95bFM News

09/08/2023

Our Wednesday Wire host, Andre, is heading off to Yale University this week. We'll miss having Andre and his bubbly, ambitious personality around the station, but bFM is so proud!

20/02/2023

Our Tuesday Wire host, Casper, is hosting his last show today. Casper’s critical lens and in-depth knowledge of the political landscape has been an asset to the news team, and his wicked sense of humour is greatly appreciated. Here he is during his final show with our Dear Science regular guest and producer Milly. Tune in now!

25/01/2023

The Employment Court has now ruled in favour of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) in their legal action against AUT. Read more here: https://95bfm.com/news/we-will-fight-for-you-teu-succeeds-in-latest-action-against-auts-redundancy-process

Late last year, AUT announced 230 redundancies among a number of other cost-cutting measures, despite making a $12 million surplus in 2020 and 2021. The Employment Court has now ruled in favour of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) in their legal action against AUT. AUT has been fined for breaching....

24/01/2023

Ardern’s policy impacts have contained multitudes, garnering reactions from international and domestic forces. Stay tuned to The Wire this week for more analysis on different facets of Ardern’s leadership, the dynamics of her resignation, and commentary on the implications of the new leadership team.

24 January, 2023 Interview by Casper McGuire, adapted by Stella Huggins Listen to the interview with Geoffrey Miller Jacinda Ardern’s (pictured, image courtesy of the NZ Labour Party) policy impacts have contained multitudes, garnering reactions from international and domestic forces. Stay tuned t...

19/01/2023

The New Zealand Drug Foundation are warning that a more dangerous drug is being sold as L*D on tabs of different colours and patterns, including Pickle Rick. Photo: NZ Drug Foundation.

18 January, 2023 Interview by Liam Hansen, adapted by Jay Alexander and Jessica Hopkins The New Zealand Drug Foundation are warning that a more dangerous drug is being sold as L*D on tabs of different colours and patterns, including Pickle Rick. Photo: NZ Drug Foundation. During drug testing at the....

18/01/2023

The UK’s blocking of The Gender Recognition Reform Bill has prompted much discourse. The Wire spoke to Scottish Green MP Maggie Chapman on the matter. Read the full story:

18 January, 2023 Interview by Jessica Hopkins, adapted by Georgi Stirling Maggie Chapman (pictured) from the Scottish Green Party told The Wire about the party's commitment to resisting the UK's blocking of The Gender Recognition Reform Bill. The UK government has voted to block a Scottish gender re...

17/01/2023

‘Survival of the richest’, a report by Oxfam (ahead of the World Economic Forum at Davos ) shows the richest 1% of the world's population holds almost twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the population. Read more:

17 January, 2023 By Casper McGuire, adapted by Stella Huggins Listen to the full interview here A recent report by Oxfam titled ‘Survival of the Richest’ shows that the rich have indeed continued to get richer over the course of the pandemic. Disparities in wealth have continued to grow, and the...

14/12/2022

How are you planning to minimise the risk of catching COVID-19 this summer? Epidemiologist Michael Baker recommends antivirals, mask use, and other helpful tips. Read more: https://95bfm.com/news/minimising-the-risk-of-spreading-covid-19-this-summer

13/12/2022

Pharmac has funded a drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy (a genetic disease), to the relief of the SMA community. Read more:

9 November, 2022 Reporting by Joe Wickins, adapted by Stella Huggins Listen to the full interview A first-of-its-kind medicine (SPINRAZA) that treats spinal muscular atrophy, was finally funded by Pharmac last week on 8 December. Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare genetic disease, often labelled 'bab...

07/12/2022

The National Party "will repeal the Radio New Zealand, TVNZ merger" if elected, Dr Shane Reti told The Wire yesterday. Read more:

November 6, 2022 Reporting by Casper McGuire, adapted by Stella Huggins The proposed merger of Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) into one mega public media entity, being championed by the Labour government has been criticised by the opposition. Speaking to Casper on The Wire,...

29/11/2022

Macroeconomist Robert MacCulloch from The University of Auckland has criticised the Reserve Bank's OCR hike. Read more:

November 29, 2022 Interview by Casper Mcguire, adapted by Stella Huggins Listen to the interview A University of Auckland macroeconomist, Robert MacCulloch has criticised the Reserve Bank’s decision to hike the official cash rate by 75 base points. Speaking to Casper on The Wire, MacCulloch explai...

22/11/2022

Drug testing is legal- but its operations in practice are limited by funding challenges. https://95bfm.com/news/crucial-drug-testing-services-at-summer-festivals-underfunded

16/11/2022

A student attending The University of Auckland is allegedly reporting those protesting against the Iranian regime, to Iran. Read more:

November 16, 2022 Interview by Jessica Hopkins, adapted by Stella Huggins A University of Auckland student, Sophia* has come forward with allegations about a staff member reportedly providing the Iranian regime with intelligence about Iranians in New Zealand who are protesting. The PhD student has a...

14/11/2022

Today is long-time newsteamer Christina’s last day! Christina has been such a joy to have on board, and you may recognise her from her excellent hosting of the iconic Dear Science segment (pictured here!). TVNZ is lucky to have you, Christina! 🖤❤️

23/08/2022

bFM News is covering the AUSA - Auckland University Students' Association mayoral candidate debate tonight.

Five candidates will face off, answering questions about housing, transport, climate change, and other issues that impact students the most.

Live stream link: https://fb.watch/f4chSEbw-9/

01/10/2021

BREAKING NEWS: A member of the South of Port Waikato community says people have been breaching the Auckland border and wants Covid-19 police checkpoints to be set up at Port Waikato and Onewhero village.

One Onewhero village resident told 95bFM that traffic using local roads to travel in and out of Auckland has quadrupled since NZ went to Alert Level 3 on August 31 and believes the traffic is non-local people breaching border restrictions.

