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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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International Desk: Electoral Reform in the United...

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2025/07/23

The United Kingdom is passing significant electoral reforms as part of an effort to “boost public trust in democracy.”One of these reforms is to lower the voting age to 16 for all elections, aligning voting rights with Scotland and Wales which already have lowered their voting ages. The reforms also include expanding acceptable voter IDs, a new automated system to register to vote, and a tightening of rules surrounding political donations. For International Desk, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Ralph

The Wire w/ Oto: 23 July, 2025

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2025/07/22

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party Oto spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March about the recently published inflation statistics, The Greens call to lower the voting age to 16 and The most recent unemployment statistics on beneficiaries. For this week’s Get Action! Oto spoke with Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab from Thyme for Action about a petition of hers calling for the Palmerston North City Council to adopt a ceasefire motion and ethical investment policy in response to Israel’s war in Gaza. And

PHA’s public health position statement on Freshwater...

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2025/07/22

Freshwater quality across Aotearoa has been in decline for some time, with almost 70% of monitored groundwater sites failing to meet drinking water standards for E. coli and almost half of the country’s rivers being unsuitable for recreational activities like swimming due to bacterial contamination. Many concerns about the future of Aotearoa’s freshwater have been exacerbated by the government’s recent changes to Freshwater National Direction, with experts speculating that many of the proposed

The potential amendments to the Terrorism Suppression...

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2025/07/22

The government is considering amending the Terrorism Suppression Act, which was enacted in 2002. In a copy of the document seen by Newsroom, the Ministry of Justice says the reason for the potential overhaul stems from existing offences in the law not “captur[ing] the full range of behaviours or activities of concern that are part of the contemporary threat from terrorism”. Some of the proposed amendments include making membership of a terrorist entity a criminal offence, establishing new

Villa Maria Wines put cancer warning labels on...

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2025/07/21

Ireland is to become the first country in the world to include mandatory cancer warning labels on alcohol products. A move that has been hailed as world-leading. Aotearoa hasn’t followed their lead just yet, but Marlborough winery Villa Maria Estate have complied, by putting the warning on all their bottles getting sold in Ireland. Many public health experts have praised these moves, and believe it’s time for us to address alcohol issues, here in Aotearoa. Producer Faith spoke to public health

The government’s $231m support of breakthrough tech...

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2025/07/21

The government’s $231m boost for breakthrough technology has drawn praise for being a step forward, but scientists, researchers, and academics have criticised the risks involved– and how the money was reallocated. Producer Faith spoke to Professor Nicola Gaston from the University of Auckland about the investment, and the potential opportunities it will create.

Calls for bi-partisan support for slavery laws w/ the...

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2025/07/20

Te Kāhui Tika Tangata - The Human Rights Commission, are calling for cross-party support for slavery laws.This follows members' bills from both sides of the House to tackle modern slavery. News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner for the Commission, Professor Gail Pacheco, about these calls.

Men in Aotearoa's music industry and working towards...

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2025/07/20

Jessica Haugh, as a part of her Master’s thesis at the University of Auckland, looked into sexual harm prevention in Aotearoa’s music industry. For her research, she spoke to men involved in the industry on their knowledge of sexual harm and sexual harm prevention. On Saturday, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to her about her research.

The Wire w/ Joel: 21 July, 2025

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2025/07/20

For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Joel, spoke to MP Simon Court about the re-establishment of 10 polytechnics that were under Te Pūkenga and Labour’s Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill. Joel spoke to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner for the Human Right Commission, Professor Gail Pachico, about the commission’s calls for cross-party support for effective legislation to tackle modern

Family Court using poor-quality evidence w/ the...

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2025/07/20

According to a new journal article by Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, Carrie Leonetti, the Family Court is using poor-quality evidence in rulings. On Friday, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Leonetti about her findings and what implications using faulty evidence has on the children involved in these cases.

Te Pūkenga and Labour's Pay Transparency Members Bill...

