For 95bFM's election coverage, Jemima Huston speaks to University of Auckland politics lecturer Dr. Lara Greaves about the Māori Electoral Roll and the Māori Seats in Parliament. Dr. Greaves explains how the Māori Roll and Seats came to be, what impact they have on Māori participation in elections and what some of the issues are with this electoral system. 

Today on the Wire it is our final week of election coverage and we're looking at human issues. 

Karanama looks into the inequity faced by Māori in the healthcare, justice and economic systems in Aotearoa. He speaks with the Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson and the National Party’s healthcare spokesperson Dr Shane Reti about these issues. 

Hanna talks to spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group, Janet McAllister, about whether the government’s targeted focus on child poverty has really made a difference this parliamentary term. 

Jemima talks to Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere about Oranga Tamariki and the Māori Seats in Parliament. 

To wrap up the show Jemima chats to University to Auckland politics lecturer Dr Lara Greaves about the Māori Electoral Roll and the Maori Seats and what impact they have on participation in elections. 

While Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made tackling child poverty one of her main issues, measures of child poverty have largely remained stagnant since Labour entered government in 2017. Hanna spoke to Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson Janet McAllister about the construction of child poverty as a distinct category from poverty, and the extent to which it can be addressed in isolation.

Audio Foundation's Jeff Henderson pops in to chat about Now Hear This!, a very special soundart festival running from tonight until Sunday. Jeff chats to Rachel about the changes we've seen to live music and how we engage with music over the Covid-19 lockdowns. This is not one to miss, grab your tickets here.

From the University of Auckland's School of Architecture and Planning, Masters student Rosemary Li joins us to talk about the upcoming event as part of Artweek 2020. Rosemary’s piece, the Wish Tree, is a large-scale walk-in structure constructed using traditional Chinese joinery called Dou Gong, one of the Chinese joinery techniques she is studying for her masters thesis research topic. You can check out more here.

Zoë's in for Stage Direction, joining us with Grace Augustine, the creator of Heatwave at the Basement Theatre. Grace chats to Zoë about why she made a play about climate change and how relevant it is as a topic. Once you've caught Heatwave, you can catch Bob & Bev's Bingo Bonanza, and Fresh off the Page: XOX by Gayatri Adi, make a night of it!

Today on your bFM Breakfast: Kicking off this moody Tuesday with a round of Second Guessing; the Mayor dials in this morning, thrilled about the rain of course; Jeff from Audio Foundation pops in to give us the rundown of Now Hear This!; Zoë joins us with a special guest, Grace, to talk about Heatwave; Short Player features Auckland's own, Repairs; and Rosemary Li talks all things architecture and Artweek.

The Mayor dials in to talk about water restrictions (as we finally get some rain!), congestion charges, and Council staff cuts. 

This week in her weekly chat with the Green Party co-leader James Shaw, Zoë Larsen Cumming asks James about the minor parties leader's debate, the possibility of a Minister for Mental Health, the Wealth Tax, New Zealand's violence against women and children record, and finally his thoughts in the last week leading up to the election! 

Period Poverty is generally considered to be the inability to access period products due to financial barriers. One average, Kiwis who menstruate are looking at spending nearly $16,000 on period products in their lifetime. Issues regarding accessibility are exacerbated by period stigma stifling women's ability to reach out for support and hindering advocacy efforts. Aneeka speak to Dr. Terry Fleming, one of the researchers in a Youth19 survey that collected data around Period Poverty in schools and she also speak to Miranda Hitchings, co-founder of DignityNZ, an organisation dedicated towards tackling and advocating for Period Poverty.