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Only 32.6% of eligible voters voted in local elections, the worst turnout in 36 years.  Foreign Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza. And politicians across the house have criticised Te Pāti Māori for the confusing infighting between members that has played out over the past few days. For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about all of these issues.

Rosetta and Milly chat with Kirikiriroa based creative Brandon De La Cruz about his new album Blue Irises in Hologram - out tomorrow! We also get a first listen of the album's new single 'Every Little Boy In Auckland'. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason talks to Kiwi actor (and long-time bFM listener) Jay Ryan about his new show, The Ridge, screening on Sky Open, SkyGo and Neon from October 21. A Scotland-New Zealand co-production, the six-part series is a gothic mystery set in rural Aotearoa. The pair discuss the mysterious quality of small towns, why he still loves working here, and how he got his big break right downstairs from the studio by the quad. Thanks to The Tuning Fork

Earlier this month, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture visited Aotearoa for the first time since 2013. The delegation made a range of unannounced visits to facilities such as prisons, police stations, and youth justice and protection residencies.     The end of visit observations included a repeated emphasis on strengthening investment in and utility of our National Preventative Mechanism - the collective of Aotearoa's independent statutory organisations tasked with advancing the kaupapa to keep detained people safe.   The subcommittee's final report will be delivered to Aotearoa's government, which is then up to government discretion whether the document is made public.    Producer Jasmine Gray spoke to Meg de Ronde, CEO of Te Kāhui Tika Tangata (Human Rights Commission) - the coordinating body of the National Preventative Mechanism - about the subcommittee's statements.  

On this week's show, Thursday host Emma Gleason interviewed Jay Ryan (a long-time bFM listener) about his thrilling new show, The Ridge, and why he wears a kilt in it. They talked music (The Pixies and Troy Kingi) and the episode also includes tracks from Dartz, The Clash, Pearly*, Garageland and more. Thanks to The Tuning Fork

Karl Fisher, DoC ranger on Aotea / Great Barrier Island, joins Rosetta and Milly for a chat about all the wonderful walks, sites, and things to do on the island! Whakarongo mai nei!

It's Thursday Brekkie with Rosetta and Milly on 95bFM Breakfast! E whai ake nei: a kōrero with Brandon De La Cruz about his new album out tomorrow, and Just What the DoC Ordered. Plus, a chance to win tickets to Wheatus and the Exploding Rainbow Orchestra! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Local elections wrapped up this Saturday across the country with Auckland recording the lowest turnout in decades. However, as councilors and local board members settle in for the next term, Thursday Wire Producer Sanat talked to Shane Henderson about how leaders from across our city step up and campaign for these elections, what his community is looking forward to over the next term and what sort of reforms he wants to pursue to stem this decline in local democracy.

Jenna is up in the studio for Loose Reads, recapping an exciting weekend with Bookshop Day at Time Out, and chatting about Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin's Ordinary Saints. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Ata mārie e te whānau! Ko te Rāhina tēnei rā, nō reira ka kōrero māua ki a Arini Loader mā runga 'Whakataukī o tēnei wiki'! Rosetta and Milly catch up with Arini Loader for our whakataukī of the week! Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu // Even though it is small, it is a treasure

Penelope Noir joins Rosetta and Milly on the airwaves for a kōrero about Ballet fashion - in particular, the history of pointe shoes! Whakarongo mai nei!

New Orleans Funk 45s

The government has recently announced that 18-to-19-year-olds whose parents earn $65,528 annually will no longer be eligible for Jobseeker Support. The Government estimates that 4300 young people would become ineligible under this new policy. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says these changes to Jobseeker Support eligibility are “tough love” and that he did not want the government to “send a message to young people” that 18-to-19-year-olds could “just drift into welfare and that's it”. For our weekly catchup with the ACT Party's Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host Joel spoke to him about this topic. They also discussed the government saying they would amend the Policing Act to guarantee police have the power to collect intelligence through means of photographing and videoing potential perpetrators. But first, they discussed the changes to the Jobseeker benefit.

