The Wire with Max

Next week is Music Therapy Week 2017, a week dedicated to helping those with health issues through creativity and expression. The theme of the week, ‘Finding Your Voice’, intends to bring focus to how music therapy can help patients express themselves and communicate through music. 95bFM producer Will Parsonson catches up with music therapist Libby Johns to learn about how music can help the healing process for people with a wide range of health issues.

The event runs from 1-9 July. Find out more about events in your city here.

It is election year in New Zealand as we all know, and already we are seeing all the major media outlets pump out their political polls, whether it is online or during the 6pm news. But, why do we have political polls? Are they accurate? And what should you the voter be looking for when you are presented with different polls across multiple platforms? Well earlier I spoke to political polling expert Murray Campbell from Baseline Consultancy and I began by asking him what the primary purpose of political polls is.

This week on the Wire we look at political polling, the latest family violence stats, the PNG elections, Yemen, the week in politics with Marama Fox and the Green Desk. 

Papua New Guinea's National Capital District is heading to the polls today, amid fears the election will be subverted. The governor of Port Moresby has claimed there are problems with the electoral roll and polling places. He's also told media that reports are circulating of illegal ballot paper printing, and people bribing officials of the Electoral Commission. Amidst all this, Transparency International have set up a corruption hotline to help people report wrongdoing in the election. Daniel spoke to head of Transparency Papua New Guinea Arianne Kassmen, and started by asking what they hope to achieve with the hotline.