For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about moss in space, a use for mosquitos, and how turtles detect magnetic fields
For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Sara spoke to MP Carl Bates about the recently updated Social Housing Plan, and the government’s decision to “pause” access to puberty blockers.
For Green World, News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Sebastian Gehreke, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Climate and Energy Finance Group at the University of Otago, about COP30, and New Zealand not joining over 80 other countries in agreeing to a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
Thanks for tuning in team! Fun wee show today, featuring some stellar new releases from Kelly Lee Owens, Hayley Heynderickx and Max García Conover and IMU.
Traveling through space and time we played a heap of faves from here, there and everywhere. Payfone, Brian Jackson & Masters At Work, Joshua Idehen, Dudley Benson & Princess Chelsea, TUSH and Italianz (w/a cover of an Oz classic) all featured.
Playlist
Maxisand - Don't Be Talking About That (Vocal)
Italianz - Come Said The Boy
Drifting Clouds - Bawuypawuy
Payfone - Dime Algo
Jodesha & Star Ride - The Answer
Brian Jackson & Masters At Work - Racetrack in France feat. J. Ivy & Moodymann
Joshua Idehen - Don't Let It Get You Down
Soichi Terada & Byron the Aquarius - Bamboo Fighter (Byron the Aquarius Remix)
Autumns - Taste for Someone
Danse Macabre (Jane and Oscar) - Homebody Aliens
Jack Bromwich - He Waits Alone
Saya Gray - LIE DOWN..
ngaru - 4AM COCO WATER
From Outside - Roll Call (Prod. by Gram)
Nathan Haines - Just Holdin' On feat. Eo (Christoph El Truento Remix)
Nima Astria - deny
Kill Murray - Smoke Blowbacks
Yeah Bo! - Yeah Bo! (Groove On Mix)
TUSH - Like a Rock
Babe Martin - Summer Fruit
A Good Year - Push & Pull feat. Helena Gao
Sword II - Sentry
Deva Mahal - Sometimes Good
funlifebreakupsuite - Shedding
Hemi Hemingway - Wings of Desire
Hatchie - Carousel
Casual Healing - E Mama
Midnight Green - Snow
Dudley Benson - Pūrerehua (Princess Chelsea Remix)
Amamelia - Summerlong
piso franco - ja plou
AKL MADZ - 7pm in west auckland (ft. Church, MELODOWNZ, The Shogun, Habibi Double G, Hunnarr & Kaio)
Molly is joined in the studio by Toody Cole, the aptly dubbed 'Godmother of Rock n Roll'. Toody has returned to Aotearoa to play music from the catalogue of the infamous garage-rock pioneers Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows. Toody played bass and sung in both bands alongside her husband Fred Cole, who passed away in 2017. This time around, Toody's band is comprised of Pierced Arrows bandmate Kelly Haliburton, as well as Kelly's bandmate, Christopher March, from Jenny Don't & The Spurs. Toody plays Tāmaki tonight before heading across the country and then making a final stop back at Galatos for The Others Way 2025. Whakarongo mai nei!
Josh discusses the rescue mission underway for the astronauts stranded at the Tiangong space station, NASA's plans in early 2026 to send a space mission to the moon, and new images of the interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS.
Bomb The Green Belt - Elijah Minnelli
Creating Extinction Pt. 1 (Justin Robertson Remix - Five Green Moons Club Dub) - Dash UK
Left To - Katatonic Silentio
Debochado - Chá di Lirian
Pa Que Tiemble - Entrañas
Soum Bat - Manuka Honey
Raiden - Arrabalero
Ángeles y Querubines - Plastic Toy Sounds
La Cosa (ft. El Gusano) - DJ Fitness
¿Si Amo? - Turbo Sonidero
¿Si Amo? (Sonido Dueñez Version) - Turbo Sonidero
Carettinae - Los Pulpitos
Paradise 23 - Auntie Flo
World Of Lens - DJ Ojo
No Hoist - DJ Ojo
Beginn / Drücken - Kreidler
Neap Version - Mick Harris
No Sound (ft. Nikita T) - Big Leg
Decay.fold - Xenia Reaper
Airdrop 01 (Jim's Dubs) - Low End Activist
Airdrop 09 (Baldy's Bins) - Low End Activist
Nighthawks - Bastien Keb
Computer Games Intro / Night Trawler - Stan Medcalf
Boss - Oliver Night + Roots Manuva
See Above (Radioactiveman's See Below Remix) - Radioactive Man
Nowadays [version] - Powell
Mean Old Man - Big Leg
Renewal And Regeneration - Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Feeling Everything All At Once - Yushh
envio_8 - J. Albert
The Glow (Slowed + Reverb) - Moon Dust
Los Balleza - Debit
C. Tropical - Sonido Dueñez
Showdown - Naïm Amor & Kid Congo Powers
Tucson Safari - Naïm Amor & Kid Congo Powers
The Man Who Took My Sunglasses ii - Khruangbin
Ripple - Upsammy
Glow Up Throw Up - Roza Terenzi
Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka announced the government’s release of the new social housing investment plan which aims to shift to a “needs-based, data driven approach”.
The new flexible fund includes $41 million dollars in operating funding over the next four years, and the government have stated they expect to support up to 770 social homes and affordable rentals in the initial phase.
As well, Health Minister Simeon Brown last week announced a Cabinet decision to stop new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people identifying as trans or experiencing gender dysphoria.
The rule, in effect from 19th of December, is based on recommendations from a UK National Health Service review which determined that the evidence to the benefits or risks of the treatment was “remarkably weak”.
The government is expected to pause new prescriptions until the outcome of a clinical trial being conducted in the UK, expected to be completed in 2031.
Wire Host Sara spoke with MP Carl Bates about all of these topics, firstly by asking about the flexible fund which will replace the so-called ‘patchwork of programmes’ in place for social housing.
Molly speaks with Craig Robertson, a professor in Media Studies at Northeastern University over in the U.S., former writer for Aotearoa’s longest running music mag Rip It Up, who's back in Aotearoa to tour his newly published book, Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly. Published via Auckland University Press, the biographry is a comprehensive account of Knox's life and career from Invercargill to current day. It's an honest account of an artist who's innumerable creative outputs since the '70s have cemented his place as behemoth in the musical landscape and cultural history of this country.
You'll be able to catch Craig in conversation with Russell Brown at Real Groovy from 6pm, alongside Don McGlashan and SJD, Groopchat and Gemma Gracewood.
Happy Rāhina e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today: Whakataukī o tēnei wiki with Arini Loader, Fashun with Penelope Noir, This Is How We Brew It with Christian, Loose Reads with Suri, and bosom selecta with Renee from Gang Of Four. Plus, tune in all week to win Dropper's debut album on CD, and tickets to see Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. Whakarongo mai nei!
Christian is chatting with Rosetta and Milly about the price and market of coffee - including how our very boujee bean of the week has come to be: the new Ethiopian filter Koke Shalaye, launching on Wednesday! Whakarongo mai nei!
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