The resident says local police have been patrolling the area intermittently but believes the police are only stopping 5 or 10 percent of the traffic going through.

A Police spokesperson told 95bFM that they have patrols working on a 24/7 basis in the area, that they are stopping all vehicles they encounter to ensure any travel is permitted and anyone found attempting to cross the boundary will face enforcement action.

Despite this, the resident says the community feels that not enough is being done to prevent people travelling out of Auckland and potentially spreading Covid-19 to the wider New Zealand population.

Listen News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston’s full report and interview with the Onewhero village resident on the 95bFM website.

In breaking news, a member of the South of Port Waikato community says people have been breaching the Auckland border and wants Covid-19 police checkpoints to be set up at Port Waikato and at Onewhero village. The Onewhero village resident told News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston that traffic....

08/09/2021

Since going back into lockdown, it is safe to say that Kiwis have been walking a lot more. Thomas Nail, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver in the United States, recently wrote an article about why walking is good for the brain.

Nail's research centres around how walking affects our brains and whether it could help students in school remember better, think more creatively and help build more positive relationships in the classroom.

Zazi spoke to Professor Nail about this research to see if walking should remain part of our daily lives past the lockdown climate, and be integrated into our education systems.

Earlier this week Thomas Nail, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver in the United States, wrote an article titled: Why is walking so good for the brain? Blame it on the "spontaneous fluctuations". This article spoke about walking: how it affects our brains, and whether it could actu...

26/08/2021

With the latest outbreak of Covid-19, there seems to be some confusion as to how a fully vaccinated person is able to catch the virus.

To clear this confusion up and provide more insight into how vaccines work against Covid-19 and the Delta strain, News and Editorial director Jemima Huston spoke with Dr Nikki Turner Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre at the University of Auckland. Dr Turner spoke to and cleared up common misconceptions about the vaccine and also about the effectiveness of the vaccine against the Delta strain. Listen Now!

When it is reported that a fully vaccinated person has caught Covid-19, there tends to be confusion as to how it happened. News and Editoral Director Jemima Huston wanted to provide some clarification about what it means to be vaccinated. Jemima speaks to Dr Nikki Turner, Director of the Immunisatio...

19/08/2021

Last Week News and Editorial director Jemima Huston investigated new Apple technology that scans consumers devices for child s*x abuse images (CSAM).

The investigation explored the effect that Apple’s new technology may have on the impact of CSAM in New Zealand and how that may work due to privacy laws. To do this Jemima spoke to the Manager of the Child Exploitation Team for the New Zealand Police Detective Senior Sergeant Alex Carter, Chief Censor David Shanks and Privacy Commissioner John Edwards.

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston investigates Apple's new technology that will scan their US consumer’s devices for known child s*x abuse images (CSAM). The technology has recieved mixed reactions with some concerned that it breaches privacy rights and others pleased that it supports the ...

11/08/2021

This week Zazi and Brooke have their regular chat, talking about the lights going out in Waikato earlier this week and the Government's recently proposed Hate Speech laws against incitement, hatred and discrimination. Listen now!

This week Zazi and Brooke have their regular chat, talking about the lights going out in Waikato earlier this week and the Government's recently proposed Hate Speech laws against incitement, hatred and discrimination. Zazi starts off by asking Brooke about the power outage in Waikato. She asks Brook...

20/05/2021

This week the Waikato DHB IT systems fell victim to cyberattacks. This comes shortly after a ransomwear attack on a hospital in Ireland bringing into question the rising importance of cybersecurity. Aneeka speaks to Professor Dave Parry from the Computer Science department at AUT about this attack.

Yesterday, the Waikato DHB IT systems fell victim to cyberattacks. This comes shortly after a ransomwear attack on a hospital in Ireland bringing into question the rising importance of cybersecurity. Aneeka speaks to Professor Dave Parry from the Computer Science department at AUT about this attack.

27/04/2021

Last week in Australia, New South Wales government officials condemned a Sydney primary school whose students made Black Lives Matter and anti police violence posters.

NSW Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell MLC told Australia's 7 News that politics has no place in the classroom.

95bFM News Director Jemima Huston explores where Aotearoa stands on the inclusion of political discourse in education. Jemima speaks to Victoria University of Wellington Senior Lecturer in Education Bronwyn Wood, NZEI Te Riu Roa President Liam Rutherford and the New Zealand Principals Federation about this.

In Australia last week, the New South Wales government condemned a Sydney primary school whose students made Black Lives Matter and anti police violence posters for their classrooms. NSW government officials have said that any teachers found politicising their classrooms will face disciplinary actio...

07/04/2021

With the ending of daylight saving over the weekend, you may be thinking about how you can keep your home warm and healthy this winter. 95bFM Producer Bronwyn Wilde sat down with Peter Raimondo, a civil engineer specialising in building science and construction, to talk about about how to keep our buildings, and their inhabitants, healthy. Click the link to listen!

As we head into the Winter months you might be thinking about how you can keep your home warm and comfortable. Peter Raimondo is a civil engineer from Toronto specialising in building science and construction. 95bFM Producer Bronwyn Wilde sat down with Peter to talk about about how to keep our build...

21/10/2020

Earlier this year, in a win for the environment, Greenpeace was granted charitable status. However, the law change that allowed this meant that a few months later, anti-LGBTQ group Family First also qualified as a charity.

Bronnie speaks to Professor Jane Norton from the University of Auckland Law School about the differences between these two decisions, and whether we should regret the law change that made them possible.

On the first installment of Approach the Bench, Bronwyn speaks to Dr Jane Norton from the University of Auckland Law School about charitable trusts. Historically, a group could not qualify as a charity if they had a political purpose as their main objective. However, since the “political purpose d...