The Wire with Joel

Join Host Tess and Producer Joel in your Friday Wire as they talk about a press conference following the release of Nicky Hager's book ‘Hit and Run’, an interview with Alex Kazaglis, and a chat with Radio Adelaide’s Nicole Wedding for all the latest in Australian news and much more...

A National Party representative is calling for the return of corporal punishment in schools after a gang of teenages wreaked havoc over the weekend in the small Far North town of Kaikohe.  The gang, which consisted of children as young as 11, robbed a liquor store and vandalised a petrol station. But the Chair of the National Party's Kaikohe branch, Alan Price, says the underlying reasons for such youth disobedience is down to a lack of physical discipline, even going as far as saying it's a form of child abuse not to raise children with discipline. 95bFM reporter Adam Jacobson speaks with Julia Ioane, a Clinical psychologist who specialises in the area of youth justice, child behaviour and youth mental health about the subject, to really find out if there is any scientific backing to the calls for a return to physical discipline in the school system.

The OECD released a report yesterday which looked at the environmental performance of New Zealand. The report provides independent assessments of countries' progress in achieving environmental policy goals, as well as making policy recommendations.  The report warns that New Zealand’s high environmental quality of life is under threat from a lack of long-term planning.The country's growth is starting to show environmental limits, including increased greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater contamination and threats to biodiversity. 95bFM reporter Hannah Ross speaks to Otago University freshwater scientist Marc Schallenberg and Forest and Bird Chief Executive Kevin Hague about the findings of the report.

After a very successful launch in 2015, the Bachelor NZ is back to grace our screens every Sunday and Monday night, and the third season has promised audiences more romantic twists and turns than ever before. In a short space of time, it’s become a reality television staple for most Kiwis; a national institution if you will. Whether you love it, or you hate it, or you love to hate it, the truth is that we just can’t get enough of it. Earlier this week, Jogai spoke to research manager at the institute of culture, discourse, and communication at AUT Dr Philippa Smith, to develop a more critical insight into reality tv, and what exactly makes the Bachelor tick. We started out by asking why the more romantic sub-genres of reality tv tend to resonate with audiences so heavily.