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 government's Jobseeker Support changes for 18-to-19-year-olds, and the government's amendments to the Policing Act. Following Joel's chat with Simon, they spoke more about the amendments to the Policing Act with Gehan Gunasekara - the Convenor of the Surveillance Group within the Privacy Foundation and an Associate Commerical Law Professor at the University of Auckland, about concerns these changes will create a “surveillance state”. Producer Alex spoke to a Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland, Rochelle Constantine about what the new Hauraki Gulf Protections Act means for our larger wildlife. On Thursday, 95bFM Intern Zanoor spoke to Dr Lucy Hardie, a Health Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, about research showing global vaping companies are using tactics to target young people. And Alex to an Associate French Professor at the University of Auckland, Deborah Walker-Morrison, about the ongoing political crisis in France, and what the instability means for President Emmanuel Macron and his party going forward. Whakarongo mai.

ICYMI - we've got a sparkly new coffee sponsor on the 95bFM Breakfast show: eighthirty coffee roasters! Tune in every morning at 8:30am for This Is How We Brew It, your prompt to enter the draw for a chance to win a bag of our bean of the week. Winners drawn every Friday!  Plus, each Monday we'll catch up with Quality Control Specialist & Coffee Trainer Agnese, to chat all things coffee: where it comes from, how to perfect your brew at home, coffee culture and community, and more. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Radio Mother hosts Shreya and Joel are your bosom selectas today! They chat with Rosetta and Milly about their show, which is all about queer music from Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond. Catch Radio Mother every Saturday from 7-9am and online via the bCasts! Whakarongo mai nei!

"How many dimensions are out there? 10 or 24 or more? I have read about 10 but is 24 just a theoretical number? Pls. advise."

Mōrena! A chill show with a tonny of chit chatting and music! Whakarongo mai!

It's Litia's last Viewmaster before she leaves us for London! Today, she catches up with Rosetta and Milly about all things Paul Thomas Anderson's new film One Battle After Another. Whakarongo mai nei!

Cam is back up in the studio talking all things new wax on the shelves at Southbound today! Whakarongo mai nei! Song Selections: Sven Wunder - Daybreak The Beaches - Jocelyn  Moodymann - Roberta Jean Machine Thanks to Southbound Records!

Happy Rāmere e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on today's Breakfast show: Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, a kōrero with NZ Music Hall of Fame Inductee Barry from The Warratahs, Viewmaster with Litia, and From The Crate with Cam from Southbound Records! Whakarongo mai nei!

Michelle Reid is a Tāmaki based painter, exploring the idea of atmospheres and gardening through a layered material language that incorporates oil paint, pencil, water colour and even the use of a water blaster. Allowing an index of material vocabulary and mark making to arise. Interweaving these explorative methods of mark making with botanical imagery to create a kind of synthesis of material language, that dances between representation and abstraction.  Her current exhibition at Artor Contemporary, A Biome of Hue, continues Reid's exploration of atmospheres. Shifting the gallery space into its own garden-like atmosphere that invites viewers to engage with the work in a slightly different way—installed through the lens of a garden, some paintings hung high, others low to the ground, and one even wrapping around the gallery wall. Inviting viewers to encounter the paintings through this alternative embodied lens.  Maya caught up with Michelle about the show, and overall practice.

This morning Huia played a mix of rap, rnb and good ol rock. Huia was also joined today by the talented rnb singer-song-writer Imani J for Fancy new band! brought to you by NZ ON AIR MUSIC !  Thanks to the Tuningfork!

Milly has a kōrero with Barry Saunders of The Warratahs - who are set to be inducted in the NZ Music Hall of Fame this year at the Silver Scroll Awards, on Wednesday October 29 at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Whakarongo mai nei!

Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke tells Rosetta and Milly all about Calypso music, which grew in popularity out of Trinidad in the 1950s!  Song selections: George Symonette - Don't Touch Me Tomato (1957) Mighty Sparrow - Capitalism Gone Mad (1982) Calypso Rose - Rum & Coca Cola (2016)

Cindy Leong is a Tāmaki-based painter whose practice probes abstraction as a medium for meditation. Driven by Eastern philosophy, the works cultivate a quality of stillness, inviting a quiet contemplation whereby time is paused for a moment of equanimity – enticing a reflection of the self and the surrounding forces of our environments that sit in tension and harmony with one another. For Leong, her artmaking process is just as meditative as she intends the works to be received.  Her solo exhibition, A Moment's Interlude, opens tonight at Public Record. Each work taking the form of a diptych, Leong applies muted, monochromatic colours drawn from nature, combining oil with incense ash on linen to build these textural paintings. Her mark-making moves across the canvas unrestrained in tension with the grid that holds the structure of their form.  Ahead of the exhibition's opening, Sofia had a kōrero with Cindy Leong about A Moment's Interlude and her overall practice.

