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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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Vape Stores Cluster Around Schools In New Zealand W/...

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2025/05/06

This week, a study was launched which looked into the location of vape stores around schools in Aotearoa. In the study it was found that 44% of schools in New Zealand have a vape store within a one-kilometer radius, and that 13% have a dedicated store within 300 meters. This is despite a legislation being passed by the government in 2023, which banned specialist vape stores from opening within 300 meters of schools and marae, the legislation however, allowed existing vape shops to continue

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Attack On Life-Saving Aid Boat Proves The Reach Of...

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2025/05/06

This week, an attack on the Freedom Flotilla boat, The ‘Conscience’, was launched while it was off the coast of Malta. The ‘Conscience’ was loaded with life-saving humanitarian aid for Gaza before being disabled. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, has said that the attack, which happened in international waters, was a thoroughly predictable war crime committed by an “out-of-control” Israel, and shows that Israel’s genocide strategy has now gone global. To talk about this, as well as how

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Government move to kill pay equity process is an...

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2025/05/06

Just yesterday, Workplace Minister Brooke van Velden announced a series of radical changes to New Zealand’s Pay Equity Legislation. The changes would increase the pay equity claims of gender-discrimination from 60-70% and adjust the comparators to make sure claims met standards that Brooke Van Velden has described as “Genuine” and Sustainable for employers. This would cause all 33 current pending claims representing thousands of workers in the care industry and health sector to be

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The Wire w/ Oto: 7 March, 2025

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2025/05/06

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March, Oto spoke to him about The $2 billion boost for naval helicopters, the voting ban for prisoners and the party’s new members bill to ensure that imported products meet animal welfare regulations. For this week’s Get Action! He spoke to Tara Forde from Aotearoa Covid Action to discuss a petition of hers calling for improvements to the air quality in schools. And he spoke to Rachel Mackintosh from E Tu Union to discuss Brooke Van

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Prisoner voting ban w/ People Against Prisons...

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2025/05/05

In light of the government’s announcement to reinstate the prisoner’s voting ban, the decision has received significant criticism. Such criticisms include the ban being described as a violation of fundamental rights, and a weak incentive for criminals Producer Faith spoke to criminology lecturer from the University of Auckland, and press spokesperson for People Against Prisons Aotearoa Dr. Emmy Rākete, and how she feels about the move.

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The Wire w/ Caeden: 1 May, 2025

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2025/04/30

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni about the government removing voting rights from prisoners and the strikes happening across Aotearoa for May Day today. For International Desk, they spoke to Aleksi Toiviainen, co-organiser for Vote16 Canada and a democracy advocate, about the recent Canadian election result. And they spoke to University of Auckland Associate Professor Brendon Dunphy about the threats facing seabirds in Aotearoa and

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Prisoner voting rights and the strikes happening this...

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2025/04/30

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has announced a total ban on prisoners voting will be reinstated. The move has been criticised by the opposition parties, as well as those working in criminal justice. Today is May Day, also known as International Workers Day and unions across Aotearoa are taking action against what they say is an “anti-worker agenda” from this government. Workers across a wide range of industries are stopping work and taking strike action. For our weekly catch-up with the

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Latest review on Pharmac's services and culture w/...

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2025/04/30

A recent review of Pharmac, also known as Te Pātaka Whaioranga, has found their current approach not fit for purpose, calling for an overhaul of their strategy and internal culture. The pharmaceutical management agency faced criticism last year as a result of a lack of credibility and inconsistency of services. With the proposal this week to scrap Pharmac’s Māori directorate, concerns were especially emphasised about the equitable outcomes for Maaori and Pasifika populations. While the aim of

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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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The Wire w/ Oto: 30 April, 2025

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2025/04/29

For our weekly catchup with the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March, Oto spoke to him about the government’s pre-budget announcement and cuts to the operating allowance, as well as the government rejection suggestions to review carbon subsidies and the Greens’ call to ban engineered stone products. He spoke to PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimmons (Fit-Simons) for a follow up conversation about the pre-budget announcement. And, for this week’s Get Action! He speak to Volunteer president of the

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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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Budget 2025 Austerity w/ Fleur Fitzsimmons from PSA:...

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2025/04/29

Finance Minister Nicola Willis made her Pre-Budget speech, in the leadup to Budget 2025, in which she announced that the government would be halving the operating allowance from $2.4 Billion to $1.3 Billion, going to a select number of government departments that Willis has described as “the most important priorities.” The PSA have referred to the government’s cuts to the operating allowance as an “irresponsible recipe for failure” for the health system and public sector and plan to strongly oppose

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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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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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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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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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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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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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