Today on your bFM Breakfast: The sun is out and Tess is here to dish up Breakfast for you; catching up with Fabian Fanboy about the latest Hollywood hits; Dr. Kirsten Zemke is back and with a guest this time; and Zoë gets festive with Tess, while they talk theatre, obviously.
Anniversary albums is back for another year. This year we are going to be looking at albums from years with a 4 or 9. So this means 1964, 69, 74, 79, 84, 89, 94, 99, 04, 09.
Kicking things off, this week, Sam took a look at Manchester band New Order's fifth studio album "Technique." Released in 1989 during the height of the "second summer of love," this album captured the essence of the time with its dance and rave-heavy sound.
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced the government’s new provision for police, allowing them to issue move-on orders to rough sleepers and those displaying “disorderly behaviour” in cities throughout New Zealand.
Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced the government’s weakening of housing intensification plans in Auckland, reducing the maximum housing capacity from 2 million to 1.6 million.
The government has also taken its first step towards a new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport, by disestablishing the Ministry for the Environment, a process they say will make policy and planning more productive across these sectors.
This week US President Donald Trump signed an order to freeze billions of dollars in Federal grants and loans which, since this interview was conducted, has been rescinded.
Earlier today he signed an executive order to deport non-citizen pro-Palestine student protestors who have any convictions relating to those protests, including trespassing.
On the economic front, America nearly entered a trade war with Colombia over Trump’s deportation policies and the stock of tech giants, including OpenAI, plummeted earlier this week as Chinese company DeepSeek revealed their AI tech.
For our final State of the States, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about all of these topics as well as what the future of the Trump presidency could hold.