For our weekly catch-up Caeden speaks to Minister Andrew Little about Labour’s policies to combat the cost of living crisis and an open letter calling to scrap the acceptable standards of health criteria for visa applications.
For City Counselling, News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins speaks to Auckland Councillor Shane Henderson about the council deciding on whether to establish seats for Māori representatives and on-street parking prices increasing across the city.
Beth speaks with Professor of Tax Law at the University of Auckland Craig Elliffe, about the economic viability of a Wealth tax in Aotearoa.
She also speaks to co-leader of the Green Party Marama Davidson about the Greens’ Income Guarantee Plan.
Olivia speaks to Massey University Business School’s Māori Economist Mathew Roskruge about Labour's pledge to make financial literacy compulsory at schools.
She also speaks to Chief Executive of Tourism Industry Aotearoa Rebecca Ingram about the role of Aotearoa’s tourism industry in our economy.
Bird feeding. It's one of life's simple pleasures that leads to rats, botuilism, and skewed biodiversity.
Though basic knowledge of bird feeding guidelines is present in Aotearoa, it is more often than not ignored, as demonstrated by the loaves of white bread that lay scattered in Auckland's Western Springs park.
Auckland regional representative for Birds NZ, Ian Mclean shares, his expert knowledge on what really happens when we feed birds.
The environment committee has unanimously recommended that the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill should be passed in its entirety.
This means that if parliament votes for this recommendation there will be 19 new protection areas in the Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
Many environmental organisations have welcomed this possibility and highlighted its importance.
Rawan spoke with Bianca Ranson from forest and bird about what this new bill would mean, why it is important and how it incorporates local iwi and hapu values.
Wire host Caeden speaks to Labour’s Shanan Halbert about Labour’s new policy to sanction Israel and the Ngāpuhi led protests against 7AA repeal this week.
State of the States makes a return! They speak to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about the newly announced Harris/Walz ticket this election campaign.
And they speak to Dr Kevin Trenberth from the University of Auckland on the record levels of carbon in our atmosphere.
Producer Sofia speaks to Councillor Shane Henderson about rates in Auckland and Council investing $47 million in parks and community facilities over the next three years.
She also speaks to Senior Campaigner at Amnesty International Aotearoa, David Vega, about a recent report from Aotearoa Justice Watch.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about Waitangi Day and the new ‘State of the Nation’ report from the Salvation Army.
And for the inaugural International Desk, 95bFM’s new segment focused on breaking and under-reported news from around the globe, they speak to Brock University’s Dr. Jordan House about California’s use of incarcerated individuals as firefighters.
For City Counselling this week, Producer Sofia catches up with Councillor Fairey about further criticism regarding Auckland Council’s proposed restrictions on dog walking, as well as further criticism on the decision process to move the Western Springs speedway to Waikaraka Park.
And she speaks to co-President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists and Principal Investigator in Te Pūnaha Matatini Centre of Research Excellence, Troy Baisden, about US President Donald Trump cutting and limiting rafts of funding for science and health research and its implications.
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