With plans underway to scrap the Winter Energy Payment, low-income households are facing cuts of up to $63 a week. In response, Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) and the Child Poverty Action Group are calling for payments to be raised rather than cut.

Hanna spoke to AAAP Co-Chair Kathleen Paraha about the issue.

The University of Auckland's Alison Talmage from the School of Music joins us for a chat about the CeleBRation Choir. Being a music therapist and doctoral student at the School of Music, Alison leads the CeleBRation Choir, an initiative of the Centre for Brain Research and a bastion for connectivity among those with a

Zoë updates us on what's good in digital theatre this week. Firstly, you can catch Missing People on the Leeds Playhouse YouTube channel if you're interested in catching some big theatre, digitally of course. And there's plenty to catch on Te Pou's website as part of the Kōanga Festival, this week you can check out Kūpapa, Ruck & Maul and Whytangi?? 

JessB has a stellar new mixtape out now, and she popped in to have a chat about it this morning. As the name suggests '3 Nights In Amsterdam' was recorded in one creative burst while Jess was visiting the city last year. Whakarongo mai nei to find out more! 

The Mayor dials in to catch up with Rachel on this beautiful Spring morning about what's happening at Alert Level 2.5, letting International students into the country, the proposal to make Matariki a Public Holiday, and the latest on homelessness in Tāmaki.

Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rachel is back in the drivers seat on this beautiful Spring morning; Second Guessing helps us flex our brain muscles; the Mayor dials in to talk about community gardens, the latest in Covid-19 Alert Levels and Matariki; JessB pops in to give us the lowdown on her new mixtape; Zoë's got all sorts of good theatre recommendations for you; Jess Fu chats to Diggy Dupé on Short Player; and Alison tells us about the CeleBRation Choir that she's a part of.

This week in her chat with the Green Party co-leader James Shaw, Zoë Larsen Cumming asks about the Jobs for Nature program, new conservation land, and an update on the Green School controversy. 

This week in her chat with the Green Party co-leader James Shaw, Zoë Larsen Cumming asks about the Jobs for Nature program, new conservation land, and an update on the Green School controversy. 

Today on the Wire with Zoë:

95bFM's Election Coverage is back, and this week's theme is housing. 

Producer Aneeka Moheed interviews the National Council of Women in New Zealand's Lisa Lawrence on statistics showing 90.91% of people who lost their job in New Zealand due to Covid 19 were women. 

Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews natural language processor and Artificial Intelligence programmer Alistair Landels on conversational interactions with bots and AI. 

Aneeka Moheed interviews Gina Dellabarca from the Show Me Short's Film Festival on how it plan to operate due to Covid 19 changes. 

The Show Me Shorts Film Festival is set to begin on the 2nd of October. Aneeka talks to festival director, Gina Dellabarca, about what's coming up.