Ivy from Ōtepoti gave an amazing performance for Friday Live Brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.  The remaining 2 hours and 45 minutes of epic tunes and bantz by host Oto are brought to you by The Beer Spot!

Over the last few months, concerns have been raised over the hosting of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States. Particularly, concerns over human rights in the country, VISA worries, and accusations of sportswashing have been increasingly levied towards the country. The relative lack of coverage of these concerns, comparatively to concerns over the previous tournament in Qatar, or those in the future in countries like Saudi Arabia, complicate the history that Football and FIFA have with questionable regimes and funding. Despite Trump Administration Policies that seem to threaten the tournament, there continues to be a lack of noise around whether or not the Three host countries should be reduced to two, removing the US. Monday Wire Producer Alex spoke to a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Auckland, Luke Bird, about this Sportwashing, its background, and why the US and countries like Qatar are treated differently.

Suri is back up in the studio for Loose Reads, and today she's chatting about Chris Kraus' latest novel, The Four Spent the Day Together. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Hosts of the 95bFM Jazz Show Miss Dom and Blind Mango Chutney are your Bosom Selectas this week! Tune in to the Jazz Show every Sunday from 12pm - 2pm. Whakarongo mai nei!

This week for Fashun, Rosetta and Milly catch up with Pennie and Charli Cox from Common - a charity that provides clothing for those in need, that is unfortunately closing due to lack of funding. Whakarongo mai nei!

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 government's recent energy reforms, and about the three New Zealanders aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla who have been intercepted by Israel. Producer Alex spoke to Doctoral Candidate at the University of Auckland Luke Bird about concerns around Sportwashing with the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States in the midst of human rights concerns under the Trump Administration. Joel spoke to the National President of the Tertiary Education Union or TEU, Julie Douglas, about the University of Auckland, Massey University, and the Victoria University of Wellington, all announcing they will not be using software to detect AI in student's work, and what this means heading forward. Following their chat with Douglas, Joel also spoke to Shahper Richter, a Senior Marketing Lecturer at the University of Auckland, about using “interactive oral assessments” or IOA's, as a way to combat AI in testing students. Whakarongo mai!

Joe Kaptein is up in the studio, chatting to Rosetta and Milly about his new album Pool Sharks - out now digitally and on vinyl! Joe also chats about his forthcoming gigs this Thursday and Friday at The Apartment on K Road. Whakarongo mai nei!

Rosetta and Milly are back after an epic weekend, and they're serving up your Monday Breakfast HOT! E whai ake nei: Whakataukī o Tēnei Wiki with Arini Loader, Fashun with Penelope Noir and Charli Cox, a kōrero with Joe Kaptein about his new album, Loose Reads with Suri, and Bosom Selecta with the 95bFM Jazz Show! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Eighthirty Coffee Roasters!

On Wednesday, the government announced new energy reforms in its Energy Package. This follows a review into the sector being undertaken by Frontier Economics. Despite this, the government has decided not to follow a significant amount of recommendations within the review. For our weekly catchup with the ACT Party's Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Court about this package, and some of the backlash the government has received from the sector regarding it. They also discussed Samuel Leason, Rana Hamida, and Youssef Sammour, being detained in Israel by attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. The interception of these vessels is illegal under international law, as the interceptions took place in the Mediterranean Sea between 70-80 nautical miles off of the Gazan coast. This comes a month after over a hundred humanitarian groups have signed an open letter calling for Israel to allow essential aid into the besieged Gaza Strip. They say they are “not authorised” to deliver aid, unless they comply with tough Israeli measures. Joel also spoke to Court about the three New Zealand detainees, and what the government is doing to get them home. But first, they discussed energy reforms.

Arini offers us some mātauranga with this morning's whakataukī: Ehara i te tī // YOLO! Whakarongo mai nei!

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The Israeli military has intercepted the Freedom Flotilla, which is trying to break Israel's aid blockade by delivering food and medicine to Gaza. Wire Host Caeden spoke to Acacia O'Connor, actor and on-the-ground spokesperson for the Global Movement to Gaza, about Israel's interception of the flotilla, and what we know about the whereabouts of the New Zealanders on board. Update: All three New Zealanders who are part of the Freedom Flotilla are confirmed to be taken by the Israeli Military. There will be a snap action taking place in Te Komititanga from 3pm today to protest what has happened.