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The NZ election that matters

 The NZ election that matters The NZ election that matters, 10.58 MB
Thu 19 Oct 2017

This year's forest and bird bird of the year competition is getting heated. The race is on and the dirty politics have been played. Will the kereru fly across the finish line ahead of the Kea? Harry spoke to campaign coordinator Kim Collins to find out more.

Council of Trade Unions: NZ more expensive if you are poor

 Council of Trade Unions: NZ more expensive if you are poor.mp3 mp3, 24.63 MB
Wed 18 Oct 2017

A new quarterly Consumer price index report has been released by Statistics New Zealand.

The consumer price index, or CPI,  measures the rate of price change of goods and services purchased by New Zealand households. For the September year housing and household utilities increased 3.0 percent. Food prices increased 2.8 percent and vegetables were up 9.0 percent.

In a press release, Council of Trade Unions Secretary, Sam Huggard said that "Prices are rising faster than wages, and some of the biggest price rises are basic necessities for the lowest paid."  He added that  "In the year to June, the average hourly wage rose only 1.6 percent and the Labour Cost Index rose only 1.7 percent"

Producer Reuben McLaren spoke to Sam earlier and asked him about the new CPI findings.

The song of the Kingmaker (or Queenmaker)

 The song of the Kingmaker (or Queenmaker) The song of the Kingmaker (or Queenmaker), 11.29 MB
Wed 18 Oct 2017

bFM news director Lillian Hanly talks to Nathan Judd, one of the musicians who created the song 'The Kingmaker'. Nathan talks us through his thought process and artistic goals in the creation of the song.
If you are interested in the music video you can find it here.

Dear Science: Dark matter, alchemy & mind powers?

 Dear Science: Dark matter, alchemy & mind powers? Dear Science: Dark matter, alchemy & mind powers?, 31.96 MB
Wed 18 Oct 2017

Professor Allan Blackman joins us again to discuss the origins of dark matter, neutron alchemy and the evidence... or lack of... behind mindfulness. 

The Wire with India: Tuesday 17th October

 The Wire with India: Tuesday 17th October The Wire with India: Tuesday 17th October, 108.27 MB
Tue 17 Oct 2017

On today's show, we speak to drug testing group KnowYourStuff about their latest research. Journalist Gia Garrick takes us through the highs and lows of working in the parliamentary press gallery, and covering her first election.

On The Green Desk, Jack Marshall has a chat with Dr Alexander Taylor about one of the great mysteries of intellect in animals

Lillian speaks with Valerie Morse who was arrested in the 2007 Urewera terror raids, and we hear from Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara who is seeking a pardon. And we speak to ABC journalist Hagar Cohen about revelations New Zealand’s high commissioner to Fiji was threatened with expulsion from the country last year.

They know what you took last summer

 They know what you took last summer They know what you took last summer, 7.96 MB
Tue 17 Oct 2017

Independent drug testing group KnowYourStuff is warning Kiwis heading into the festival season to be wary of what they’re really taking.

The latest results from last summer show 30 percent of drugs tested weren’t what people thought they were.

Stories from the Press Gallery

 Stories from the Press Gallery Stories from the Press Gallery, 18.45 MB
Tue 17 Oct 2017

India chats to political reporter Gia Garrick about the highs and lows of covering her first election, following politicians around the country, and how she's passed the time waiting for Winston.

Remembering the Urewera terror raids

 Remembering the Urewera terror raids Remembering the Urewera terror raids, 19.22 MB
Tue 17 Oct 2017

Lillian Hanly speaks with Valerie Morse who was arrested in the 2007 terror raids, and we hear from Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara who is seeking a pardon.

NZ High Commissioner to Fiji 'threatened with expulsion'

 NZ High Commissioner to Fiji 'threatened with expulsion' NZ High Commissioner to Fiji 'threatened with expulsion', 26.19 MB
Tue 17 Oct 2017

Mack Smith speaks to Hagar Cohen – a journalist who worked on a new two-part investigation from the ABC’s Background Briefing programme which has uncovered threats of expulsion against New Zealand’s high commissioner to Fiji last year.

 

Tuhoe raids ten years on

Tuhoe raids ten years on Tuhoe raids ten years on , 5.48 MB
Mon 16 Oct 2017

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the infamous 2007 Tuhoe police raids. The raids were a series of armed arrests carried out on Tuhoe in response to an alleged military-style training camp in the Urewera mountains near Ruatoki. Reporter Sam Smith looks back on the raids and explores what has happened since.