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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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UNICEF to Launch Groundbreaking Project to 3D Print...

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2025/04/29

Gaza currently has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, with over 23,000 children having sustained conflict-related injuries, and many thousands facing disabilities and needing long-term rehabilitation. This week it was announced that UNICEF would be launching a groundbreaking project to 3D print prosthetic limbs for war-injured children in Gaza, thanks to funding from the Federation of the Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ). To talk about this project, as well as

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Urgent Need to Address Attendance Barriers for...

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2025/04/29

This week, a University of Otago led study found that autistic pupils are significantly less likely to attend school regularly, particularly at a young age. The researchers of the study had information on 654,438 pupils, of which 8427 were autistic. They found that autistic pupils' regular attendance was 55.3%, compared to 62.5% for non-autistic pupils. They also found that autistic students would experience about 78 fewer school days on average per year compared to their non-autistic peers. Lead

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Teachers registration fees and classroom developments...

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2025/04/29

The change to subsidising teachers registration fees has been well received by teachers across the country. A long anticipated change, it should eliminate a barrier to new teachers and a hurdle for existing teachers to cover. Education minister Erica Stanford also recently announced new classroom upgrades across the country to areas facing more overcrowding. Many schools across the country face overcrowding as an imminent issue, forcing students into hallways, libraries, or other extra rooms. To

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Concerns Over Announcement of Regulating Physician...

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2025/04/28

Recently, the government has announced regulations for physician associates, or PAs. Minister of Health Simeon Brown says regulating this role "demonstrates the Government's commitment to patient safety and providing high quality care". The aim of regulating PAs would allow for more workers in the medical sector, and to entice overseas workers to fill gaps in rural practices. This move has faced backlash over concerns physician associates do not have the adequate medical expertise. In the UK,

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The Need for a Risk Assessment Before Travelling to...

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2025/04/28

The government has reviewed travel advice for those heading to the US, however, this status remains at ‘exercised increased caution’. This comes alongside multiple cases of tourists visiting or transiting through the US being detained, strip-searched and deported, despite having adequate legal documents. News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Virginia Braun, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Auckland, about New Zealand’s travel advice to the US, and their recommendations for

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ACT Party using AI in social media w/ the University...

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2025/04/16

As artificial intelligence systems including the likes of chatbots and art generators become more advanced, their use has begun to pervade the political arena. Across the world, political leaders and parties including Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and now New Zealand’s own ACT Party, have used AI images to promote a certain political agenda or message. In the case of the ACT Party, an artificial stock image from Adobe AI titled “happy Māori couple sitting

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Te Whatu Ora language changes, the new sexuality...

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2025/04/16

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has directed Te Whatu Ora to say “women” instead of “pregnant people” in all communications. The government has opened consultation on the new relationships and sexuality education (RSE) draft framework. And last week, the divisive and controversial Treaty Principles Bill was voted down at second reading. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about all of these issues.

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Kāhui Ako's inconsistencies in wake of leaked cuts w/...

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2025/04/16

Kāhui Ako is a government programme providing funding to teachers and schools identified by the government as having greater educational quality. Recent government leaks have revealed that the programme may be cut. While the programme did provide funding for the education sector, its implementation was inconsistent. To discuss the programme, why it's being cut, and what the government could do for education, Wire host Castor spoke to Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Education at the

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The Wire w/ Caeden: 17 April, 2025

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2025/04/16

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to MP Shanan Halbert about Casey Costello’s Te Whatu Ora language directive, consultation opening on the new relationship and sexuality education draft framework, and the Treaty Principles Bill being voted down at second reading. For International Desk, they spoke to Jean Lantz Reisz from the University of Southern California Law School about the removal of Kilmar Abrego García from the United States without due process. Wire

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International Desk: The impact of Kilmar Ábrego...

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2025/04/16

Kilmar Ábrego García, a man legally in the United States, was wrongly deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador earlier this month. The Trump administration refuses to bring Ábrego García back to the United States despite a Supreme Court ruling stating that Trump must “facilitate” this process. Wire Host Caeden spoke to Associate Professor Jean Lantz Reisz from the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California about Ábrego García's removal from the US and what this means

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Nitrate Contamination in Canterbury w/ Greenpeace...

