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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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What Australia's Incoming U16 Social Media Ban Means...

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2025/12/03

Australia’s national under-16 social media ban will be officially enforced as of Friday next week, with huge disruptions for rangatahi across the ditch. The Response has included two Australian teens, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, backed by rights organisation, Digital Freedom Project, who have challenged the legislation in the high court with a staunch response from their federal government. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke with Dr. Alex Beattie, Senior Lecturer in Information Management at Victoria

City Counselling w/ Julie Fairey: December 4, 2025

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2025/12/03

Tāmaki Makaurau’s council budget is among those impacted by the proposal of a rates cap, considering Tāmaki’s average 5.8% annual rates increase across the 25/26 financial year. Youth homelessness is a growing concern as discussions continue around “move on” orders for those without housing in Auckland’s CBD. And the Skycity Convention Centre is set to open in 2026, with high hopes for what it may bring for Tāmaki Makaurau after its prolonged development. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to

Labour’s AGM, Scrutiny Week, and the Shortfalls of a...

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2025/12/03

Last weekend, the Labour Party hosted their annual general meeting in Auckland. This week is the second scrutiny week of the year in Parliament, focused on scrutinising Government spending throughout this year. And the Government has announced a 4% council rates rise cap. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wie Host Caeden asked Shanan Halber about all of these topics.

The Wire w/ Caeden: 4 December, 2025

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2025/12/03

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about the recent Labour Party annual general meeting, scrutiny week, and the government’s proposed 4% rates rise cap. For International Desk, they spoke to American University Provost Associate Professor Garrett Graddy-Lovelace about the level of food waste caused by Trump administration policies, and the significant consequences of this. And they spoke to Professor Meihana Durie, WIPCE 2025 Co-Chair, about

International Desk: The Magnitude of Food Waste...

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2025/12/03

The Trump administration has caused issues of significant food waste due to a range of its policies, including immigration raids, tariffs, cuts to food assistance programmes, and the destruction of food for programmes like USAID. This has had huge consequences, including environmental impacts, as well as impacts on the estimated more than 47 million people in the US who don’t have enough food to eat, and those who have relied on US foreign aid that has been cut. For International Desk, Wire Host

Reflections on the 2025 World Indigenous Peoples’...

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2025/12/03

WIPCE, or the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education, is a triennial conference that “celebrates the sharing, promoting of, and advocacy for Indigenous-based initiatives through holistic educational efforts.” WIPCE 2025 took place here in Tāmaki Makaurau. Wire Host Caeden spoke to WIPCE 2025 Co-Chair, Professor Meihana Durie (Ranitāne, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, and Kāi Tahu) about his reflections on the conference.

More Care Needed for Asian Sexual Violence Support...

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2025/12/03

A project funded by the Health Research Council (HRC) has spotlighted the significant gap in support for Asian rangatahi who’ve experienced sexual violence in Aotearoa. Research investigated the experiences of professionals and carers - from counsellors, psychologists, educators, social workers, legal and medical practitioners and more from across the motu. Increased cultural competency, safety, and support emerged as common themes to a more cohesive cross-sector approach to improve support for

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

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2025/12/02

On Monday, the government announced that they’d be introducing a rates rises cap, which is expected to be legislated by the end of 2026. The cap would be a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 4% nationwide. When talking about the reasoning for the introduction of a rates cap, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that ratepayers in New Zealand were “fed up”. Along with this, The Labour Party announced that if they were to be elected in next year’s election, they would offer doctors and

Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts amidst the...

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2025/12/02

Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts have been utilised since 2012 to treat offences fueled by drug use or committed by people in active addiction. Offenders who would have otherwise faced up to three years in prison can instead commit to rehabilitation programs and community work to aim to address the core issues of these offenders. Amidst rising levels of methamphetamine use in New Zealand, the courts have shown success at rehabilitating offenders in the community and stopping

Nitrate in water supplies and removal methods w/...

