An occupation for the right to live in your own home is continuing in Glen Innes today. Niki has been in her state house for over 20 years and intends to stay there. A development company has issued an eviction notice which ran out last wednesday, we hear more from bFM reporter Lillian Hanly
Auckland is now the world's fourth least affordable housing market behind Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver. This is putting huge pressure on social housing in particular with record numbers of families on the waiting list for social housing. 95bFM producer spoke to Labour Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford about why these levels are so high.
Labour party kicked off its by-election campaign in Mount Albert yesterday. The party’s candidate Jacinda Ardern spoke to bFM’s John-Michael Swannix about the event.
New Zealand's recent UN vote has been called a "declaration of war" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Radio New Zealand journalist Mohamed Hassan says this is not the first time New Zealand has been in Israel's bad books, and it won't be the last.
Donald Trump is being sword in as the 45th president of the United States on Saturday. Yes, this is really happening.
Otago University law and politics professor Andrew Geddis speaks to bFM's John-Michael Swannix about what we can expect over the coming days, months and years.
Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter recently announced she would be standing in the Mt Albert by-election against Labour MP Jacinda Ardern. Another candidate from the left who has received less attention is Socialist Joe Carolan.
bFM reporter Lillian Hanly spoke to him about why he’s standing and the challenges he faces.
‘Set’ is a teachers council journal with a new issue focusing on civics, citizenship, and political literacy in education. The journal critiques what type of civic knowledge and citizenship is currently being taught and asks whose citizenship and what values are prioritised. Amanda spoke to Josiah Tualamali’i of the Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation initiative about this journal and the piece he co-authored.
Obama reduced the sentence of Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning 29 years before she was due to be released. In 2010, Manning released a trove of documents to Wikileaks. Most people convicted of leaking have received sentences of between one and three years. bFM reporter Amanda Robinson speaks to Margaret Taylor from Amnesty International about the historic move.