Disclaimer: Genevive Forde's views are not representative of the view of 95bFM. In the interest of democracy for this local election, we have given every candidate the opportunity to be heard.
Following our local election coverage, mayoral candidate, Genevieve Forde, joins to discuss her vision for a sustainable and environmentally friendly Tāmaki Makaurau.
Forde's key ideas are around reducing the pollution created by transport. She’s looking to transition our buses to electric buses, incentivise the use of public transportation by making it free and, potentially increase rates in order to pay for the transition towards a more sustainable Auckland.
She gives a quick introduction before diving into her policy ideas.
Law and Order Spokesperson for New Zealand First Darroch Ball, does not support drug checking as a harm reduction strategy and is currently blocking a clarification of the Misuse of Drugs Act that would allow the service to be implemented nationally. To find out more, Olivia Holdsworth spoke to KnowYourStuffNZ’s Managing Director, Wendy Allison and began by asking why is drug testing important?
Parliamentary submissions on the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill were open recently, from the 6th to the 10th of November. The New Zealand Law Society presented its submission to Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee yesterday, highlighting a number of concerns about the Bill's substance, as well as the urgency with which it has proceeded.
The Bill was introduced last month by Justice Minister Andrew Little to impose restrictions on New Zealanders suspected of terrorism-related activity overseas attempting to return home. This came shortly after Prime Minister Jacinda Arden warned extremist Mark Taylor (who is currently believed to be detained in Syria) that if he came back to New Zealand he would face “the full force of the law”
Producer Bronwyn Wilde spoke to Geoff McLay of the New Zealand Law Society about their submissions. He began by noting the Bill's blurring of the realms of criminal and civil law.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we have a coronavirus update, a milestone in forming metallic hydrogen and habitable planets orbiting black holes.
Lillian spoke to Amnesty International about the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Myanmar to take ‘provisional measures’ to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya community.
Felix spoke to the New Zealand International Student’s Association about the impact that the government’s travel ban is having on students returning for study.
Lillian also spoke to Tina Ngata about the lead up to Waitangi Day and putting constitutional transformation on the agenda for the upcoming elections.
Justin talked to Paul Thompson, the Chief Executive of Radio New Zealand, to talk about the decision to move classical music station Concert FM to the AM frequency, in order to set up a new youth-oriented station.
Justin started by asking the direction of the new youth station.
First up, The National Party’s, Denise Lee, is back. This week they discuss the loss of three National Party MPs ahead of the 2020 election and the coalitions governments homelessness package and why it has prompted criticism for National's previous moves while in leadership.
Then, Rachel Simpson gives us a report analysing the wellness industry and some of the dangerous claims that are made in order to sell products.
Then, Laura Kvigstad revisits the subject of vaping through the lens of a whanau informed viewpoint emphasising the importance of viewing vaping as a harm reduction tool. I speak with the CEO of Hāpai Te Hauora and acting Kaiwhakahaere of the National Tobacco Control Advocacy Service, Selah Hart.
Finally, Benjamin J Goldson gives us his weekly coverage of America's election in Neutral Corner… this week he’s looking at the New Hampshire primary.
This week National's Denise Lee joins Laura Kvigstad to discuss Simon Bridges plans to cut the red tape, deregulating industries in order to stimulate the economy. Then they chat about the pay equity amendment bill and why it's stalled on it's second reading. Finally, they chat about National advocating for coalition government to stall the minimum wage increase set to begin on April 1st, 2020.
Then, Sam Denne speaks to Chloe Ann King, an advocate for hospitality workers and a research assistant at AUT.
Next, Laura speak with Amnesty International’s Policy and Advocacy Manager, Annaliese Johnston about the upcoming review by the United Nations into the Rights of Children in Aotearoa.
Finally, Louis Laws speaks to Samuel Vye from Environment Conversation Technologies about predator-control drones.
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