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2025/12/02

High levels of nitrate have been found in water supplies in New Zealand, especially in rural regions such as Canterbury, these levels of nitrate can pose significant dangers, especially to children. Traditional nitrate removal methods produce carbon dioxide and other waste material, Producer Flo spoke to University of Auckland Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Wei-Qin Zhuang about the dangers of nitrate, his newly developed methodology and its potential usage in Aotearoa New

The Biggest Source of Microplastic Pollution - Car...

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2025/11/26

Wire Host Caeden spoke to marine microplastics researcher at the University of Auckland, Dr Samantha Ladewig, about the impact of car tyres on microplastic pollution in marine environments and what the potential solutions are.

How Gene Therapy Could Help a Type of Heart Failure...

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2025/11/26

New research shows the potential of gene therapy to rescue heart function in a type of heart failure that people with diabetes are more likely to experience. The type of heat failure that diabetes increases the risk of is currently difficult to treat, but the latest research offers new hope. Wire Host Caeden spoke to University of Auckland Associate Professor Dr Kim Mellor about her work on this research and what the next steps are for it to turn into a viable treatment.

What One Love’s Cancellation Means for Aotearoa’s...

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2025/11/26

Bay of Plenty Reggae festival One Love have announced their 2026 cancellation earlier this week, citing the ongoing cost of living crisis and unforeseen behind-the-scenes developments as the reason why. Speculation around the cancellation continues to tie the festival's legacy to its previous promoter and founder, Pato Alvarez, following his sex offending conviction in 2023. Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to musician and sound engineer Lora Thomson, about what the cancellation of the festival

The Local Government Restructure, Duncan Webb’s...

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2025/11/26

The Government has proposed to abolish regional councils, with city and district councils taking over these duties instead. Labour Party MP Duncan Webb has introduced a member's bill to repeal the Regulatory Standards Act. And the Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate, bringing it to its lowest level in three years in an effort to support economic renewal. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about all of these issues.

Feral cats added to the Predator Free 2050 list w/...

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2025/11/25

Last week, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka announced plans to add feral cats to the government’s list of pests to be eradicated by 2050. The decision follows a campaign promise from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made in a debate in 2023. Feral cats pose numerous wildlife risks when compared to other predators such as rats or stoats. In addition, their larger size makes trapping more difficult, meaning new techniques will need to be developed. To discuss the change, why it’s important, and how

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

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2025/11/25

On Monday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced a new National Party Kiwisaver policy, where they’re looking to further increase the default Kiwisaver contribution rate. Luxon said, if re-elected, National would continue to gradually increase the default contribution rates by 0.5% per year until 2032, when both employees and employers would pay 6% each. The Government also announced that New Zealand would become the latest country to halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young

The Wire w/ Max: 26 November, 2025

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2025/11/25

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 The National Party’s newly announced Kiwisaver policy, The Green Party’s reaction to the COP30 Climate Summit, as well as their reaction to the Government choosing to halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria. Following this, Max also spoke with Robert MacCulloch, the Matthew S. Abel Chair of Macroeconomics, and

National’s New Kiwisaver Policy is Disturbing w/...

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2025/11/25

Following our previous discussion with The Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez March, Wednesday Wire Host Max decided to further break down The National Party’s new Kiwisaver Policy with Robert MacCulloch, the Matthew S. Abel Chair of Macroeconomics, and Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Here’s what he thought about the newly announced policy by National, and why he's disturbed by it.

Open letter regarding government's proposed rough...

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2025/11/25

ActionStation Aotearoa, KickBack, and over 40 opposition leaders, community leaders, and organisations, launched an open letter on Monday regarding the government’s potential policy to ban rough sleeping in Auckland’s CBD. The proposed ban, despite the proposal being in its early stages of discussions, has been heavily condemned across the sector, and has raised the question of where those rough sleeping would go? News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to Aaron Hendry, the General Manager and

New Zealand not signing onto a global plan to phase...

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2025/11/24

At COP30, New Zealand has not joined over 80 countries in signing a global plan to phase out fossil fuels. Climate Minister Mark Mitchell has defended this move, saying that the government was already committed to “transition away” from fossil fuels, as of two years ago. News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Sebastian Gehreke, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Climate and Energy Finance Group at the University of Otago, about COP30 and whether New Zealand’s climate policies are enough to

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