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Artificial Intelligence has become a part of our lives today and can do everything that humans once relied on their education and expertise for. However, in her latest article for Newsroom, the University of Auckland's Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Professor Shahper Richter, says humans get to decide AI's future.  She says the values programmed into AI softwares don't necessarily fit the culture in Aotearoa, and that humans can still take their autonomy back from AI. 

In Wellington, failure at the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant has led to millions of liters of wastewater being sent into the Cook Strait.  The incident has shed light on what scientific experts have been saying for years — that water infrastructure in New Zealand is out of date and incapable of handling the growing effect of climate challenges without deeper investment. The Salvation Army released their State of the Nation report which has found an increase in issues across the justice system, child welfare, and poverty contributing to declining social equality in Aotearoa. As well, NZ First leader Winston Peters is campaigning on a referendum on Māori seats in New Zealand. Wire Host Sara spoke to National MP Ryan Hamilton about all of these topics, starting with Moa Point. 

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about a new solar solution, the periodic table anniversary, and the latest research on human senses. The song featured on the show was Senses Working Overtime by XTC  Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Despite their strong reputation for sustainability, New Zealand's vineyards and orchards still use large amounts of fungicide to fight plant diseases. These chemicals carry environmental risks, including the greenhouse gases emitted through their manufacture and transportation, and the toxic run-off which they can cause when applied. Newsteamer Alex spoke with Nikolai Siimes, a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Auckland who says we should be looking at alternatives — not just developing better pesticides, but rethinking our fruit farming practices from the ground up. 

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chats with us about a new solar solution, the periodic table anniversary, and the latest research on human senses For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Sara spoke to National MP Ryan Hamlilton about Wellington's wastewater treatment plant failure, the State of the Nation, and NZ First's call for a Māori seats referendum For Green World, news-teamer Alex spoke to Nikolai Siimes, a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Auckland, about Biodynamic Alternatives to Fungicides Producer Vihan spoke to the University of Auckland's Shahper Richter on balancing AI and human values.

Milly and Rosetta catch up with Jordan from Radio Control to find out what's happening at Radio Control! Whakarongo mai nei!

This week Lara Greaves joins the Breakfast team to chat about New Zealand First's proposed referendum on Māori seats in parliment, and The Opportunity Party emerging in local politics, particularly that of the Mount Albert electorate. 

Ata mārie! It's Tuesday, and Rosetta and Milly have a great show for you lined up. E whai ake nei, coming up on the show: Political Commentary with Lara Greaves, Parakuihi Pals with Radio Control, Ready Steady Learn and Short Player with Earth Tongue! Whakarongo mai nei. Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Rosetta and Milly are joined by Dr Samuela ‘Ofanoa for Ready Steady Learn today, talking about his new study looking into Tiktok videos about gout which often contain misleading and inconsistent information. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to UoA!

This week on the Monday Wire... For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party, News Director Castor spoke to MP Simon Court about Liquid Natural Gas imports and David Seymour's State of the Nation speech.  They also spoke to Professor Emeritus at Massey University, Ralph Sims, about the sustainability of an LNG terminal. And they spoke to University of Auckland Professor of Electrical Engineering Nirmal Nair about how the LNG plans would benefit power companies.  Producer Alex spoke to Professor Emeritus in Law at the University of Auckland, Jane Kelsey, about the ongoing rumblings around reforms within the World Trade Organisation, New Zealand's role, and what changes to the organisation would mean for us. He also spoke with Professor in Chemicals and Materials Engineering at the University of Auckland, and Deputy Director of the Green Energy Engineering Centre, Brent Young, about the governments LNG terminal proposal, and what it means in the context of our wider approach to fixing our energy woes.

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The government's plans to construct a liquified natural gas import terminal have sparked a lot of conversation over the past week about the role of natural gas in our energy infrastructure, and what more we need. Producer Alex spoke with Professor in Chemical and Material Engineering at the University of Auckland, Brent Young, about how this proposal fits in to the issue it seeks to solve, and what more needs to be done within our energy infrastructure. Next, News Director Castor spoke to Professor Emeritus at Massey University, Ralph Sims, about the sustainability of Liquid Natural Gas and potential alternatives. Finally, they spoke to the University of Auckland's Professor of Electrical Engineering Nirmal Nair about how energy companies stand to benefit from the LNG changes.

Jenna joins Rosetta and Milly for Loose Reads - chatting about Leila Mottley's The Girls Who Grew Big. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

This past week has seen the government announcing plans to construct a facility for the storage of liquid natural gas. The plans have been criticised by activists, academics, and opposition members, who say it compromises our government's commitment to reducing emissions.  Yesterday also saw ACT Party Leader David Seymour deliver his State of the Nation speech, noting different parts of society and the economy his party takes issue with. He particularly raised "five warning lights", of issues that the country must "overcome".  For our weekly catchup with the ACT Party, News Director Castor spoke to Simon Court about each of these issues, starting with liquid natural gas. 

