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Happy Halloween! Some spooky tracks to start the last day of the month of October 🎃

This Thursday, the wonderful gang from Nami came up to the station, mixing some 'witches brew' in honour of Halloween and their special Halloween Bash tonight! It's delicious!

Thursday's Halloween Special just got better as two ghosts killed while performing 'Oliver Twist' finally reveal themselves as what's been haunting 95bFM this whole time. They chat about all sorts including Live Music Bar, Aotearoa’s new musical web series — presented by UTR, produced by Sports Team, which has released its final episode featuring Who Shot Scott. The ghosts are definitely not Sports Team.  

Happy Hallo-weed from Chris and Milly! Today's Marijuana Media is packed with good news, the most positive Herald editorial potentially ever, iwi partnership with one of our medicinal marijuana producers Puro, and the potential scrapping of West Auckland alcohol licensing. Do tune in, Chris and Milly also talk about what happens when you stop smoking weed and what's coming up in the wonderful world of weed. 

Thanks to The Hempstore!

The Israeli parliament recently passed a law that would ban the United Nations Relief and Works agency, more commonly known as the UNRWA, from operating in Israel and East Jerusalem.

News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Dr Ritesh Shah, about this ruling, and what this will mean for those relying on the services of the UNRWA amidst the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.

Featuring What's Up? with Chris Hipkins and the weekly Aural Emporium!

Whakarongo mai nei!

Jonny catches up with leader of the opposition Chris Hipkins MP. Starting off with some questions from listeners, particularly around potential governmental overreach as the coalition government makes changes to regional councillors regarding their ability to reform local legislation. Jonny then talks to Chris about school lunches, the Hauraki Gulf and tobacco law reform. 

About two weeks ago, the government announced a series of changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa.

Immigration minister Erica Stanford has said that the new changes would specify the terms of the visa and reduce the time migrants may be in vulnerable situations, however a number of human rights advocates have disagreed with this reasoning, saying the changes to the visa would reduce support for migrant workers and put more power in the hands of employers.

Oto spoke to Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at Te Kāhui Tika Tangata - The Human Rights Commission, to discuss the recent changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visas and how it’ll impact migrant workers.

Sustainability, recycling, carbon emission etcetera are terms commonly overused by corporations and companies who engage in greenwashing to make consumers feel less guilt. However, new groups of architects are dedicated to creating homes which meet all the standards of style and comfort without compromising the environmental impact that comes with construction.

Through a newly developed carbon calculation technology, architects can integrate carbon offsets to prioritise sustainable housing, which can greatly reduce a project’s environmental footprint. 

Sasha spoke to Dr Sarosh Mulla, senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning, about the new carbon calculation tech and the future of sustainable housing. Additionally we also discussed what generates the greatest amount of waste during a construction project and how carbon calculation aims to fix that.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has recently returned from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, also known as CHOGM, where one of the main topics of discussion was the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on island nations. 

While attending CHOGM, Chris Luxon told media and other delegates that he was concerned about rising sea levels and the pollution of water bodies in the Pacific, and that the government was doing “everything they could” to combat climate change and achieve net zero emissions.

Luxon’s attendance at CHOGM and stated commitment to mitigating emissions and sea level rises has been at odds with environmentalists and experts, who’ve said that the government’s domestic climate and industrial policies go directly against the Prime Minister’s statements in Apia, with measures such as the Fast-Track Approvals bill and reinstating of offshore gas exploration preventing New Zealand from achieving net zero emissions and contributing to the very same problems he was discussing.

For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March about Prime Minister Chris Luxon’s visit to Samoa for CHOGM, and his defence of the government’s climate policies. 

They also discussed a new partnership between Germany and Aotearoa to combat emissions in the agricultural sector, and the Green party’s call to close Youth Justice residences.