Today on your bFM Breakfast: After the tragedy on Friday, it's undeniably a sombre Monday; Pennie joins Mikey in studio with special guests from the Fashun world; Professor Peter Lineham talks about the tragedy with Mike; Jenna brings in some books that help our perspective; and Natural Ange is doing what she can to help you grieve. Hard to know what to say, so we're looking to music for solace.
A new non-government organisation, The Backbone Collective, has launched fighting the battle against domestic violence in New Zealand. The organisation gives a voice to women survivors of violence to help push change in the right direction. Using surveys gives the organisation a chance to hear what the women who have suffered or are suffering need in order to feel safe enough to speak out. 95bFM reporter, Tess Barnett, spoke to Deborah Mackenzie from The Backbone Collective about the state of domestic violence in New Zealand and what they believe is critical to bringing change.
In the wake of today’s sweeping executive order by US President Donald Trump to reverse efforts to address climate change and instead protect the oil, gas and coal industries, Greenpeace New Zealand is preparing to go and confront his agenda at sea. Oil giants Chevron and Statoil are currently using the world’s biggest seismic ship, the 125-metre long Amazon Warrior, to search for oil off the Wairarapa Coast. Greenpeace New Zealand Executive Director Dr Russel Norman says Greenpeace will head out to sea for protest in the coming weeks. bFM reporter Ambrose O’Meagher speaks to Russel to find ouot more.