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Oto and Jaycee talked to local rapper Emperor C about his sophomore album 'Reverence' and played 2 hours of underground Hip Hop, Plugg and Hyperpop by the Asian diaspora.

Former Australian magistrate, David Heilpern, has recently told ABC’s Four Corners that "Governments are underestimating the reach and threats of [the sovereign citizenship movement]”, following the killings of two police officers. The alleged killer, Dezi Freeman, has expressed strong support for sovereign citizenship online.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host Joel, spoke to Stephen Young, an Associate Law Professor at the University of Otago, on ‘sovereign citizenship,’ what this movement looks like here in Aotearoa, and whether it should be seen as a concern.

95bFM Thursday Morning Glory host Emma Gleason is your Bosom Selecta today! You can catch Emma spinning awesome tunes every Thursday from 10am - 12pm, and 24/7 via the bCasts. Whakarongo mai nei!

Song Selections:

Counting The Beat - The Swingers

Orinoco Flow - Enya

Today on Loose Reads, Jenna is up in studio to chat with Rosetta and Milly about Vera, Or Faith by Gary Shteyngart - a boldly imagined story of family and country told through the clear and wondrous eyes of a child. Whakarongo mai nei!

Early last week, ACT MP, Todd Stephenson, re-lodged his End of Life Choice Amendment Bill, which seeks to expand the eligibility of the End of Life Choice Act.

This follows recommendations from the Ministry of Health’s office review into the law, which was an official requirement of the original 2019 Act. Stephenson’s bill has accepted all 25 recommendations.

National’s coalition agreement with ACT requires any proposed changes to the Act having to be progressed through as a member’s bill.

As well as this, Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, has not ruled out absorbing ministries such as the Ministry of Women and Ministry of Pacific People into larger ministries.

In 2023, the ACT Party had campaigned on removing these ministries.

And last week, The Justice Select Committee report into four-year parliamentary terms recommended a referendum on the potential move, but had recommended some provisions of ACT Party Leader, David Seymour, be scrapped.

These provisions include an incoming government only being allowed a four-year term if the government agreed to give the opposition the majority in the select committee. This would mean that some governments would be three-terms, and some would be four terms.

For our weekly catchup with ACT MP Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to him about all these topics, starting with Todd Stephenson’s members bill.

Early last week, ACT MP, Todd Stephenson, re-lodged his End of Life Choice Amendment Bill, which seeks to expand the eligibility of the End of Life Choice Act.

This follows recommendations from the Ministry of Health’s office review into the law, which was an official requirement of the original 2019 Act. Stephenson’s bill has accepted all 25 recommendations.

National’s coalition agreement with ACT requires any proposed changes to the Act having to be progressed through as a member’s bill.

As well as this, Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, has not ruled out absorbing ministries such as the Ministry of Women and Ministry of Pacific People into larger ministries.

In 2023, the ACT Party had campaigned on removing these ministries.

And last week, The Justice Select Committee report into four-year parliamentary terms recommended a referendum on the potential move, but had recommended some provisions of ACT Party Leader, David Seymour, be scrapped.

These provisions include an incoming government only being allowed a four-year term if the government agreed to give the opposition the majority in the select committee. This would mean that some governments would be three-terms, and some would be four terms.

For our weekly catchup with ACT MP Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to him about all these topics, starting with Todd Stephenson’s members bill.

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 ACT MP Todd Stephenson’s members bill being re-introduced to develop the End of Life Choice Act, Public Service Commissioner, Sir Brian Roche’s potential changes to different multiple ministries, and the Select Committee’s recommendations regarding four-year parliamentary terms.

Producer Alex spoke to Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Dr Cassandra Mudgway about the need for AI regulations in regards to protecting women and vulnerable communities from AI-based harms.

Joel also spoke to Stephen Young, an Associate Law Professor at the University of Otago, on ‘sovereign citizens,’ following the killings of two Australian police officers, with the alleged perpetrator, Dezi Freeman, having expressed strong support for the movement online.

Alex spoke with the Programme Director and Associate Professor in Global Studies at the University of Auckland, Chris Ogden, about Trumps America acting as a “rogue state”.

And on Thursday, Intern Zanoor spoke to Andrew Eruiti, an Associate Law Professor at the University of Auckland, about his new research, showing that certain principles of human rights in the country are ironically being used to restrain Māori governance and tino rangatiratanga.

Whakarongo mai.

New research, ‘Indigenous Rights Beyond the Liberal Frame,’  has shown that certain human rights principles in the country are ironically being used to restrain Māori governance and tino rangatiratanga.

On Thursday last week, Intern Zanoor spoke to Andrew Erueti, an Associate Law Professor at the University of Auckland and the lead of the study, about this study.

Flo covering the Monday 1-4! 

Happy Rāhina e hoa mā! Today on the 95bFM Breakfast Show: Rosetta and Milly chat with Frank Booker about RESONATE this Friday, Jenna is up for Loose Reads, and Thursday Morning Glory host Emma is your Bosom Selecta this week! Whakarongo mai nei!