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The Benefits of Workplace Friendships w/ Senior Lecturer Dr Stefan Korber: 21st January, 2025

The Benefits of Workplace Friendships w/ Senior Lecturer Dr Stefan Korber: 21st January, 2025 The Benefits of Workplace Friendships w/ Senior Lecturer Dr Stefan Korber: 21st January, 2025, 23.25 MB
Tue 21 Jan 2025

Following the pandemic, hybrid remote and in office work has become more prevalent. According to data from StatsNZ on the September 2024 quarter, more than 40% of businesses offered a work from home option, while 898,700 people worked from home.

In 2023, 5 academics (and work friends) published a study on the nature of workplace friendships in the absence of physical presence. The study indicated several benefits of having work friends, as well as revealing foundational elements to maintaining these friendships.

Producer Athena spoke to Senior Lecturer Dr Stefan Korber, from the University of Auckland Business School, about the benefits of having work friends, and the ways workplace friendships can flourish.

The Need for Whooping Cough Vaccinations w/ Epidemiologist Dr Hannah Chisholm: 21st January, 2025

The Need for Whooping Cough Vaccinations w/ Epidemiologist Dr Hannah Chisholm: 21st January, 2025 The Need for Whooping Cough Vaccinations w/ Epidemiologist Dr Hannah Chisholm: 21st January, 2025, 16.97 MB
Tue 21 Jan 2025

In November of 2024, Te Whatu Ora declared whooping cough an epidemic, and epidemiologists are expecting it will be the most challenging Aotearoa has seen. 

Whooping cough is a respiratory infection caused by a bacteria, and is dangerous for babies and toddlers. However, infection can be prevented by vaccination during pregnancy.

Producer Athena spoke to epidemiologist, and Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, Dr Hannah Chisholm, about the circumstances that led to the epidemic, and the necessity of vaccinations.

Cabinet Reshuffle and A New Minister for Health w/ The New Zealand Nurses Organisation CE Paul Goulter: 20 January, 2025

Cabinet Reshuffle and A New Minister for Health w/ The New Zealand Nurses Organisation CE Paul Goulter: 20 January, 2025 Cabinet Reshuffle and A New Minister for Health w/ The New Zealand Nurses Organisation CE Paul Goulter: 20 January, 2025, 23.7 MB
Mon 20 Jan 2025

The most widely discussed move from yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle was the Prime Minister's decision to demote Dr Shane Reti from his position as Minister for Health and replace him with Transport minister, Simeon Brown. 

Notably, Simeon Brown has zero experience working in the health sector, opposed to Reti’s 20 plus years practising as a doctor. 

However, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation say they’re not concerned with who the minister fronting the portfolio is, but instead with how the government is going to aptly fund and resource the health sector. 

Producer Evie spoke to Chief Executive of the organisation, Paul Goulter about the key issues that nurses are facing in the healthcare sector currently. They discussed how the cabinet reshuffle may possibly alter things in the healthcare sector, and what moves need to be made by the government in order to pick it up from the crisis it’s currently facing.

The Wire w/ Joel: 20 January, 2025

The Wire w/ Joel: 20 January, 2025 The Wire w/ Joel: 20 January, 2025, 112.49 MB
Mon 20 Jan 2025

This week on the Monday Wire:

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party's Simon Court, Producer Evie speaks to Simon about yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle, the Regulatory Standards Bill, and the technical issues with the Treaty Principles Bill submissions.

News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to a  Lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at the University of Otago, Dr Olivier Jutel, about the US TikTok ban, and whether he believes there are any bases for this ban in the United States.

Joel also speaks to 95bFM’s own Sam Ashton, aka ‘Smashton;’ co-host of the Top Ten, who is also a TikTok content creator with over 307k followers, about his thoughts on the US TikTok ban, and whether he believes this will create implications for New Zealand-based content creators.

Evie speaks to Chief Executive of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Paul Goulter about Simeon Brown replacing Dr Shane Reti as Minister of Health.

And Global Innovator, Matt Hart, joins us in studio to discuss part-time jobs and summer jobs.

Whakarongo mai! 

The US' Potential TikTok Ban w/ Dr Olivier Jutel and Sam Ashton: 20 January, 2025

The US' Potential TikTok Ban w/ Dr Olivier Jutel and Sam Ashton: 20 January, 2025 The US' Potential TikTok Ban w/ Dr Olivier Jutel and Sam Ashton: 20 January, 2025, 15.89 MB
Mon 20 Jan 2025

The US is currently deciding the fate of the short-form video content sharing app, TikTok, in its country.

The ban is currently in a grey area — over the weekend, US users were unable to use the platform, being greeted with a message about the legislation put in place, however, that ban has been lifted for the time being.

US President-elect, Donald Trump, who is set to take office later today as the nation’s 47th President, who had also previously supported banning TikTok’s operations in the country, has since shifted opinion, vowing to give the app a 90-day reprieve for more time to establish a deal between the nation and ByteDance: the Chinese-based company that operates TikTok.

