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Oto and Jaycee had a chat with Filipino-New Zealander artist and producer - JHL and played 2 hours of Botanica, hyperpop and experimental electronica from the Asian diaspora.

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 new school subjects set to be implemented into the new, proposed curriculum, and the drastic changes to art history and outdoor education.

Producer Alex spoke with the University of Otago's Robert Patman about international support for Palestinian Statehood, and whether or not Foreign Minister Winston Peters will follow his Australian and Canadian counterparts.

Joel spoke to the Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad about the temporary pause of international adoptions, and what this means for children overseas.

And Alex spoke with the University of Aucklands Helen petousis-Harris about the CDC reviewing vaccine recommendations and regulations under an anti-vax committee.

Whakarongo mai!

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Crawley chats with his pal Karly Hartzman of North Carolina band Wednesday, who've just released a fantastic new album Bleeds (also our Album of the Week this week on 95bFM). Matthew and Karly cover touring, musical influences such as PJ Harvey and Unwound, as well as a potential return to Aotearoa for the band!

US comedy icon Creed Bratton (The Office US) joins Milly and Rosetta for a kōrero on Breakfast ahead of his one-off NZ show at SkyCity on October 1! Whakarongo mai nei!

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has headed to New York for a conference on a Two State solution in the middle east, where debate over Palestinian recognition and statehood will take place during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.

As countries like Australia and Canada pledge support for Palestinian Statehood, alongside other countries that have either expressed intent or already done so, Peters has remained closed off as to whether or not New Zealand will join these ranks.

Monday Wire Producer Alex spoke to the Professor of International Relations at the University of Otago, Robert Patman, about what these expressions of support for Palestinian Statehood mean in the long run, and what we can and should expect from Peters and the Government in this regard.

It's Monday brekkie! Welcome back e te whānau, Rosetta and Milly are kicking off the new week with an epic show: Te Whakataukī o te Wiki with Kommi, Fashun with Penelope Noir, a chat with Creed Bratton (The Office US) ahead of his NZ show, Loose Reads with Suri, and Sam is your bosom selecta today! Plus our new AOTW is 'Bleeds' by Wednesday, and we're giving away Splore tix all week! Whakarongo mai nei!

The Government has announced some new secondary school subjects and changes to current ones, which will be a part of the proposed new curriculum.

Some of the subjects include: earth and space sciences, civics, politics, and philosophy, media, journalism and communications, and te mātai i te ao Māori

However, art history as a subject is set to be axed, instead being integrated into other visual art subjects such as design, painting, and photography. In addition to this, outdoor education as a subject is set to become fully vocational.

Those in these sectors have criticised these moves, with Auckland Art Gallery’s head of curatorial and exhibitions Sarah Farrar, saying the move will close doors for young people, with Claire Amos, principal at Albany Senior High School, saying that making outdoor education vocational will result in a loss of funding for the subject.

For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party’s Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host spoke to him about these topics.

Last Week, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices met to review childhood vaccination recommendations in the US. The committee, whose members were appointed by anti-vaccination US Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr, have voted on a variety of recommendations for child vaccinations and restrictions of vaccinations from COVID-19 to Measles and Mumps immunisations. 

This move has been met with concern, both over the implications for the health and wellbeing of children and the public, and what it means for one of the most prominent countries and advisory bodies to make such a move. In particular, the move itself was rife with confusion, with the advisory committee being ill-equipped to review the recommendations.

Monday Wire Producer Alex spoke to Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, Helen Petousis-Harris, about the confused and muddled recommendations, what they mean for public health, and what this says about the state of vaccine regulation.

Mainstream radio listener converted to bFM after Border Radio tonight was such an amazing and beautiful treat for the ears! You can't do better than that. What a show.