Listen back to feature interviews and performances from the 95bFM Breakfast Show. Weekly features (such as Loose Reads or Travelling Tunes) all have their own feeds, so to listen or subscribe, pick and choose from the bCasts list on the right.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Dr. Lara Greaves phones up to chat politics inPolitical Commentary; Natalie's here giving us all the best tips on making the perfect miso in Breakfast Food; School Strike 4 Climate's Jack Barlow pops into the studio to talk about the march up Queen Street tomorrow; and Amanda from Wax Chattels come up to talk about the Cross Street Music Fest! Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
The Orielles - Rapid I - La Vita Olistica Version
Mermaidens - Soft Energy
Pond - Pink Lunettes
Anthonie Tonnon - Entertainment
TOOMS - Blanket
N. T. Honey - Nanette
ESG - Moody
Sons of Kemet - Hustle feat. Kojey Radical & Lianne La Havas
Jun Kamoda - A Soul Grain
The Clean - Tally Ho!
Moontype - When You Say Yes
Van Staden & Böhm (VSB) - Every Star
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: the show kicks off with an interview with the Deputy leader of the Opposition in What's Up? with Dr. Shane Reti;Rob Bollix talks hippos, the Antikythera mechanism and face masks in The Mind Trench;Samara Alofa kindly pops into studio to chat about their upcoming gigs and what's been happening in their life; Tim Batt chats about the elusive and mysterious RNZ / TVNZ merger on MediaBatt;and finally, Amelia D'Screte teaches us about extinct words in Word Salad, ya hodad! Whakarongo mai,
Playlist
Squirrel Flower - Hurt A Fly
Wurld Series - Moat
Merk - GOD
India Jordan - Only Said Enough
Seven Davis Jr - We Should Go Out
Jane Inc. - My Oldest Friend
Fruit Juice Parade - dræyyke
Jordan Occasionally - Issaparty
Dry Cleaning - Her Hippo
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Lucia Honey - Fake Flowers in Bloom feat. Ruth Mascelli
Crap Date - Ephemera [Live at 95bFM 14/02/20]
Samara Alofa - Dnt Care
Samara Alofa - 111
Van Staden & Böhm (VSB) - Every Star
Team Dynamite - I Like That
Hasji - hasji meets shiraz uptown
Reb Fountain - The Last Word
Tom Tom Club - As Above So Below
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: the Mayor phones up the studio to chat to Rachel about what's happening in and around Auckland inSounding Off w/ Phil Goff; then, First World Problems 3.0's Sananda Chatterjee and Daniel Fernandez pop into studio to chat about the piece; and finally we talk robots on Ready, Steady, Learn, with PhD candidate in Department of Psychological Medicine, Debbie Johanson! All interspersed with the usual great tunes. Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Soft Plastics - I Love My Wife
Dry Cleaning - Leafy
Wurld Series - Eliminator
Babyteeth - Anyway
The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
Nadia Reid - Best Thing
Squid - Paddling [Edit]
Oceania - Kotahitanga
Louisa Nicklin - Water Around Her
Jane Inc. - My Oldest Friend
Wax Chattels - NRG [Live at The Kings Arms 26/05/17]
Angel Olsen - It's Every Season (Whole New Mess)
The Chills - Double Summer
N. T. Honey - Running with Wolves
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
L V J - YESS!
Mazzy Star - Into Dust
Mara TK - Highly Medicated
Sampa The Great - Energy feat. Nadeem Din-Gabisi
adam tukiri - Anna (On My Life) feat. Rizván
Voom - Relax
Moontype - About You
Björk - Army of Me
Courtney Barnett - Don't Do It feat. Vagabon (Sharon Van Etten cover)
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: the show kicks off with a stellar Political Commentarywith Rod Oram;Lazy Susan'sAnna King Shahab pops into the studio to chat about the fantastic new recipe book showcasing the best of Auckland's food scene, Auckland Eats; Nadia Reid comes up and gives us a beautiful treat of a performance ahead of her Opera House and Theatre Tour; and Sarah shows us what's new in music in Praise of Songs! Pretty bloody good stuff, so whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Warpaint - Paralysed [Gang of Four Cover]
Big Thief - Off You [Breeders cover]
Juan Wauters - Estas Escuchando feat. David El David Aguilar
I tēnei ata, we welcome the Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson as the third political leader in the Breakfast Show's rotation! This morning she and Rachel chat about calls for an apology for the Dawn Raids, the ever-present housing crisis, and feeling unsafe in Wellington Central. Whakarongo mai!
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joins ourWhat's Up? rotation of Aotearoa's political leaders, talking about the Dawn Raids, housing, and violence in Wellington Central; Rob Bollix spins our minds with an out-of-this-worldMind Trench; and Tim Batt pops up to studio for Mediabatt, chatting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and how housing announcements are reported in the media! Whakarongo mai!
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: it's a full to the brim show on this rainy Tuesday morning. Tune in to hear the usual goods, including a chat to Mayor Phil Goff about what's happening in Tāmaki Makaurau; Swallow the Rat come into studio to chat about their new single 'Don't' and upcoming record; award-winning playwright and performance poet Nathan Joe pops up to talk about DIRTY PASSPORTS, on at Basement Theatre now; and we expand our brain power in Ready Steady Learnchatting concussions with Dr. Vickie Shim! Whakarongo mai!
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: Penelope Noir and special guest Jacinta FitzGerald talk sustainable fashion on Fashun;Jenna Todd has a piping hot new book recommendation on Loose Reads;and Justine Sachs is on the line chatting plights, rights, and fights of the workforce in Red Dead Redemption! Whakarongo mai!
Playlist
Pickle Darling - Blushing
Fruit Juice Parade - doing nothing and getting recognition
b-lush - Floor
Van Staden & Böhm (VSB) - Every Star
serpentwithfeet - Amir
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders with the London Symphony Orchestra - Movement 2
Listen back to Milly and Rosetta chatting with all the winners at the IMNZ Taite Music Prize 2026! They sat down after the awards with KOMMI on behalf of Marlon Williams, winner of the Taite Award for Te Whare Tīwekaweka, Geneva AM winner of Best Independent Debut for PIKIPIKI, Carmel Bennett winner of the Independent Spirit Award, and Newzician winners of the Outstanding Music Journalism award. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson to chat about changes to the legal loophole through which illegal boarding houses are operating in Tāmaki Makaurau, and the large amounts of reports of illegal dumping across the city. Whakarongo mai nei!
Rosetta and Milly catch up with Penelope Noir after the Taite Awards last night - to chat about all the best looks from the evening! Whakarongo mai nei!
As a little mid-week treat for you, Jenna is up in the studio chatting pukapuka for Loose Reads - after the long weekend! She chats with Rosetta and Milly about Lily King, who Jenna is chatting to at the Auckland Writers Festival on Sunday May 17! Whakarongo mai nei.
Gab Vincent joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio for a chat about some of her mahi with the Auckland Writers Festival this year - including Streetside and Plot Twist, the latest addition to the lineup on May 17 which features a takeover at Q Theatre aimed at rangatahi! Whakarongo mai nei!
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