The Wire with Sara

The youth justice age was raised earlier this week to 18, meaning that all people aged 17 and under who commit minor crimes will go through the youth justice court. To find out more, bFM reporter John-Michael Swannix spoke to Justice Minister Amy Adams and Pearl Little spoke to Katie Bruce from the justice advocacy group, Just Speak.

Most of us probably weren’t climate activists at 16 years old. We also probably weren’t capable of suing the US government at this age either. But Ximena recently spoke to someone who is both these things - his name is Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, and he is coming to New Zealand next February to give a talk about his experiences as a climate activist. Ximena had a chat to him about his lawsuit against the Obama administration, and about how he uniquely communicates his climate activism through hip-hop.

We’ve heard a lot about Key’s shock resignation - so much so it seems to have buried the resignation of another Prime Minister - Matteo Renzi in Italy. Renzi stood down after Italians convincingly voted ‘no’ in a referendum for his proposed constitutional refoms.

95bFM reporter Daniel Walker looked into why Renzi’s taking off, and found out it’s for a very different reason to that of our own Prime Minister.

John Key’s resignation means big changes for the whole of New Zealand as we wait to find out who will be our new Prime Minister, and who will lead National into the next election. But we can’t forget how John Key’s been elected into parliament for the last 14 years - the people of Helensville. Key has said he’ll continue as Helensville's MP so as to not trigger a by-election. But he won't be contesting the seat next year.

John Key’s been called the ‘everyman and nowhere man’ of the electorate, which is centered around the town of Helensville northwest of Auckland. But he’s always been popular, winning about 60-75% of the vote over the last 3 elections. So what’s going to happen to the contest for Helensville, now that it’s no longer a cut-and-dry Key victory?

95bFM reporter Daniel Walker speaks to Labour Party secretary general Andrew Kirton.