The current benefits system is from a different time, harking back to times of World Wars and the Great Depression. The most common recipient of the benefit is no longer a male Pākehā war hero, but rather solo mothers, and disproportionately mothers who are Māori, Pasifika or have disabilities. These women are subjected to intrusive investigations, probing questions, regulations that keep them from seeking work, and policies that keep them from pursuing meaningful relationships.
95bFM reporter Rachel Simpson spoke to Georgie Craw, executive officer of Child Poverty Action Group. The group recently released a briefing paper calling for the government to take urgent action on the benefits system, which was delivered to the Prime Minister’s electoral office, along with a petition signed by 8,000 people.
With two motown legends and an R&B icon on our hands, you'll really have no choice but to bow out of your week in the grooviest manner possible. Kirsten's coming in hot with the trombone solo to end all trombone solos, and all to underscore a poignant discussion around the instrument's God-given name. How did the 'sackbut' come to be known as the 'trombone'? We don't know! But we can promise one thing: there will not be a shortage of hilarious gags to guide you through today, folks.
After years of speculation and concern, the Cadbury factory in Dunedin will close early next year. This will put more than 350 people out of a job, at least 200 will be made redundant by the end of this year. bFM reporter Mack Smith spoke to E tū Union Spokesperson Chas Muir about the closure.
It’s been revealed New Zealand sent over $200,000 towards North Korea aid until it was cut off last year. We talk to the Taxpayers Union, the group behind the revelations, about their claims that this was a waste of expenditure.
Ant Healey, Head of Operations at APRA AMCOS NZ, and newly minted Silver Scroll nominee Fazerdaze (a.k.a. Amelia Murray) talk to Mike about songwriting and the 2017 APRA Silver Scrolls longlist announce. After an initial 200 songs have been whittled to 20 by a jury of songwriter peers, what stands to happen next for both the award organisers and the award hopefuls?
Otago University is looking to cut around 200 jobs. Producer Jack Marshall spoke to Tertiary Education Union organiser Shaun Scott talking about the proposed staff cuts at Otago University and how this might effect the students and staff.
Bridge's voice made a disappearance the weekend before Laneway, so in order to continue on with a beauti chat with TOKiMONSTA, he became 'Tracy USA' via a text-to-speech website.
They talk through her new album Lune Rouge, her comeback after contracting moyamoya, remixes, and her favourite L.A. homecoming meal.
The University of Auckland's Dr. Peng Du won the $200,000 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize (wow) for his work on the human gut. Dr. Du talks about iIrritable bowel disease being a catch-all descriptor of a number of gut conditions, and he might have the hard-drive look-a-like technology to help this.
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