Mary-Margaret caught up with the Drug Foundation’s Ross Bell, who actually announced his resignation this morning. Ross discussed whether or not the electoral commission’s campaigning has been sufficient at informing voters about the choice they will make at the referendum.
It is said that it is difficult for smaller parties to re-enter parliament after losing their representation in the House. Jemima Huston speaks to Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere about what he thinks his party's standings are this election.
Justin discussed with Justice Minister Andrew Little on a Council of Trade Unions petition calling for more paid sick leave, recent cyber attacks, and the sentencing of the Christchurch terrorist.
Justin and Zoe chatted about the federal government's decision to ban mobile phones from migrant detention centres, the state of Victoria making victims of sexual violence getting a court order before speaking out, and Melbourne prosecuters not pressing charges on two police officers responsible for the death of an Aboriginal woman.
This week on City Counselling, 95bFM's Oscar Perress and Councillor Richard Hills discussed the last couple of weeks in Auckland Council, the 10-year plan and what the run in to a general election means for local government.
Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews Alistair Landels on natural language processing in Artificial Intelligence, which helps bots understand and interact with humans on a more casual and conversational level.
Local Government NZ is calling for both the central and local government terms to be extended to four years. Jemima Huston speaks to their President Stuart Crosby about why both government terms need to be extended, what support exists for this proposal and how the councils plan to get the bid over the line.
This week Jemima Huston speaks to New Zealand First's Tracey Martin about the new relationship and sexuality guidelines for schools as well as the party's views on LGBTQI+ policy and the Rainbow Election 2020 policy tool.
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