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2025/07/20

The government has recently announced that Te Pūkenga is set to return to ‘regional governance,’ re-establishing 10 polytechnics that were merged under the previous Labour-led government. For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to MP Simon Court about these developments with Te Pūkenga. They also discussed Labour MP, Camilla Belich’s member’s bill — the Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill, passing

Study on low-income families below income floor w/...

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2025/07/20

In recently released research from the Child Poverty Action Group, the research shows low-income families below the Income Floor are struggling to pay for bare essentials. Below the Income Floor refers to the minimum income needed to live and belong. News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Isaac Gunson, a spokesperson from the organisation, about these findings.

Alcohol Levy & Alcohol Industry Lobbying w/...

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2025/07/16

A number of experts have raised concerns recently regarding the “way too friendly” relationship between alcohol industry lobbyists and policy makers responsible for alcohol restrictions and laws in New Zealand. While we have had an alcohol harm-reduction levy in place for over forty years, some experts including University of Auckland School of Population Health Professor Peter Adams, believe that this levy isn’t as positive as it seems. As alcohol lobbyists have been granted input and influence

Netanyahu nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize w/...

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2025/07/16

Towards the start of this month, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, nominated US President, Donald Trump, for a Nobel Peace Prize. News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to Tom Wilkinson, a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Auckland, about Netanyahu’s nomination, the Nobel Peace Prize in general, and his belief that there is an ulterior motive to the Israeli Prime Minister’s nomination.

Road safety in light of Julie Fairey’s recent close...

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2025/07/16

On the 25th of June, our regular City Counselling guest Julie Fairey was involved in a road collision while she was biking in her local area. Fairey wrote about the close call, which she says could have been a lot worse, in a piece published in the Spinoff, as a reinvigoration of her previous advocacy around the need for road safety measures that improve how safely and efficiently Aucklanders can get around the city. As well, this week we’ve seen the release of the State of the City report, which

The Wire w/ Joel: 17 July, 2025

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2025/07/16

This week on the Thursday Wire: For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to MP Shanon Halbert about the re-establishment on TEN polytechnics that were previously merged under Te Pūkenga, and Te Pāti Māori members accusing the party of being ‘greedy’ for running MP Peeni Henare in the upcoming Tāmaki Makaurau by-election. For this week’s City Counselling, Producer Sara spoke with Councillor Julie Fairey about her recent biking accident and her hopes

ACT’s choice of James Lindsay as keynote speaker at...

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2025/07/13

Following up on my chat with Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke with the Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition’s Anne Campbell.The ACT Party’s choice of James Lindsay as a keynote speaker has raised concerns about his spread of conspiracy theories and thoughts on minority communities, such as the LGBTQIA+ community. They spoke to Campbell about James Lindsay, his controversial comments, and what this means for Aotearoa.

The Wire w/ Joel: 14 July, 2025

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2025/07/13

This week on the Monday Wire: For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel spoke to MP Simon Court about the party’s annual rally that happened yesterday, and the choice of US author, James Lindsay, as a keynote speaker, as well as the recent public hearings into the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the government’s Covid-19 response. Following up with their chat with MP Simon Court, Joel spoke to the Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition’s Anne

The government’s AI strategy for the private sector...

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2025/07/13

Recently, Science and Technology Minister, Shane Reti, announced New Zealand’s first-ever artificial intelligence, or AI, strategy. With this, Aotearoa becomes the last country in the OECD to establish guidelines around the use of AI. Despite the establishment of this strategy, which is aimed at enticing the private sector to incorporate and invest in AI, there are concerns that the strategy does not introduce any new legislation to regulate AI, rather using already existing legislation, and fails

ACT 2025 Rally, James Lindsay as Keynote Speaker, and...

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2025/07/13

Yesterday, the ACT Party held their annual rally, being called the “Free and Equal Rally”. Notably, US author, James Lindsay, was a keynote speaker at the event. Lindsay is the author of ‘Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody’ - among other titles, such as ‘Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis’ and ‘The Queering of the American Child: How a New School Religious Cult Poisons the Minds and

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