This week, Jogai, Harry, and Lucy chat to Leonie Morris to learn more about the Government cutting funding for the Auckland Women's Centre, and Harry has a report on fake news! bFM reporter Katie Doyle catches up with David Seymour to chat about his new proposal for the Government to fund intraoperative radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients. Our weekly Thursday feature State of the States has returned - this week Harry chats to Nick about James Comey's upcoming testimony to the US Senate Intelligence Comittee, and Andrew Little is back for our weekly chat. All this and more on the Thursday Wire - check out the full podcast here.
We speak to lawyer Graeme Edgeler about The Taxpayers' Union 'invoicing' Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei, saying she must pay back the "money she stole from taxpayers", before she can have any credibility as a Member of Parliament. They put the figure at $57,000 but Edgeler says that number doesn't add up.
The statment is referring to Turei's admission that when she was a solo mum in the early 90's she lied to WINZ about her living situation so that her benefit wouldn't get cut.
We then speak to the Executive Director of The Taxpayers Union about Edgeler’s concerns with the figures, and our own calculations which showed the figure to be much lower.
Today on the Wire, we deliver you a packed full Friday show of news and political commentary:
First up, producer Conor caught up with Professor Jane Kelsey from the University of Auckland Law Department. Kelsey updated us on the recent developments in negotiations of the TPP, and discussed possible motivations for states to pursue or reject the deal. National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross chats about the discussions occurring around the TPP agreements in Manila, and Kelly challenges some of National's views on the matter. They then talk about cabinet committees and the first week of a Labour parliament. Producer Laura talks with Rail and Maritime Transport Union Spokesperson, John Kerr, about a petition to Auckland Transport on the cutting of staff on trains and buses. Today on Neighbourhood Watch with Nicole Wedding from Radio Adelaide: Australian Labor MP Sam Dastyari was ambushed in a pub and attacked with racist comments. The Victorian disability minister urgently intervened to remove a man with a profound intellectual disability from prison. And finally, further controversy around the legislation of same-sex marriage. Producer Laura then talks with the Sustainability Manager at Reclaim, Peter Ralph, about recycling week and the efforts to raise awareness around the importance of recycling.
Lucy Austin Speaks to Emmy Rakete from People Against Prisons Aotearoa about their protest against solitary confinement.
On the Green desk, Conor Mercer speaks with Caitlin Carew from Forest and Bird about the declining Hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin population on the Whenua Hou sanctuary Island in Foveaux Strait.
Pacific academic Scott Hamilton says New Zealand shares some of the blame for conflict on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. Mack Smith finds out more.
Jack Marshal has a chat to landscape architect Thomas Woltz about the future of Cornwall Park and the legacy of private philanthropy.
Lastly, the Pacific nation of Palau has lost as much as half of its tourism economy cut after China imposed a ban. Mack Smith talks to an expert in Taiwan-Pacific relations to understand why.
Stuart McCutcheon, Vice Chancellor of The University of Auckland, speaks with Lucy Austin about the direction of the university and the recent controversy surrounding the closure of the Creative Arts libraries:
In light of recent events such as the library closures and funding to arts being repeatedly cut I thought it was important to have a chat with the man in charge himself, Vice Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon. The most significant criticism has been a lack of communication with both students and staff. With bFM being the university radio station it seemed the perfect platform to open up this dialogue and get to know the Vice Chancellor a bit better. This is part of a two part series, the second half focuses on the library closures and construction work. Lucy Austin started the interview by asking Stuart to share a little bit about how he came to his role.
This weeks on bMovies, Director Andy Deere is one half of the brains behind Bludgeon, the documentary about competitive medieval combat in New Zealand. Swords. Axes. Armour. The name says it all. And 95bFM's Amelia Berry reviews The Green Fog, she reckons it encapsulates funny art. The film is a modern love letter to Hitchcock's Vertigo, cut together from clips of iconic San Franciscan films and TV shows. A surreal romp through cinematic history.
Lots of requests today! So cool to hear your favourite songs played on the radio :)
Roald Dahl - The Magic Finger (read by Helen Lederer)
Tomi Ungerer - The Three Robbers
Eddie Spaghetti - Wake Up, Wake Up
Itty Bitty Beats - Ellie The Elephant
Chanelle & Friends - If I Was a Fuzzy Bumblebee
Dan & Dani - A Spider Looking at Me
John Williamson - Old Man Emu
Alma Cogan - In the Middle of the House
Cy Winstanley - Marley Sitting on a Pumpkin Seed
Kath Bee - What's a Bug
Stan Freberg - Banana Boat Song
Dan & Dani - Do The Dinosaur Stomp!
Egad Mildred - Allis the Little Tractor Farmyard Song
Eve Karpf - Molly Whuppie
Mike Phirman - Cat Cat Frog Frog
The Moe Show - Cutting Shapes on the D Floor
Levity Beet - Piranha
Mr Roberelli - Better to be Stationery Than to be Paper
Keith Mitchell - The Ginger Cat
It's Jenn's first show of 2019 and she makes heaps of mistakes! But don't worry, they've all been cut out of this podcast so they now only exist in the fading memory of live listeners and her own deep supressed shame. Tune in to hear tracks from Dolly Parton, Amel Larrieux, Sinkane and, Cowgirl Clue. Is an oxford comma cool? This show also features many questions about astrology </3 are star signs cool? .... Maybe there's a potential segment in this? ?
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