On December 7th, 1949, the government of the Republic of China relocated to the island of Taiwan after their defeat to the newly formed People's Republic of China in the country's decades-long civil war.
This Day in History uses newsreel footage from the time which reflects contemporary attitudes, these do not necessarily reflect the values and beliefs of 95bfm.
This week National MP Jami-Lee Ross talks to Kelly about the rising fuel prices around the country and who's to blame. He then explains the reason for the conflict in the House on Wednesday.
Kate is an ex-pat Kiwi and multi-award winning documentary filmmaker who is touring with her film Kangaroo - an eye-opening feature on the true seat of Australia's national animal icon within the country's national economy. Spoiler: it's definitely not the prized throne one might imagine for one of the world's most recognisable cultural symbols. See Kangaroo on limited release HERE.
Our Wire Worry week is sex work. The Swedish model of sex work has been adopted by a number of countries including Ireland quite recently and has been criticised as being unsafe for sex workers. Lachlan spoke with Dame Catherine Healy about the Swedish model and its problems, and why decriminalisation is a better, safer, model.
Climate Change Minister James Shaw joins Reuben again this week to discuss the Declaration for Ambition on climate change signed by 23 nations, including New Zealand, promising to boost climate targets by 2020 and calling on other nations to follow suit. They also talk about the country wide roadshow set up by the Ministry for the Environment to discuss the Zero Carbon BIll with the public and to take submissions.
Today we are joined by NZ First deputy leader and foreign affairs and regional development parlimentary under secretary Fletcher Tabuteau. What does a parliamentary under secretary do? Does he want to be the next leader of NZ First? How has Peters fared as leader of our country for the last 6 weeks? Harry has an introductory chat with Tabuteau.
Simons Bridges is back this week, and rips into the popular stories surrounding Aotearoa currently. He discusses Judith Collins questionable tweets, the countries small business owners (of which there are many!) and mental health funding. Mikey thinks that Nationals suggestions are starting to sound very Labouresque, what does Simon Say?
New Zealand is nominally a secular country, meaning the government and its ministries do not bind themselves to any particular religion. As a result, state-run schools are legally banned from enforcing one religion on their students - but a loophole in the law means state schools can invite local missionaries onto the premises to conduct religious instruction during classtime. Producer Dan talks to David Hines, spokesperson for the Secular Education Network, a group campaigning to remove the current legal loophole.
Producer of RNZ's documentary mini-series, Nia Phipps, chats to Mike about the Minimumwage and the stories of the woman who are faced with the struggles of our country's low working wages. The clips give the woman in the industries of jobs paying minimum wages a chance to be heard and to share their experiences with the wage in Aotearoa.
Don McGlashan has become woven into the fabric of our country. Along with the bounty of tracks from his solo career, Don has made music with From Scratch, Blam Blam Blam, The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn as well was scoring works for theatre, dance, television and film. He stopped in to bFM for a live performance while on his most recent tour.
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