"People don't know what they want, not before they see it. Every object of desire is a found object. Traditionally, anyway." - William Gibson Thanks to Decibel Wines.

The Clitoris Condudrum is showing from the 17th-21st Feb as part of Auckland Pride at Q Theatre loft! Check out this interview between Shreya and Connor about writing, SA survivors, a giant vibrator, and more!  

The greatest, latest tunes from across the motu and abroad. Thanks to Flying Out & NZ on Air Music.

Kia ora! Tune back into Radio Mother for some sick tracks PLUS an interview with Writer and Actor, Connor Amor-Bendall on the upcoming theatre show The Clitoris Conundrum. Whakarongo Mai!

Kirsten is back for another year of Travelling Tunes! Today, she chats with Rosetta and Milly about the iconic women of funk. Whakarongo mai nei! Rose Royce - Car Wash Spanky Wilson & the Quantic Soul Orchestra - Don't Joke with a Hungry Man Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different

This morning's Fancy New Band is Tāmaki Makaurau-based Emily Cuff, who played three tracks that blends emotions and feelings of introspective storytelling. Brought to you by NZ on Air!

Rosetta had a kōrero with the legendary Bic Runga about her first record of all-original material in 15 years, Red Sunset - out today! You can catch Bic touring across Aotearoa this March, alongside Silicon. Whakarongo mai nei!

 Maya caught up with with curator and artist Millie Dunstall about Portal, showing at Artspace Aotearoa's The Kit. Alongside Millie's interview Maya also spoke to two of the 17 artists showing work within Portal, Emma Stretch and kyung Baro. Maya also had a kōrero with Fiona Connor about her current show at Coastal signs, Blanket Games. And alongside Fiona, Maya also spoke with Bailey Connolly about their artist collective Polyhymnia. Whakarongo mai

Happy Rāmere! E whai ake nei, coming up on your Friday Breakfast with Rosetta and Milly: Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Rosetta spoke with Bic Runga about her new album Red Sunset, and Cam is up for From The Crate! Whakarongo mai nei.  Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Fiona Connor is an Aotearoa born artist currently based in LA. Connor has an expansive sculptural practice in which she produces site specific installations, that really play with the spaces inherent architecture. Developing this conceptually enriched sculptural language that seeks to shift objects, and their environments through this process of reproduction. Her current show on at Coastal Signs, Blanket Games includes 5 large-scale drawings of segments of hurricane fencing. In which Connor utilises an alternative method of drawing, monoprinting. A method that demands a different kind of connection. Allowing her to not only record the object of the fence itself, but also of her own body's movements during the making of the work. Smudges, and scuffs, made from the weight of her body while tracing the fence intertwining within the woven marks of the lattice fence. Creating a beautiful frottage of the body, and it's record of interaction. Alongside her individual practice, Connor is passionate about creating, and being amongst artist run initiatives. So in light of Connor's collaborative projects Maya also spoke to her and Bailey Connelly about their latest artist run collective, Polyhymnia.

This mornings Fancy New Band was taken over with a council meeting hosted by Te Whanganui-a-Tara based jazz-house band Groove Council!  Groove Council truely brought out an exquisite set, playing two new songs off of their recent EP 'In Sessions'.  Brought to you by NZ On Air 

This Morning Glory, Huia keeps the vibes groovy and cruisy to complement this week's Fancy New Band, Groove Council! Brought to you by NZ On Air Throughout the show there was sprinkles of experimental jazz, rap, and general twinkly tunes to brighten up your Friday!  Thanks to The Tuning Fork

Milly spoke with Jason from Sleaford Mods about their most recent album The Demise Of Planet X, and their forthcoming NZ shows! Whakarongo mai nei!

Freya Burnett is a Tāmaki-based multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into the thematic exploration of magic and female ecstasy through her sculpture and immersive moving image installation practice.  Her current exhibition Essence on at the Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead, presented in association with Plomacy Gallery, showcases a mesmerising textural landscape of the senses, through projected imagery and a sonic soundscape created by Fergus Waveforms. Essence pulls viewers into its feminine vocabulary of imagery that shifts and morphs in space through each stage of the work's existence. Dew-dropped botanical imagery slipping into mirrored jewels and reflecting light like one and the same. Blurring the lines between objects and pulling them into their own enchanting visual realm. Coming together in an ephemeral fugue, Furgus's constructed sonic soundscape pulls the work further into its own interior atmosphere. Creating a space of layered visual languages that usher viewers into an alternative world that seeks for a conscious and passionate embrace of enchantment. Maya caught up with artist Freya Burnett, alongside accompanying sound artist Fergus Waveforms, about the show.

