The Wire w/ Joel: 20 January, 2025

This week on the Monday Wire:

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party's Simon Court, Producer Evie speaks to Simon about yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle, the Regulatory Standards Bill, and the technical issues with the Treaty Principles Bill submissions.

News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to a  Lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at the University of Otago, Dr Olivier Jutel, about the US TikTok ban, and whether he believes there are any bases for this ban in the United States.

Joel also speaks to 95bFM’s own Sam Ashton, aka ‘Smashton;’ co-host of the Top Ten, who is also a TikTok content creator with over 307k followers, about his thoughts on the US TikTok ban, and whether he believes this will create implications for New Zealand-based content creators.

Evie speaks to Chief Executive of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Paul Goulter about Simeon Brown replacing Dr Shane Reti as Minister of Health.

And Global Innovator, Matt Hart, joins us in studio to discuss part-time jobs and summer jobs.

Whakarongo mai!