For her second week on the Wednesday show, Tracey chats to Ximena about New Zealand First’s renewed call for all Year 10 students to have access to programmes that promote healthy and safe relationships at school, in light of new research showing alarming rates of sexual violence among teens. Ximena also grills Tracey about Winston Peters' response in Parliament yesterday to the London terror attacks, where he said Islamic communities “must clean house” and “start with their own families”.
This week, Tess chat to Jamie Lee-ross from the National Party about immigration and gets into housing, infrastructure, and public services. We have our weekly Friday feature Neighbourhood Watch - this week Nicole Wedding runs us through everything new in Australian politics . And finally, Jack has a report on the on going debates regarding fishing management practices in New Zealand talking to both academics and MPI. All this and more on the Friday Wire - check out the full podcast here.
The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on the 14th of June 2017 at a 24-storey high tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, west London, England. bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson looks into what happened and the risk of something similar occuring in New Zealand.
This week on the show, Adam, Harry and Reuben explore the recently passed bill which would see housing development around Point England; look into reports surrounding a new wide-scale cyber attack and see if the world is on the verge of a global water crisis. They also chat with Andrew Little regarding the Labour intern scandle and their newly announced employee relations bill.
His Worship the Mayor calls in early to talk City Missions and sleeping rough at the recent Lifewise Big Sleepout. Shortfalls in housing, rehabilitation and education _all_ feed in to our homelessness numbers, so in action against such a complex problem ...where on Earth do we start?
In which Jacinda offers Mikey the job of campaign cryer; we talk Labour's new fiscal and cancer policies; and the housing crisis continues to cast its dark, long shadow.
It's been a minute since we've talked to His Worship and there's a fair whack to catch up on. Election promises for Auckland from political parties, stressful Council meetings, housing crises, and just who's paying for what?
On the lead up to the election we are focusing on livability, so we’re focusing on issues such as homelessness, poverty, and housing. This is timely considering the Green Party’s renting and insulation policy announced yesterday. Joel talked to Marama Davidson about this policy and how livable she thinks New Zealand is right now.
The goal is to create a New Zeland attraction with the equivalent magnetism as Big Ben or the Sydney Opera House, albiet a natural one.
The concept of the Eden Project is based off the original popular tourist attraction in Cornwall, England which opened in 2001.
Producer Jack Marshall spoke with an Eden Project trustee, Professor David Simmons, about revitalising Christchurch's red zone with greenery and water.
As the country awaits Winston Peter's decision on who will form the next government, Harry talks to Labour campaign chairperson and housing spokesperson Phil Twyford on how the party is sitting, whats been going on the past few weeks, and what to expect in the coming days if Labour is to lead.