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95bFM: The Wire

Listen back to features and interviews from 95bFM's daily news and current affairs show. Joel Armstrong, Sara Mckoy, Max Micheel, 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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City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: Thursday 13th...

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2025/11/12

Similar to how Prime Ministers choose who their cabinet members are, the Mayor last week announced his appointments for committees in Auckland Council. Committees are powerful pieces of the Auckland Council machine, determining the direction on key policy issues around community assets, budgeting, transport and housing. Notably different to his approach last term, the Mayor has opted to appoint key allies to committee chair roles. These are councilors who have had a good working relationship with

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The Wire w/ Caeden: 13 November, 2025

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2025/11/12

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about the expulsions of two Te Pāti Māori MPs, concerns about police leadership, and Chris Hipkins ‘socialist’ label. For International Desk, they spoke to Youth Environmentalist Sumaya Mohammed and Lead on the Youth Climate Justice Project Aoife Daly about youth participation at COP30. For City Counselling, Producer Sanat talked to Councillor Shane Henderson about a proposed ban on Homelessness in the CBD and

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Solving the Infrastructure Deficit w/ Sam Stubbs

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2025/11/12

The infrastructure commission has identified that there is a $210 billion dollar infrastructure deficit in New Zealand. Unfortunately, due to the lack of available capital New Zealanders lose out on the advantages of high quality infrastructure and the wealth it can generate for the public good. To respond to this Kiwisaver Manager Simplicity has created a new company called Infrakiwi. This company would be listed on the stock exchange and would only allow for New Zealanders to invest in it. This

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International Desk: Young Peoples’ Experience at...

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2025/11/12

This week was the start of the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil. Young people from across the globe are heavily involved in climate campaigning, but many face obstacles in being able to attend COP, particularly in being involved in the actual decision-making. Wire Host Caeden spoke to Youth Environmentalist and member of the Youth Climate Justice Project, Sumaya Mohammed, who is attending COP next week, about young people's experiences with the climate talks. They also spoke to Aoife Daly,

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The 'collapse' of the country's curriculum accord w/...

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2025/11/11

In an article on Newsroom, John Morgan, Head of the School Critical Studies and Education at the University of Auckland, discusses his belief that we are seeing a collapse in the country’s curriculum accord. This comes as the government has announced a plethora of changes to the country’s curriculum heading forward. News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to Morgan about the history of the curriculum accords in the country and why we are seeing changes in this space.

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Homelessness in the CBD, unemployment figures, action...

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2025/11/11

During an interview with the ‘Morning Report’, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed that orders for the homeless in Auckland’s CBD to move on were “definitely a consideration”. He later stated, that “Aucklanders don’t feel safe going into the central city”, and both Central government and Auckland Council are considering how they can move homeless people out of the CBD ahead of summer. This follows previous reports that the Government was considering a rough sleeping ban for central

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The Wire w/ Joel: 12 November, 2025

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2025/11/11

This week on the Wednesday Wire: For our weekly catchup with the Green Party, Wednesday Wire Host Max spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March about government ministers announcing they are considering banning rough sleeping in Auckland’s CBD, recent unemployment figures, and the government’s action plan to combat meth usage. For this week's Get Action, Producer Manny spoke to JT from Touch Compass on their petition to Say YES to “Access” #YesToAccessNZ | Words shape world on their petition to replace

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Te Pāti Māori Expels Two MP's from the Party w/ Jason...

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2025/11/11

Recent tensions within Te Pāti Māori, which exploded into the light last month, have culminated in the expulsion of two rogue MPs: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi of Te Tai Tokerau and Tākuta Ferris of Te Tai Tonga. Despite this, much remains unresolved, and controversy lingers over the preceding actions, the manner in which they were communicated online, and how the expulsion was handled by the party leadership. Wednesday Wire Producer Manny spoke with Jason Mika, Professor of Māori Management at the

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The government's consideration to ban rough sleeping...

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2025/11/10

The government has been considering a ban on homeless people rough sleeping in central Auckland after dark. Spokespeople from homelessness and poverty action groups have criticised the proposal for not effectively addressing the root causes of the crisis. Producer Faith spoke to Aaron Hendry from the youth homelessness organisation Kick Back Make Change about the consideration, and its potential consequences

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City Counselling w/ Julie Fairey: Thursday 6th...

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2025/11/05

Plan change 120, a new plan that seeks to allow for up to 2 million new dwellings in high density zones across mass rapid corridors throughout the city is currently up for public consultation. Although hotly contested during the election period, it seems as if the city is on its way to unlocking high density development and a strengthening of its urban landscape against natural hazards. Thursday Wire Producer Sanat talked to councilor Julie Fairey today about the consultation process, how people

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Youth Vaping Widening Inequities w/ Dr Lucy Hardie:...

