Listen back to features and interviews from 95bFM's daily news & current affairs show, The Wire. Your hosts Sherry Zhang, Justin Wong Mary-Margaret Slack, Lillian Hanly, and Laura Kvigstad focus on the issues of Tāmaki Makaurau and elsewhere, in independent-thinking bFM style. Weekdays 12-1pm on 95bFM.
Felix reports on yesterday's announcement that the UK would ban Huawei's technology from use in their 5G network, and why everybody is so suspicious of Huawei.
This morning Lillian spoke to the Minister for the last time, we started by discussing Todd Muller’s resignation and Judith Collin’s appointment as National Party leader, before touching on some of the things Martin is most proud of during this government term and what she wants to work more on.
For Lillian's last show today, both Allan and Marcus are in studio for Dear Science with a bottle of bubbly, we discuss cannabis, the power of sunlight, and solar power.
We are going to do a little update on the National Party’s new leader and just the whole shambles that was these past couple months.
Felix reports on Huawei and 5G in the UK, and the wider implications of 5G conspiracies.
We have NZ First’s Tracey Martin on the show today and Lillian's last discussion they touch on some of her successes from the past government term, as well as what other work needs to be done, and discuss the new National Party leadership.
And Lillian finishes the show by running through some highlights of her time here, touching on Ihumātao, the Christchurch terror attacks, Ramadan, a chat with Cornel West, an interview about phosphate, an interview in Māori about Mahuru Māori, a report on the Covid-19 Response Bill, and a report on whiteness.
P.S the text machine wasn't refreshing so Lillian apologises for the claim on the show that there were no texts, there were!! And she's very grateful <3
This week on City Counselling, we talk to Cr Pippa Coom about equity in the budget, communication around funding for the shovel ready projects and the Climate Action Plan. 95bFM's Oscar Perress began by asking about the record submissions in Auckland Council's consultation process.
On Greendesk, Bronnie spoke to Michael Apathy about climate anxiety.
Oscar caught up with Councillor Pippa Coom about Auckland Council's emergency budget, infrastructure projects and climate action plan on City Counselling.
International Desk recounts on a history between France and Algeria.
Hanna talked to Isabella Lenihan-Ikin of the New Zealand Union of Student Associations about the government's plan to provide mental health services for students.
The remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters, which have been taken to France as trophies, have been repatriated from Paris to Algiers for burial. International Desk reports a history of French colonization in Algeria.
In a two part series, producer James Tapp covers the new updates to New Zealands privacy law, which comes into affect on December 1st, 2020. In this first part, James talks to Gehan Gunasekara, who is the chair of the New Zealand Privacy Foundation as well as an associate business professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in privacy. James also covers what it is going to be added amd starts of by asking Gehan what is new.
Recently the government announced a $32 million boost to strengthen drug and alcohol addiction services in Aotearoa. To discuss this and addiction struggles in New Zealand, Zoe Larsen Cumming interviewed the Deputy Executive Director of Programmes at the New Zealand Drug Foundation Ben Birks-Ang.
This week on The Monday Wire, we have our weekly chat with Green party co-leader James Shaw on The Clean Energy Plan.
Pacific Media Centre Contributing Editor Sri Krishnamurthi, with the latest in pacific news, from The Phillippines to West Papua.
95bFM reporter James Tapp brings us a piece on Privacy Law with THe University of Auckland's Gehan Gunasekara.
And finally, 95bFM Producer Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews the Deputy Executive Director of Programmes at the New Zealand Drug Foundation Ben Birks-Ang regarding a recent boost in funding to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
A huge thank you to everyone who spoke to us today.
This morning Lillian spoke to the Minister for the last time, we started by discussing Todd Muller’s resignation and Judith Collin’s appointment as National Party leader, before touching on some of the things Martin is most proud of during this government term and what she wants to work more on.
This week on Green Desk, Bronwyn talked about climate anxiety with Michael Apathy, a psychotherapist, ecotherapist and activist from Lucid Psychotherapy in Christchurch. The American Psychological Association defines climate anxiety as "a chronic fear of environmental doom". As predictions for the future of our planet grow increasingly dire, this fear manifests itself for many in a range of emotions from grief to anger. Michael talks about how he encourages his clients to deal with these emotions in a productive way, our collective amnesia when it comes to the climate, and how we cope with multiple, overlapping crises.
He started by explaining ecotherapy which, despite having been around for a number of years in the professions of counselling, psychology and psychotherapy, is still not well defined.
In recent weeks, the news in the United States has been filled with stories of statues and public spaces being altered or removed. These stories are usually connected with America’s racist past, with a particular eye towards the issue of slavery. Is the United States haunted by its racist past? What can it do to overcome this history? Doug Becker speaks with Jessica Auchter.
For more stories like this head to www.thebigq.org
The remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters, which have been taken to France as trophies, have been repatriated from Paris to Algiers for burial. International Desk reports a history of French colonization in Algeria.
This week, Mary-Margaret and Andrew discussed the proposed rewriting of the Official Information Act, the extension of the role of Children’s Commissioner to monitor the treatment of children in secure detention centres, and whether or not advocacy by an American lobby group is ‘interference in another country's electoral process'.
This week in Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe updates us on the situation at Melbourne Towers, and the border between Victoria and New South Wales being closed
The world is facing multiple crises from climate change to institutional racism to COVOD-19. Maria Armoudian speaks to three preeminent scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy, and psychology about the crossroads we are facing as a global community and the ways we can navigate them for the betterment of humanity.
For more stories like these head to www.thebigq.org
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