After the undercurrents is a new exhibition bringing together the work of two senior painters, Australian artist Gordon Bennett and Tāmaki-based Emily Karaka, opening tonight at Artspace Aotearoa.  Gordon Bennett was a Brisbane-based artist who is widely recognised as one of Australia's most significant and critically engaged contemporary practitioners. His practice moved between these different phases – from often more abstract forms, to his conscious appropriation of Basquiat to create these cross-cultural dialogues, to the work made under the name of ‘John Citizen' as a means to question identity and politics of categorisation in Australian art – seeking to map alternative histories and question the status quo through these various forms.  His work has been paired with Tāmaki-based painter Emily Karaka whose practice draws on the personal and political through these diverse art making traditions, vibrant colours, and historical narratives that guide her. Grounded in the cultural and political landscape of Aotearoa, her work articulates emotional intensity and her unique perspective, speaking to her long-standing advocacy for kaitiakitanga and mana motuhake.  In After the undercurrents, with both artists drawing on their respective narratives of place and indigenous worldviews, the pairing allows the viewer to contemplate Artspace Aotearoa's annual question for 2026: ‘Which history?' Sof had a kōrero with Kaitohu Director of Artspace Aotearoa, Ruth Buchanan, about the show and Gordon Bennett and Emily Karaka's respective practices.

Maya caught up with artist Freya Burnett, alongside accompanying sound artist Fergus Waveforms, about her show Essence, currently on at The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead.  And Sof had a kōrero with Kaitohu Director of Artspace Aotearoa, Ruth Buchanan, about After the undercurrents, an exhibition showing Gordon Bennett and Emily Karaka opening tonight.  Whakarongo mai

The Grom is flying solo this morning and only playing the best of the best. If you want to stay cool, you'll have a listen!

Happy Rāmere e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on your Friday breakfast with Rosetta and Milly: Crawley is up for a very special announcement regarding Strange Universe in March, Milly chats with Sleaford Mods, and Cam from Southbound shares some exciting new wax for From The Crate. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Cam is back up in the studio sharing some of the exciting releases out on the shelves at Southbound today! Whakarongo mai nei! The Molotovs - Get a Life Robert Glasper - Prototype (Feat. Norah Jones) Julien Dyne, Mara TK (Moodymann: DJ Kicks mixed) - Stained Glass Fresh Frozen

Phil is up for What's The Buzz and is chatting all things psychedelic safety! Whakarongo mai nei.  Thanks to The Level!

Big J is back this week :D But Smashton is away :( 

Last week, following weather warnings and torrential rain, slips across the Coromandel and  Bay of Plenty wreaked havoc, cutting off communities, damaging houses, and worst of all, taking lives. At the base of Mauoa, Mount Maunganui, a slip hit a council-owned campsite, claiming six lives and now eyes are turning towards how a tragedy like this could be prevented in future. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was among the world leaders offered membership on Trump's post conflict government body, the board of peace. The board has received scathing criticism for including people under investigation for war crimes and failing to have a representative voice for the Palestinian people. Luxon has, in turn, received criticism for not ruling out the invitation. Finally, the New Zealand Defence Force has begun to incorporate uncrewed vehicles and drones as it moves into a new era of increased defence spending For our weekly catchup with the Green Party, Wire host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about Luxons refusal to rule out joining Trump's board of peace, and the New Zealand Defence Forces incorporation of drones but began with asking him about the fatal slip in Tauranga,  

Te Huia, the railway linking Waikato and Tāmaki Makaurau, is coming to the end of its five-year trial. Despite a rocky start in 2021, Te Huia has proved popular with its riders with the Waikato Council waiting to hear back from Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport on a proposed extension for another year of funding. With the future of the inter-regional railway line uncertain, producer Theo spoke with Lindsey Horne, spokesperson and committee member of the transport advocacy group 'The Future is Rail' about Te Huia, regional railways, and the future of rail in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

This week on the Wednesday Wire... For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Wire host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the fatal slip in Tauranga, Luxons refusal to rule out joining Trumps board of peace, and the New Zealand Defence Forces incorporation of drones. Producer Flo spoke to Dr John Battersby, senior fellow for the center for defence and security studies at Massey University about current global security, the practical absence of an international rule based order and implications of US foreign policy on New Zealand. Then Manny spoke to the Coordinator of Extinction Rebellion Tāmaki Makaurau, Carol Cowan, on their demands for government action on climate change. Finaly Producer Theo spoke with Lindsey Horne, spokesperson and committee member for the transport advocacy group The Future is Rail, about regional rail in Aotearoa and the future of Te Huia.  

Rosetta and Milly catch up with our new National Party correspondent Minister Paul Goldsmith, to discuss last week's extreme weather events and recovery efforts, as well as the newly announced election date and what electoral reforms will mean for voters. Election day is November 7, and due to the Minister's electoral reforms bill that passed at the end of 2025, the last day to enrol or update voter details is October 25. Whakarongo mai nei!