For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about the 7.9% rates increase and bus passenger numbers reaching a record high.
For Politics with Māni Dunlop from Te Ao Māori News, they caught up with her ahead of today’s Budget announcement.
And News Director Castor attended the launch of Auckland Transport’s new hybrid-electric ferry.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Producer Pranuja spoke with Shanan Halbert about the retirement age debate and NZ First’s proposed gender bill.
And she spoke with Dr Tim Welch about New Zealand’s move-on orders and I also spoke with Dr Alison Towns about New Zealand’s new anti-stalking law.
Cello Forrester and Georgette Brown from Womb stop by the 95bFM studio to tell Emma Gleason about what you can expect at their upcoming show (lots of new music!) and how their Australian tour with The Beths went. They also discuss atmospheric venues, why their band is a different experience live and what it was like being nominated for the Taite award. Womb plays with Dry Cleaning on June 3 at The Hollywood Avondale as part of the Strange Universe winter series. An all-ages gig at a great Auckland venue, get your tickets here.
halfqueen is away and the halfkings are here; molly and liv! tune in for bad jokes, Marijuana Media with chris fowlie, a pleading cry from liv to wayne brown to be auckland's town crier, and all Aotearoa music!!!!
Francisca and Denise from Look Blue Go Purple phone in to choose a couple of tracks for you lucky bFM listeners for New Zealand Music Month! Whakarongo mai nei!
The debate around raising the retirement age has continued this week, with growing discussion around Superannuation. At the same time, NZ First’s proposed “Man and Woman” bill has reignited debate around gender identity, legal definitions, and abortion access.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Producer Pranuja spoke with Shanan Halbert about these topics.
It's 100% New Zealand music week on 95bFM and today's show had plenty of it. We heard new songs from Jazmine Mary and Ben Chavasse, classics tracks by the likes of Che Fu and Fur Patrol, as well as a listener requests for the late, great Darcy Clay. Speaking of local music, Emma was also joined by two thirds of Womb (Cello Forrester and Georgette Brown) to hear about what they've got planned for their June 3 Strange Universe show with Dry Cleaning at The Hollywood.