Mayor Wayne Brown has released a draft proposal for the Auckland Council Group’s Annual Budget 2023/2024.

It consists of small rate rises, reduction in council spending, and asset sales. 

However, amongst a rush to balance the books, the cuts to council spending may place some key council services at risk

David spoke to Councillor Shane Henderon about the topic.

On The Wire this week for Rāmere Friday!

Joe speaks to Fiona Tolich, long-term campaigner and advocate for SMA, about Pharmacs funding of SPINRAZA, a first-of-its-kind medicine for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the number one cause of genetic death in Kiwi children under two. 

Daniel speaks to Merewalesi Yee, who is a PhD student at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia about her project that seeks to advance the understanding of human migration in Fiji caused by climate change. He also speaks to Leba Gaunavinaka who is a climate change adaptation specialist at the Fijian Ministry of Climate Change about relocating Fijian communities whose land is inhabitable due to climate change.  

David chats to Shane Henderson for our regular segment, City Counselling. They look at Auckland Council Group’s Annual Budget 2023/2024. David also speaks to Lachlan Keating from Deaf Aotearoa about creating NZ Sign Language videos for the 2023 census.

That's us for the Friday Wire!

Stats NZ has created 80 New Zealand sign language videos for the 2023 census.

The project was a joint collaboration between the Deaf Community, Deaf Aotearoa and Victoria University of Wellington.

We've made it to the end of another week, and today Zoë takes you through from 7am 'til 10am featuring a chat with Wellness about their debut single 'Beach', a phone call from Hybrid Rose to chat about ULTRAKUNT, and Young Gho$t on the line for a kōrero about his JUNGLE HOLIDAY EP! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Three quarters of Tāmaki's Wellness, Frances (Frances Carter), Jess (deepState), and James (Jim Nothing), drop by the bFM studio to have a kōrero with Zoë about their debut single "Beach" and gigs on the horizon. Whakarongo mai nei! 

The COP15 Biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada is set to begin today. 

The conference of parties is set to specifically target issues of biodiversity and how it links to improving our climate. 

The conference was initially meant to take place in China a couple years ago, but was delayed and eventually relocated due to covid restrictions. 

To learn about the conference's big issues, Liam spoke to Stephen Hartley, from Victoria University of Wellington about the current state of Biodiversity and what this conference should aim to achieve.

James from Best Bets phones up for a chat with Zoë about their companion EP Minor Leagues to their album that was released earlier this year. Also, catch them in Auckland this Saturday, playing a whopping three shows! Find all the tour deets here. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Amelia and Zoë take you through from 7am until 10am with plenty of tunes, chats, and of course your Thursday regulars like Political Commentary with Rod Oram, Greening Out with Jim, as well as a chat with James Harding from Best Bets! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Rod Oram speaks to Zoë about confusion surrounding the entrenchment clause in the Three Waters bill, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the handling of the Covid 19 pandemic, and COP-15. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Jim offers some helpful gardening tips you can get amongst this weekend! Whakarongo mai nei!