The reasoning for the ban stems from what the US states are national security threats.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to a Lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at the University of Otago, Dr Olivier Jutel, about the US’ ban of the app, and whether he believes the app has reasonable grounds to be banned in the nation.

As well as this, ahead of the potential ban, many non-US based content creators are questioning what implications they could see if the United States does deny TikTok’s operations to the millions of US users on the app.

Joel also spoke to Sam Ashton, otherwise known as ‘Smashton,’ who not only co-hosts 95bFM’s Top Ten, but is also an Aotearoa-based TikTok content creator with over 307k followers.

They spoke to him about whether he is concerned about what will happen if this move goes ahead, and what changes he might expect as a content creator based in New Zealand.

Part Time and Summer Jobs w/ Global Innovator, Matt Hart: 20 January, 2025

Part Time and Summer Jobs w/ Global Innovator, Matt Hart: 20 January, 2025 Part Time and Summer Jobs w/ Global Innovator, Matt Hart: 20 January, 2025, 8.98 MB
Thu 16 Jan 2025

Global Innovator, Matt Hart, joins News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, and Producer Evie in studio to discuss working part time or summer jobs while managing studying full time!

Public consultation on puberty blockers closing next week w/ PATHA President, Jennifer Shields: 16th January, 2025

Public consultation on puberty blockers closing next week w/ PATHA President, Jennifer Shields: 16th January, 2025 Public consultation on puberty blockers closing next week w/ PATHA President, Jennifer Shields: 16th January, 2025, 18.93 MB
Thu 16 Jan 2025

Public consultation on the use of puberty blockers in Aotearoa closes on the 20th January 2025; asking the public if further precautions or restrictions are needed, and what impacts these could have on young people.

Leading transgender health professionals have expressed concern over the government directing the Ministry to consult the public over gender affirming healthcare, questioning the appropriateness of opening consultation on a medical matter that has become highly politicised and subject to misinformation. 

Producer Sofia spoke to President of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA), Jennifer Shields.

If you want to make a submission, you can email pbconsultation@health.govt.nz

The Wire w/ Caeden: 16 January, 2025

The Wire w/ Caeden: 16 January, 2025 The Wire w/ Caeden: 16 January, 2025, 108.43 MB
Thu 16 Jan 2025

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party Wire Host Caeden speaks to Labour’s Shanan Halbert about the Treaty Principles Bill submissions, Regulatory Standards Bill, and Labour’s plans for 2025.

For State of the States this week they speak to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about the devastating Los Angeles Fires and president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland and Canada and take back the sovereign Panama Canal for the United States.

For City Counselling this week producer Sofia speaks to Councillor Julie Fairey about Council’s submission on the Local Government New Zealand issues paper exploring electoral reform and Auckland Council’s plans for 2025. 

She also speaks to President of PATHA - the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa - Jennifer Shields, about public consultation on puberty blockers closing next week.

The Los Angeles Fires and Trump’s call to expand American territory w/ Yale Daily News’ Andre Fa’aoso: 16 January, 2025

The Los Angeles Fires and Trump’s call to expand American territory w/ Yale Daily News’ Andre Fa’aoso: 16 January, 2025 The Los Angeles Fires and Trump’s call to expand American territory w/ Yale Daily News’ Andre Fa’aoso: 16 January, 2025, 15.6 MB
Thu 16 Jan 2025

The Eaton and Palisades fires, the two major fires making up the Los Angeles fires, are now the two most destructive wildfires in Southern California history.

The fires have sparked significant debate about insurance in high-risk natural disaster areas as thousands of Californians lost their home insurance not long before the fires.

And president-elect Donald Trump has returned to the centre stage of United States foreign policy in the weeks leading up to his inauguration. 

Trump has threatened to annex Greenland and Canada as well as reclaim the Panama Canal for the United States.

For States of the States this week Wire Host Caeden spoke to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about both of these topics.

Meta Ditches Fact Checking w/ the University of Waikato’s Joe Ulatowski: 15 January, 2025

Meta Ditches Fact Checking w/ the University of Waikato’s Joe Ulatowski: 15 January, 2025 Meta Ditches Fact Checking w/ the University of Waikato’s Joe Ulatowski: 15 January, 2025, 27.55 MB
Wed 15 Jan 2025

Last week Meta made an announcement that it was going to ditch its third party fact checkers, and replace them with a ‘community notes’ system similar to X. 

This means all content would be moderated and fact checked by its own users. The move has received a large amount of backlash amid concerns that it will cause a rise in hate speech, disinformation and fraud. The move has also been slated as catering to Donald Trump’s attitude to online moderation, ahead of him taking office as President next week. 

Shortly after this announcement, Meta also announced it was ditching its Diversity, Inclusion and Equity program.  

Evie spoke to the University of Waikato’s Joe Ulatowski about these changes, what he thinks it means for the future of misinformation on social media, and what impact it may have in Aotearoa.