Prime Minister Bill English has suggested that the TPPA should go ahead without the US. bFM reporter Momoko spoke with Professor Jane Kelsey who thinks that this would impact negatively on New Zealand as a whole, and Business NZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope, who thinks moving forward with the TPPA Deal is New Zealand’s most viable option to prevent isolation from the world’s trading markets.
This week Pearl speaks to Andrew about the election date, Bill English's recent comments on Labour and Trump's immigration ban, the refugee and immigration quotas, and the party's working future plan.
In Prime Minister Bill English’s State of the Nation speech yesterday, he announced a major policy to boost the police force by more than 1000 extra police staff. 95bFM reporter Leroy Martin speaks to Green Party Criminal Justice Spokesperson David Clendon about the new policy.
Yesterday was Waitangi Day, the day we commemorate the signing of New Zealand's founding document the Treaty of Waitangi. Things were relatively quiet this year, although there was the issue of the media being banned from the lower Te Tii Marae, and the Prime Minister Bill English not showing up to Waitangi on the day. On Sunday, Vice New Zealand held a special panel discussion on Waitangi Day. Reporter Sam Smith went along and filed this report.
Auckland University Politics lecturer Assosiate Proffesor Jennifer Curtin speaks to Hannah about Bill English's respone to Donald Trump's Muslim ban, as well as the Labour/Green joint State of the Nation speech.
This week, Ximena and Adam spoke about the DIGMYIDEA Māori Innovation Challenge, gender disparities in journalism, the Green Party's "generational divide", a new advocacy group for people with disabilities, and Bill English's drug test comments.
79-year-old Fang Ruzhen immigrated to Auckland to help raise her grandchildren. Fifteen years on English is still a foreign language, but she has found community with other elderly Chinese expats on her weekly bus rides to the Asian supermarkets of East Auckland. Filmmaker Julie Zhu is set to make a documentary about this community through the Loading Docs program. bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson talked with Julie about the project.
Another great show. Featuring Rob Bollix and his sports and Emmerdale Farm report. 5 Thirsty With Dudes - Moa Five Hop English IPA review. Tony Tunes - 5 very cool new songs.
95bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson speaks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about some of Prime Minister Bill English's comments over the past weekend regarding abortion law reform and potentially shortening jail sentences for prisoners who pass literacy programmes.
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