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Listen back to features and interviews from 95bFM's daily news and current affairs show. Castor Chacko, Alex Fox, Emmanuel Orange, and Caeden Tipler focus on the issues of Tāmaki Makaurau and elsewhere in independent-thinking bFM style. Monday-Thursday 12-1pm on 95bFM.

  1. قبل ١١ ساعة

    The Wire w/ Caeden: 2 April, 2026

    For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Labour’s Shanan Halbert about university funding shortfalls, the living wage rise and the default KiwiSaver contribution rate increasing. And they spoke to Aaron Gilbert, Professor of Finance and Associate Dean Research at Auckland University of Technology, about the minimum KiwiSaver contribution rate increasing. For City Counselling this week, News Director Castor spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about the second round of changes to PC 120 and about the council’s disagreements with central government over fuel crisis support.  Producer Pranuja spoke to Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School, on the new Policing Amendment Bill.

  2. قبل ١٤ ساعة

    Complexities of the Policing Amendment Bill w/ Professor Gehan Gunasekara: 2nd April, 2026

    A new law change known as the Policing Amendment Bill is raising concerns about privacy and police powers in Aotearoa. The bill would give police expanded powers, including the ability to record and retain short-lived videos in public. Supporters say it will help police respond more effectively to crime, but critics are worried the rules are too vague, with a low threshold for collecting personal information and not enough safeguards around how that data is stored or used. There are also concerns that the changes could disproportionately affect Māori and young people. Wire Producer Pranuja spoke to Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School, about what this could mean for everyday New Zealanders.

  3. قبل ١٥ ساعة

    University Funding Shortfalls, Living Wage Rise, and the KiwiSaver Minimum Contribution Rate Increase w/ Labour’s Shanan Halbert: 2 April, 2026

    The Tertiary Education Commission does not have enough funding for all student enrollments, meaning they’re carrying unsubsidised domestic students. The living wage is increasing by 95c, to $29.90. It is calculated independently and released by Living Wage Aotearoa NZ.  And from yesterday, the default rate for KiwiSaver contributions from both employers and employees has increased by half a per cent to 3.5 percent. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden asked MP Shanan Halbert about all of these issues.

  4. قبل يوم واحد

    The Wire with Manny | 1 April 2026

    This week on the Wednesday Wire... For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about his Primary Healthcare portfolio. Then Toby spoke to professor Jennifer Frost about the recent wave of anti-Trump demonstrations in the United States and beyond. And finally Theo spoke to Professor Terryann Clark about the recent court findings against social media giants, and the implications for Aotearoa New Zealand.

  5. قبل يوم واحد

    Primary Healthcare w/ The Green Party's Ricardo Menéndez March | 1 April 2026.

    About a month ago, Wednesday Wire host Manny spoke to a researcher sounding the alarm over the state of our primary healthcare, here and globally. Across the globe, services meant to be the first port of call for health issues such as dental, GPs and pharmacists, were found to be increasingly under stress as costs grow and the workforce fails to keep pace with demand. Here in Aotearoa New Zealand, The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Workforce Survey in 2022 raised concerns: Over half of GPs were planning to retire within the next decade, a declining number of GPs work in GP run practices and filling that gap is an increasing number of corporate healthcare providers. As the holder of the Green parties Primary Healthcare Portfolio, our Green Party interviewee is the perfect subject to discuss his parties platform on the subject. So for our weekly catch-up with the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March, we talk primary healthcare, it’s current state in Aotearoa, the issues it faces and where the Green Party would like to take it.

  6. قبل يوم واحد

    No Kings Protests w/ Dr. Jennifer Frost: 1 April 2026

    This July, the United States of America will celebrate 250 years since the declaration of independence, when the original thirteen colonies broke away from the British Empire under King George III. Recently, however, millions of Americans have taken to the streets to voice their disapproval of a man they see as a new monarchical figure: President Donald J. Trump. The original ‘No Kings’ protests were held on the fourteenth of June last year, to coincide with Donald Trump’s birthday military parade. The most recent round of demonstrations occurred last weekend, and drew an estimated 8 million people, united by the belief that the President must respect the boundaries of his office. Producer Toby spoke to Jennifer Frost, professor of history at the University of Auckland and chairperson of the New Zealand chapter of ‘Democrats Abroad’ about the significance of these demonstrations in the context of American history.

  7. قبل يوم واحد

    Court findings in the USA against social media giants w/ The University of Auckland's Professor Terryann Clark: 1st April, 2026

    Last week, courts in the United States found that Meta and YouTube were responsible for the childhood addiction and mental health issues of a woman known as ‘KGM’, awarding $6 million USD (or $10.4 million NZD) in damages.  Meanwhile, in New Mexico, Meta was fined $375 million USD (or, $650 million NZD) for endangering children. Internationally, countries are increasingly coming to reckon with the effects of social media. Australia, which last year banned under-16s from accessing social media, is pursuing further potential legal action against the social media giants, while debates around a similar ban in Aotearoa New Zealand continue to polarise.  However, in the light of the harms posed by social media, a ban is not the only solution that has been proposed. To speak to us on some of these alternative approaches, Producer Theo was joined by Professor Terryann Clark, of the University of Auckland’s School of Nursing.

  8. قبل يوم واحد

    Why Public Transport Should Be the Focus of Fuel Crisis Relief Packages w/ University of Auckland’s Dr Timothy Welch: 26 March, 2026

    Last week, Thursday Wire host Caeden spoke to Dr Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, about New Zealand’s reliance on cars in the face of a fuel crisis. Earlier this week the Government announced a fuel crisis relief package, which includes giving 150,000 families an extra $50 a week to help with fuel costs.  The Green Party proposed an alternative support package that includes free public transport for three months on top of targeted relief payments. Caeden spoke to Dr Timothy Welch again, this time about the government’s response and alternative proposals that focus on increasing public transport usage.   They started by asking if he could give an overview of what is in the Government’s relief package.

  9. قبل يومين

    The Wire w/ Alex: 31 March, 2026

    This week on the Tuesday Wire... For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman speaks with us about going to the moon, graphene, and alchemy.  For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Alex spoke with Ryan Hamilton about the Government’s Surcharge ban, the new police amendment, and the continued fuel crisis. For Green World, Wire Producer Liam spoke to James Russell, Professor of conservation biology at the University of Auckland, about updates to the Predator Free 2050 Strategy, including further funding to make Wellington a predator free city within the next ten years. And Wire Producer Flo spoke to Chris Bullen, Professor of Public Health at the School of Population Health of the University of Auckland about his criticism’ of the recent RNZ investigation into illicit tobacco and his research-based rejection of the investigation’s findings in Aotearoa New Zealand.

  10. قبل يومين

    Illicit Tobacco Trade w/ University of Auckland's Professor Chris Bullen: 31 March 2026

    RNZ recently conducted an investigation into sales of illicit tobacco in Aotearoa New Zealand, finding an increasing sale throughout the country. The investigation described illicit tobacco as an open secret, with many dairies now stocking and imported cigarettes and indicated an increase in both supply and demand. Professor Chris Bullen, Professor of Public Health in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care at the School of Population Health of the University of Auckland has refuted the claims made in the RNZ investigation and Flo spoke to him about his research into the illegal tobacco market.

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