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On The Wire with India, Lucy and Mack, hear about the state of emergency in Vanuatu where a volcano is causing thousands of people to evacuate. Marama Fox from the Māori Party and Geoff Simmons from TOP dicuss how each party fared in the election.
We also hear from a Three-Minute Thesis winner interested in fast/slow fashion, the founder of inclusive music collective Moments, and about a new street newspaper for K’Road’s fringe community.
After ten months of campaigning, The Opportunities Party gained 2.2 percent of the vote, meaning they are fell well below the 5 percent threshold needed to gain a seat in Parliament.
India spoke to the party’s deputy leader Geoff Simmons about what’s next for the party, whether he’ll be taking over the leadership from Gareth Morgan, and why he believes the Greens should consider a coalition with National.
Auckland’s leading skate brand affiliated radio show is returning home for summer - tune in for a huge
range of sweet music, classic bantz, the hottest of takes, and advice on how to cuff your pants.
Arcade Radio, with Mike, Jono, Eddy, Nat, and special guests every week. Only on 95bFM.
The NZCTU says major structural changes to the economy have left workers out of pocket, $11,500 dollars to be exact. Reuben McLaren speaks to NZCTU economist Bill Rosenberg to find out more.
Renee Jones - longtime Saturday Afternoon host, cartoonist, and industrious music industry worker -- tells of arriving at 95bFM in 1989, after an obsessive love affair with the station which began in her first year of high school. Being fired from Freak The Sheep, being considered "old school" while in her mid 20s, and deciding to marry her husband after hearing him on the radio (but not meeting him until later). (Episode 26 Parts 1-2 of 2)
Covering all things extreme weather and climate, Ella brings you Under the Weather. This week she covers flash flooding across the world, record cold temperatures and a new record for the global average greenhouse gas concentrations.
The Ring Inz is a comedy television show that airs Thursday nights on Maori TV, about a Kapa Haka group trying to overcome their differences, in order to put on the performance of a lifetime at Nationals. With New Zealand film and television veterans Hori Ahipene and Katie Wolfe at the helm, The Ring Inz is certainly not one to miss. bFM's Jogai Bhatt caught up with one of the producers of the show, Vivienne Wigby, to learn a little more.
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