News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston has recommenced her regular interview with Minister for Women Jan Tinetti which focuses on issues and policy relating to women living in Aotearoa.
This week they discuss the government’s focus on supporting women through unemployment due to Covid-19 and the Waitangi Day Ceremony held in Tauranga, which Jan attended, and how the government will support Māori women and girls this term.
With the climate commision putting out recommedations for the government last week, the pressure is on for them to be taken seriously. To understand what the demands will look like, James talks to Ethan Rielle from Schools Strike For Climate about what they have planned for this year.
With Waitangi day this weekend, 95bFM has sent some of our journalists up to Waitangi to collect stories and report on the weekend. To hear about how it is going and what their objectives are, James talks to producer Lyric Waiwiri-Smith live from Ruapekapeka.
With the world slowly moving towards something close to normal, research commissioned by a number of New Zealand airports and Air New Zealand found a potential model which would allow more people to enter New Zealand. to understand more about the model, James talks to Dr. David Welch who was part of the research.
Yesyerday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Matariki will first be celebrated in 2022. To understand more about Matariki, producer Jade Lewis brings us a report on its history.
With Matariki to be a public holiday, this offers an additional 3 day weekend to the calendar year. To understand what this means for workers, James talks to Muriel Tunoho from E tū about the subject at hand.
Justin talked to Health and Treaty Negotiations Minsiter Andrew Little about the Cancer Control Agency report that found Maori are twice as likely than non-Maori to die from cancer; an investment fund for Ngaphui; and water fluoridation.