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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.

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  1. 1d ago

    Candidates of Tāmaki Makaurau w/ Antonia Modkova of Auckland Central

    For the final interview on Candidates of Tāmaki Makaurau, Wire Producer Theo sat down with Antonia Modkova, ACT Party candidate for Auckland Central.

  2. 1d ago

    Study of past beef industry lobbying against climate science w/ Dr John Kerr: 14th Oct, 2026

    Lobbying has featured as a prominent political issue this election, with the particularly notable example of the Prime Minister’s office concealing documents received by major emitters - such as Fonterra - lobbying to shut down climate lawsuits. For coverage of this particular scandal, and to hear from experts on the lobbying landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand , do listen back to our recent interviews for the Wire, 95bfm.com/bcasts. A new study, published just last week, has provided an impressive case study of industry meddling. Combing through documents from 1986-96, US researchers have been able to paint a picture of the tactics used by the National Cattlemen's Association to deny climate science, and muddy the waters with their own research. So to hear more about the relevance of the troubling tale these documents tell for us in present day Aotearoa New Zealand, producer Theo spoke with the University of Otago’s Dr John Kerr.

  3. 2d ago

    Candidates of Tāmaki Makaurau w/ Yang Qu of Mt Roskill

    For this interview on Candidates of Tāmaki Makaurau, Wire Producer Sara sat down with Yang Qu, ACT Party candidate for Mount Roskill.

  4. 2d ago

    National’s Proposed Foreign Aid Cuts w/ Josie Pagani CEO of ChildFund New Zealand: 13th October, 2026

    Last week, National leader Christopher Luxon pledged a $640 million increase in Pharmac’s medicines budget, which he said would be partially paid through a 10% reduction to foreign aid. This cut would decrease foreign aid spending by $430 million, but would exclude any spending in the Pacific.  The policy announcement has been controversial with Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters calling it dangerous and desperate, and some experts warning it could damage New Zealand’s position on the world stage To discuss the foreign aid spending cuts producer Thomas talked to Josie Pagani, CEO of ChildFund New Zealand.

  5. 2d ago

    Stuff Regional News Staff Cuts w/ Mat Danaher : 13 October, 2026

    Stuff has recently announced it is planning on cutting 18 jobs in its regional newsrooms, which some fear will put stress upon local journalism across the country.  I spoke to Assistant National Secretary of E tū Mat Danaher, about these proposed cuts, what impacts they will have, and what this says about the direction of local journalism in New Zealand.

  6. 2d ago

    The Wire w/ Alex: 13 October, 2026

    This week on the Tuesday Wire... For Dear Science this week, we chat with our expert, Dr Syrie Hermans, about optogenetics, separating the brain in two, and human brain matter in mice. Producer Thomas talks to the CEO of ChildFund New Zealand Josie Pagani about the National Party’s plans to cut foreign aid to fund cancer drugs if reelected. Producer Liam speaks to E tū Assistant National Secretary Mat Danaher, about proposals to cut eighteen regional news staff at Stuff, and what this says about the direction of local journalism in New Zealand.  And for the latest installment of our Candidates of Tamaki Makaurau series, Wire Producer Sarah spoke with Yang Qu, ACT candidate for MT Roskill.

  7. 3d ago

    The 95bFM Mount Albert Candidates Debate: 12th October, 2026

    Mount Albert is one of the mostly hotly contested electorates this election, with four candidates each vying for the seats. Frontrunners include Labour's Helen White and National's Melissa Lee, though the Green Party's Ricardo Menéndez March and Opportunity's Qiulae Wong are also contesting the vote.  Each of the four primary candidates joined 95bFM journalist Florian Bell to discuss policy and why they believe they can best serve the Mount Albert electorate. Whakarongo mai!

  8. Oct 7

    City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: 8 October, 2026

    Auckland Council has decided that housing developments outside areas of planned growth will not automatically receive council-funded infrastructure and ratepayers' support. And Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown called National’s $1.75 billion plan to start construction on the Mill Road upgrade “idiotic.” For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden caught up with Shane Henderson about both of these topics.

  9. Oct 6

    Dirty Work and the New Zealand Taxpayer's Union w/ Nicky Hager: 7th Oct, 2026

    Nicky Hager is a prolific investigative journalist and writer, publishing books on a range of often-shadowy topics such as the military, government spy networks, and New Zealand politics. Back in 2006, Hager published The Hollow Men, which drew on internal National Party documents leaked to Hager, exposing a network of right-wing figures that facilitated Don Brash’s rise to National Party leader alongside racist anti-iwi campaigning strategies. Dirty Politics, in 2014, used further leaked documents and emails to illustrate the close relationship between senior National government ministers - such as Judith Collins - and right-wing attack bloggers such as Cameron Slater, alongside the formation of right-wing lobbying and pressure groups such as the New Zealand Initiative and the New Zealand Taxpayer’s Union. Dirty Work, the latest in Hager’s trilogy of investigative books on New Zealand politics, draws on interviews with insiders from the Taxpayer’s Union. Hager documents how this right-wing pressure group pivoted from rightwing advocacy for ‘smaller government’ to a greater focus on race relations, after experiencing a surge in donations and prominence pushing anti-Māori rhetoric in relation to the three-waters reforms. The executive director and founder of the Taxpayer’s Union, Jordan Williams, is a central focus of the book, with his ties to other figures within the right-wing lobbying networks such as Don Brash and David Farrar, alongside claims of sexual harassment.  Within Dirty Work, Hager stresses the harmful effect of rightwing pressure groups on Aotearoa New Zealand’s democracy, pointing to a complicity of New Zealand media in uncritically reproducing these organisations’ talking points and invisibilising their influence. So, to hear more on the Taxpayers Union, the role of young people, and the current state of investigative journalism, producer Theo spoke with Nicky Hager late last week.

  10. Oct 6

    Transport, Health NZ Complaint and Paris Climate Agreement Title w/ the Green Party's Ricardo Menéndez March: 10th October, 2026

    In the lead up to the last election in 2023, then Labour government Health Minister, Ayesha Verrall, sacked CEO of Health New Zealand, Rob Cambell, over posts he’d put out on his personal social media supporting Verrall’s own party's policies and criticising the opposition. Now in the build up to another election Health New Zealand is again taking heat, but this time, it's not for a post on a personal social media, it's for misusing public money to pay for advertisements in the nation's largest news papers. These ads, hailing the government's successes in health lay in contrast to the voices of the healthworkers warning of the critically degraded state of care but they resemble the National Parties own campaign material. The first official complaint under the Paris Climate Agreement is being lodged against the government. The Dutch group lodging the complaint with the European Commission say that the New Zealand government has failed to live up to the agreement and our word. This follows the government's intervention in a court case to ensure some of our largest polluters wouldn’t have to pay kiwis for the environmental damages they’ve caused them. Yet the complaint is in danger as foreign minister and leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, after years of opposing the Paris agreement, is now campaigning to withdraw the country from it entirely. Yet he never sought advice from his own ministry over what the move might mean for the country or our reputation. The Green party has announced their Transport policy platform, which if implemented would see large expansions of public transport and subsidising costs. Within is the expansion of passenger rail services from Auckland to Tauranga and Wellington, rapid transit systems, and free fares for students, Community Service Card holders, Total Mobility users and a maximum $2 fare for everyone else. So for this week's catch up with Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March we spoke about the Greens transport platform, our national climate commitments, and their alarm at the alleged misuse of the public funds used to defend the government's track record on health.

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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.

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    2017 - 2026
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