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2025/04/15

Greenpeace Aotearoa recently conducted a round of water testing at a series of bore wells in the Ashburton district. The tests found that close to one in five private bores they tested were above the Government’s maximum allowable value of nitrate in drinking water, which is 11.3mg per litre, and that nitrate contamination had been linked to a number of preterm birth complications. Greenpeace have also linked the nitrate contamination to the dairy industry and the use of synthetic nitrogen

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New report shows worsening outcomes for tamariki w/...

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2025/04/15

UNICEF Aotearoa recently put out a response to the child poverty statistics in the government’s Child and Youth Strategy report. UNICEF have said that the coalition government lacked policies to make meaningful change to address the number of Tamariki living in material hardship and called for specific investment into programmes that would materially improve children’s lives. I spoke to UNICEF Aotearoa’s Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Clare McLennan-Kissel, about the report and their

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Improving trust in New Zealand's media organisations...

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2025/04/14

A report was released this week titled ‘Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand’, containing data on how much the New Zealand public trusts news organisations. While trust has been declining over the past five years, this year has seen some stabilisation and some optimistic statistics for the future. To discuss the report and what it means for the relationship between the public and media in Aotearoa, Wire host Castor spoke to one of the study’s authors and head of journalism at AUT, Greg

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The Wire w/ Castor: 15th April, 2025

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2025/04/14

This week on the Tuesday Wire... For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman chatted with us about using physics to make a better cup of joe, inuit words for snow, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday. In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Nancy Lu, Wire host Castor asked about the Treaty Principles Bill after it was voted down and about a recent study into harassment of female MPs. They spoke to head of journalism at AUT, Greg Treadwell about the recent Trust in News

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Study Finds the Accommodation Supplement is Failing...

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2025/04/14

The Accommodation Supplement is one of Aotearoa’s primary social housing support programmes. It provides weekly financial assistance to lower-income households struggling with housing costs. A recent study by University of Auckland has revealed that the supplement is failing to ease housing stress, with renters receiving the subsidy spending more of their income on rent than those who don’t, across all income brackets. Producer Amani spoke to University of Auckland Associate Property Professor

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Report highlighting abuse female politicians face in...

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2025/04/09

A new report led by the University of Otago Wellington has found high rates of abuse and harassment against female members of parliament in Aotearoa. Eleven MPs from across the political spectrum participated in the study which found they were regularly harassed, threatened with rape and even death threats. The study is led by Dr Rhiannon Watson and Dr Lucy Hammans and builds on previous research into harassment of MPs. Thursday Wire Host Caeden spoke to Dr Lara Greaves (Ngāpuhi, Pākehā,

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The Wire w/ Caeden: 10 April, 2025

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2025/04/09

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, absent Thursday Wire Host Caeden spoke to MP Shanan Halbert about changing free speech rules for universities, the government’s increase in defence spending, and the impact of Trump’s tariffs. For City Counselling this week, News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to Councillor Shane Henderson about the the Western Springs Speedway Association launching a court battle against the council and councillors deciding what to do with vacant land from

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The Wire w/ Oto: 9 April, 2025

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2025/04/08

For their weekly catchup w/ the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March, Oto spoke to him about the Justice Committees recommendations for the treaty principles bill, the $12 billion boost to the New Zealand Defence Force and Donald Trump’s Tariffs on New Zealand He spoke to Valerie Morse from Peace Action Wellington for a follow up conversation on the government’s boost to the defence budget. And he spoke to Shaun Awatere, Kaihautū Māori Research Impact Leader at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research,

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The New Zealand Defense Force Defence Boost w/ Peace...

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2025/04/08

Wednesday Wire Host Oto spoke to Valerie Morse from Peace Action Wellington for their take on the government’s $12 Billion dollar boost to defence spending. Peace Action have referred to the defence boost as a “shocking waste” that would have been better spent on our infrastructure and medical system and that The Defence Capability Plan ties NZ to America’s territorial ambitions against China.

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The State of the Environment Report w/ Manaaki...

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2025/04/08

Just Yesterday, the Ministry for the Environment released their Our environment 2025 report, highlighting the impacts of land use on the ecosystem of Aotearoa. The report revealed that between 75-95% of Taonga birds, reptiles, frogs and freshwater fish species were at risk of extinction or being threatened and that a significant proportion of groundwater had accumulated excess nitrate due to activities such as intensive farming, logging and urbanisation. These findings also paint a grave picture

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