Market this Sunday.

Our man in New York Ben Lenzner joins us on the Morning Show to talk about the unexpected victory of a young Muslim, socialist Mayor. Zohran has been making campaign promises that usually don't go down well in the US so we catch up with Ben, who volunteered for the campaign and find out about the ray of hope that the voters of New York have delivered the world.

Val, Romane and Jair are in-studio to talk about a weekend of acrobatics and dance, including a cabaret show and busking day on Sunday with acrobatics, juggling, contortion and comedy in the main street.

Jacqueline Anderson and Kate Hayward join us to talk about a community celebration on Friday that commemorates the efforts of Kate Hayward and other members of the community in the 90s to fund-raise and build the City to Surf pathway in Raglan West.

Maurice who is the new owner and chef and Cala - formerly Rockit Cafe - joins us to talk about their Spanish Wine Tasting event this weekend. We also learn a little bit about Maurice and the new vibe he's bringing to the venue out on Wainui Rd.

Find out all about the surf life saving crew this summer and how to keep safe in the water, plus we talk about the tadpoles and nippers program at the surf club starting next weekend.

Joan Fleming is this year's Kaipukahu Writer in Residence at Waikato University and will be hosting a workshop at Raglan Writers Day.

We talk to Sarah Johnson about the event and Joan about her writing, what she'll be teaching, and what she's doing with her year as the writer in residence at Waikato University.