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Ex-bFM newsreader George is in the studio with Jonny to review Graydon Carter's recently published memoir When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines. The memoir details Carter's illustrous and long-lasting career as a editor at Vanity Fair during the rock'n'roll era of print media. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

National MP, Greg Flemming, is pushing for cross-party support for anti-trafficking legislation to expand on his members’ bill.

This comes as recent court documents and child welfare agencies have shown cases of adoptive parents with criminal histories abusing children who have been adopted from overseas.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to a board member of ECPAT Child Alert; an organisation aimed at ending child sexual exploitation, Rebecca Kingi, about current anti-trafficking legislation in Aotearoa and what these proposed changes aim to do.

This week on the Monday Wire:

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Producer Evie speaks to MP Simon Court about the government’s proposed changes to Early Childhood Education (or ECE) regulations, NZ First’s proposed gender bill and ACC’s ethnic outcomes target.

Evie speaks to early childhood representative on the NZ Educational Institute National (NZEI) Executive Zane McCarthy about the proposed changes to ECE, and why they spark cause for concern.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel speaks to Queer Endurance / Defiance member, Leliel Trethowen, about Winston Peter’s proposed gender bill.

Joel speaks to a board member of ECPAT Child Alert; an organisation aimed at ending child sexual exploitation Rebecca Kingi, about National MP, Greg Flemming, calling for cross-party support for anti-trafficking legislation.

And Global Innovator, Matt Hart, joins us in studio to discuss changes in the way AI is being used.

Whakarongo mai.

Recently, NZ First Leader, and Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, has proposed a members bill that would ensure the terms “woman” and “man” are interpreted alongside one’s sex assigned at birth, as opposed to gender identity.

Peters sez he is aiming for this bill to replace a self-identification law that allows citizens to change their sex on their birth certificate.

This bill has seen a multitude of criticism, over concerns this bill is aligning with similar moves overseas, such as in the UK and US, as well as how the bill would be enforced.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to a member from Queer Endurance / Defiance, Leliel Trethowen, about Winston Peter’s member’s bill, how this will impact Aotearoa’s transgender community, and their planned rally on Parliament grounds against this proposed bill.

Crawley chats to the director of the forthcoming documentary Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds Ursula Grace Williams. The world premiere for the flick will be taking place tomorrow night at The Civic right here in Tāmaki Makaurau - whakarongo mai nei!

This week's show featured new music from Durand Jones & The Indications, Leisure, Sault, Loyle Carner and more.

Played "Red Flags" by Fly My Pretties and Taylah which is a great fit for Border Radio alongside the great blues women and men.  Boom Boom always works.

The Tairāwhiti funk shed is back in operation with Campbell taking over dancefloor duties on the Swap Meet this afternoon: Dig this!

New or new-ish releases from Jeff Parker, Tim Berne, Julian Lage and John Zorn's New Masada Quartet feature in Def Jim's latest Jazz Show. Mr. Parker is back with another set from the band that recorded Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy a while back, this time on a better-distributed label (and available from Real Groovy on vinyl at last check). Otherwise the Show is graced with the usual miscellany of carefully-chosen album tracks new and old from the modern jazz canon. Don't miss it!