Listen back to features and interviews from 95bFM's daily news and current affairs show. Joel Armstrong, Castor Chacko, Oto Sequeira, and Caeden Tipler focus on the issues of Tāmaki Makaurau and elsewhere in independent-thinking bFM style. Monday-Thursday 12-1pm on 95bFM.
Caeden speaks to Palestine Solidarity Network Chair John Minto about a key international human rights issue in 2023, the occupation of Palestine.
They also speak to Greenpeace Aotearoa Deep Sea Mining Campaign lead James Hita about international campaigns to ban deep sea mining in territorial and international waters.
Beth speaks with Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland Moeata Keil about the equity of healthcare access in Aotearoa, especially for Māori and Pacific communities, and minority groups such as the LGBTQIA+ community.
Olivia speaks to Senior Analyst, Threat and Incident Response of CERT NZ, Sam Leggett, about cybersecurity threats and attacks.
She also speaks to Chief Online Safety Officer at Netsafe, Sean Lyons, about the spread of misinformation and disinformation in online spaces.
The AUKUS alliance made between the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States saw the unveiling of plans for eight new nuclear-powered submarines, costing $368 billion in total.
The plans come as tensions rise in the Pacific, especially between China and the United States.
Whether or not New Zealand should join the alliance is up for debate.
Kaze interviewed Mark Roach, a spokesperson for the Anti-AUKUS Coalition, and asked him why he thinks New Zealand shouldn’t join AUKUS.
A record immigration jump of 96,000 people during the first half of this year has sparked both hopes and fears for our economy. To get to the bottom of this, I got two perspectives: one seeing how the jump would affect consumers, and another seeing how it would affect businesses.
First Arno spoke to economist Dr Kirdan Lees. They spoke about housing availability, the Super Visa, and the cost of living.
Next Arno spoke to barrister and contributor to The Indian Weekender Dave Ananth. They spoke about the effect of rising immigration on businesses, and about policy to attract skilled migrants to our country.
For our weekly catch-up with the Green Party, News, and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Golriz Ghahraman about their calls to double the Best Start payment, grant amnesty for people who have 'overstayed', their visas, and hold international powers to account for human rights abuses.
Nicholas spoke to the Epsom candidate for The Opportunities Party Dr Nina Su about the party's housing and foreign policy.
Arno interviewed Sense Partners economist Dr Kirdan Lees and barrister and columnist Dave Ananth about how rising immigration numbers may impact Aotearoa's economy.
And Kaze spoke to Mark Roach from the Anti-AUKUS coalition about the possibility of New Zealand joining the alliance.
For our weekly catch-up with the Green Party, News, and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Golriz Ghahraman about their calls to double the Best Start payment, grant amnesty for people who have 'overstayed', their visas, and hold international powers to account for human rights abuses.
This week for the Tuesday Wire Milly has a chat with Christopher Coker, Auckland Central Candidate for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. For more info about the party, you can head to this link: https://www.alcp.org.nz/
This week for Milly's final Wire, Allan Blackman joins us for Dear Science where we discuss the Nobel Prize award winners.
Milly has her weekly catchup with the National Party's Dr Shane Reti about the party's policies on foreign affairs.
Milly also speaks to Christopher Coker from the Aotearoa Legalise Canabis Party about why they believe their single-issue party is needed to push for the legalisation of cannabis.
This week's election coverage is focused on foreign affairs.
Rawan had our weekly catch up with the ACT Party's Simon Court to speak about some of the party's immigration policies.
Rawan also spoke to Manase Lua from the Aotearoa Tongan Response Group about how migrant exploitation is being tackled during election season.
Rosetta spoke to Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland, about his view on introducing an independent body to review economic policy.
Rosetta also spoke to Nick Goodall, Head of Research at CoreLogic about their analysis of the National Party's foreign buyers policy.
Finally, Rosetta spoke to Kathleen Ryan, the activist who organised the largest women's march in Aotearoa's history 40 years ago.
University of Auckland professor of Experimental Economics Ananish Chaudhuri is calling for Aotearoa to adopt an independent body for economic policy fact-checking. He wants us to model after the US Congressional Budget Office, in order to improve accessibility to understanding policy, and hold parties to a higher standard of economic accuracy.
Rosetta spoke to Ananish about his ideas and what more needs to be done to improve the reliability of budgeting policy
The national party is claiming that under their foreign buyers policy, 740 million dollars will be raised each year. This is under the framework of 2000 homes being bought above 2 million dollars, with a tax of 15 %. The accuracy of these numbers have been questioned by many, and CoreLogic is just one of the research entities investigating these. Rosetta spoke to Nick Goodall, head of research at Core Logic, about his report which points out large fiscal holes in National’s foreign buyers plan.
The Healthcare exec Brian Thompson was shot dead by a masked assailant last week.
The crime has gained significant controversy and attention online, with many using it to restart the debate on the inequities of the United States healthcare system.
And this week Yale University was the latest college to commit to divesting from weapons manufacturing after a student vote.
For State of the States this week Wire Host Caeden speak to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about both of these topics.
The government as announced their plan for the Cook Strait ferry a year after they scrapped Labour’s plan, including cancelling the ferries the Labour government had ordered.
And a new report from the Ministry of Social Development has revealed nearly a quarter of beneficiaries are not receiving their correct entitlements.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about both of these topics.
For City Counselling this week, producer Sofia caught up with Councillor Shane Henderson about proposed time-of-use charging to solve congestion problems in Tāmaki and Council selling their remaining Auckland Airport shares last week.
The Green party recently released He Ara Anamata - the Green party’s emissions reduction plan.
The document covers more than 10 areas of the economy and energy Sector that a Greens-led government would be looking to adapt to minimise carbon emissions and protect the natural landscapes of Aotearoa.
It also comes 5 months after the government released their own draft emissions plan. Numerous experts pointed out that the government is behind on their own plan’s targets to meet the crucial emissions budget for 2031-2035.
For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March to discuss the party’s new emissions reduction plan and how they would address climate and the economy in a greens-led government.
Last election, one of the National Party’s main campaign promises was to be ‘tough on crime’, promising to increase police coverage and penalties for crimes. A target was set to increase the number of police officers by 500 by November 2025, however some police leaders today say this goal is unrealistic.
The government also announced this week some shakeups to insulation standards, which they say should make houses more affordable.
In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Tom Rutherford, Wire host Castor spoke to him about police staffing targets and new insulation standards.
This week on Dear Science, our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin chatted with us about what latrines teach us about people, climate variation affecting Chinese dynasties, and invasive species becoming threatened.
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Last week it was revealed that two of the ten participants in the government's pilot bootcamp programme were on the run.
The youth were two months into the community rehabilitation phase of the programme, following the three month youth justice residence phase. Both teens were found in the weekend, but had allegedly reoffended, and are now set to come before the court.
For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, who have been heavily advocating for this programme, Producer Evie spoke to Simon Court about this incident.
She also talks to him about proposed changes to employment law which would give employers the power to dismiss workers earning over $180,000 without the employee refuting the decision.
And finally, she talks to him about David Seymour’s incumbent run as Deputy Prime Minister, which is set to begin in May of next year.
For City Counselling this week, Producer Sofia spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about changes to Auckland Transport’s responsibilities, nationwide bus and train fare hikes, and concerns over the opening of the City Rail Link.
For State of the States this week, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Andre Fa'aoso from the Yale Daily News about President Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden, who was due to be sentenced next week for three felony charges.
They also discuss Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, who is the latest in a long list of unorthodox picks for government positions from Trump
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