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2025/11/05

Aotearoa’s progress in reducing smoking has slowed for Māori, Pacific and European adolescents, and vaping could be the reason, according to research published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific The study, conducted by researchers from the Universities of Otago, Auckland, and Sydney, along with the Daffodil Centre in Australia, analysed population-level data from almost 600,000 Year 10 students aged 14–15. The students were surveyed between 2003 and 2024 as part of the Action on

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The Significance of the United States Absence from...

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2025/11/05

Next week is the start of COP30, the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year it’s taking place in Brazil.Earlier this week, the Trump Administration confirmed that no high-level Government representatives would be attending the climate talks. Trump has previously called the climate crisis a “hoax” and “con job”. For International Desk, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Matt McDonald, Professor in the School of Political Science and

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Government Delays Climate Target 25 Years w 305...

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2025/11/05

Earlier this week the government announced changes to climate change policy, with a controversial response to the choice to delay the Carbon Neutral Government Programme benchmark from 2025 to 2050. The move also shifts dynamics of decision-making and consultation. The government has removed the requirement of advisory from the Climate Change Commission when developing emissions budgets, significantly altering the influence of the cross-partisan collective established through the Zero Carbon Act

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The Wire w/ Caeden: 6 November, 2025

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2025/11/05

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about the draft primary school curriculum, the Regulatory Standards Bill passing second reading, New Zealand First’s proposed ban on fireworks, and the government considering measures to move rough sleepers out of the Auckland CBD. For International Desk, they spoke to Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, about high-level United States officials not attending

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The Wire w/ Max: 5 November, 2025

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2025/11/04

This week on the Wednesday Wire: For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party Wednesday Wire Host Max spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s trip to South-East Asia where he met with multiple world leaders, The Green Party’s plans to call for evidence-based cannabis regulation, the government’s new draft school curriculum for years 0-10, and Education Minister Erica Stanford announcing plans to shrink the Teaching Council. Producer Manny spoke with Glenn

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Measles Outbreak w/Chris Puliuvea, Senior Lecturer at...

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2025/11/04

Over the past few months, unions have been sounding the alarm about the state of our healthcare system as the government cuts funding and guts staff numbers. Now, a new threat has emerged that risks stretching our resources even thinner. A measles outbreak has reared into the community with cases climbing to 17 in just a week, with potentially thousands exposed. To understand how much of risk the outbreak is likely to pose to the country Wednesday Wire Producer Manny spoke to Chris Puliuvea,

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Labour's proposed Capital Gains Tax w/ Glenn Barclay:...

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2025/11/04

National elections are a year away, and polling suggests that Labour has surpassed National to become the most popular party but would likely need to gain further support if they wish to form a government. One of the top issues for voters is Healthcare, and in their first policy release, Labour is proposing funding three free GP visits with a limited Capital Gains Tax (CGT). They say this should improve our national health while also directing investment away from the property market and into

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Weekly Catchup w/ The Green Party's Ricardo Menéndez...

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2025/11/04

Over recent weeks, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been busy touring South-East Asia, in the hopes of negotiating various trade deals and securing meetings with other world leaders. In his returning press conference, where he recapped his trip, the Prime Minister focused on the importance of securing a 1-on-1 meeting with US President Donald Trump. For our weekly catch up with the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March, Wednesday Wire Host Max spoke to him about the Prime Minister’s

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Israeli Lawyer Arrested Amid “Fragile Ceasefire” w/...

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2025/11/04

The US-brokered ceasefire was signed almost four weeks ago and officially came into effect in Gaza on the 10th of October 2025. Here are some key events that have happened since this date: On the 14th of October, there were reports of a wave of public executions by Hamas and rival armed groups. The same day, Israel began to limit aid into Gaza once more due to disputes over the remaining hostages. On the 19th of October, two Israeli soldiers were killed in a Rafah explosion, then Israel

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City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: Thursday 30th...

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2025/10/29

Thousands of households across the country are currently in rates arrears, struggling to pay their rates for the 2024/2025 financial year. Auckland Council's head of rates, valuations and data management, Rhonwen Heath, said 6.6 percent of rates, or 42,902 households were outstanding at the start of the 2025/2026 year. As cost of living pressures continue to grow on households, with rising food, electricity and rents, Thursday Wire Producer Sanat wanted to chat to Auckland Councilor Shane

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