Ata mārie e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show this morning: Isthmus'n That w/ Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson and Just What The DoC Ordered w/ Serena Simmonds. Whakarongo mai nei!

95bFM Breakfast with Rosetta is thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

The Whakaata Māori-Curia Poll has released the findings of their polling of Māori across the general and Māori rolls. 

For our politics catch-up with Whakaata Māori, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Daniel Perese about these poll results.

Online controversy has been sparked by Macklemore being dropped as a support act for Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour after making remarks in support of Palestine and showing images of the destruction in Gaza on stage.

Sheeran took to Instagram to clarify that he was "not complicit" and "Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision", drawing further public ire.

The other support acts - FINNEAS, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Rowe - as well as Sheeran’s backing band, Irish folk artists Beoga have now dropped out of the remaining Loop Tour dates, and Macklemore has donated the $1 million salary he was paid as an opening act to organisations providing relief to Palestinians in Gaza.

This week producer Eloise spoke with Olivier Jutel, Senior Lecturer in Media, Film, and Communication at the University of Otago, about the backlash to Macklemore being ousted as a supporting act.

Leon returns from 6 weeks in the northern hemisphere with a bag of goodies, Gakuto closes out the show with some selections before his return to Japan <3 

couple tracks that we were unable to enter into the tracklist below 

SRIRAJAH ROCKERS - ฟรอมเดอะท๊อป

UA - 赤いあなた - Akai Anata

The $5.5 Billion City Rail Link opened to passengers for the first time on Sunday. 

And this week is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, with events happening across Tāmaki Makaurau to mark the occasion. 

For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden caught up with Councillor Julie Fairey about both of these topics.

The Whakaata Māori-Curia Poll has released the findings of their polling of Māori across the general and Māori rolls. 

For our politics catch-up with Whakaata Māori, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Daniel Perese about these poll results.

Lots of waiata for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori today, including some bangers from Geneva AM, Mokotron and Dame Hinewehi Mohi (released the same year she sang the New Zealand national anthem in te reo at the opening of the Rugby World Cup in London). At the top of the show Emma chats to JessB for Sound Looks and the pair got stuck into, among other things, tank tops — Jess's on-stage signature. Oh, and don't forget, you can help bFM with our big move by signing up for a bCard or donating to our Givealittle.

Thanks to The Tuning Fork!

For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about the opening of the City Rail Link on Sunday and what Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori looks like in Tāmaki Makaurau. 

And for our politics catch-up with Whakaata Māori, they spoke to Daniel Perese about the results of the new Whakaata Māori-Curia poll. 

Flo spoke with Labour MP Shanan Halbert about Labour’s new price gouging policy and their proposed Capital Gains Tax as well as the possibility of a hung parliament.

Producer Eloise spoke with Dr Olivier Jutel from the University of Otago about the fallout from Macklemore being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour.

This week on The Wednesday Wire...

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the continued debacle at MSD following botched reforms and more revelations of failure.

For our fortnightly catch up with the leader of the Opportunity Party, Qiulae Wong, Wire Producer Theo Spoke with Q about Aotearoa New Zealand’s infrastructure challenges, and youth voter engagement.

Theo then spoke to AUT’s professor of finance Aaron Gilbert about their study on buy now pay later schemes and how perceptions of debt may influence how we work with it. 

Fianlly, as part of our new series “Candidates of Tāmaki Makaurau” where we interview new candidates standing this election, Wire Producer Jude spoke to Yasmine Serhan, the Green Party candidate for Glendene.

Ata mārie e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show this morning: Rosetta chats to Los Angeles-based musician Julia Holter about her new album, 'Materia'!

95bFM Breakfast with Rosetta is thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!