This day in history goes back to 2000 for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Southern Lebanon.

This week on the Monday Wire, Lachlan speaks to Children's Commissioner, Andrew Becroft, about the State of Care Report. Southern Cross is back with the latest in Pacific news. Jemima talks to Green Party co-leader, James Shaw, about the upcoming well-beingt budget. Izzy chats to Marnie Wilton about families and communities backing the teacher's strike. Jemima wraps it up with a chat to AUSA President, George Barton, withj an update on the student association. 

This day in history goes back to 2000 for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Southern Lebanon.

This day in history goes back to 2000 for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Southern Lebanon.

The Zero Carbon bill has passed it's first reading in parliament almost unanimously with a majority of 119 to one. Grace speaks with Forest and Bird spokesperson, Geoff Keey, about what the bill means for the environment.

Grace speaks to bfm correspondent, Justin, in Paris about Brexit developments. They discuss changes to Theresa May's withdrawl deal and the resignation of leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom.

This is the full podcast for an extensive interview with Author and 'Public policy' guy, Owen Gill. After the release of Gill's book, 'Turning Point Auckland', 95bFM Reporter Oscar Perress thought it would be of some interest to delve into the ideas discussed in the book around the future development of Tāmaki Makaurau. They discuss the economics of it, the role of Council moving forward and an array of other topics. Listen in to find out more. 

Our country’s privacy watchdog has this week released a new set of guidelines, revealing the information that landlords should NOT be able to ask prospective tenants for during the application. Some of them are obvious… but some of them might surprise you if you’ve been house hunting in recent years.

Privacy Commissioner John Edwards spoke with host Stewart Sowman-Lund this morning, and started by explaining what information landlords have reportedly been asking for.

The Reserve Bank is calling for national banks to hold more capital, however the banks are unhappy with this decision, claiming holding more capital will make them more expensive to run and have negative effects on customers. Olivia Holdsworth spoke to economic journalist Rod Oram about the implications of the Reserve bank’s plans and began by asking why is the Reserve bank calling for banks to hold more capital.

Sherry continues her report on Banter Gebang, South East Asia’s largest landfill and home to 3,000 families. She visit the landfill as part of her journalism placement in Indonesia, Jakarta over the summer. This week, she talks to Resa Boenard, the founder of BGBJ, the school on Bantar Gebang. Ibu Rastinah, one of the women who work at the plastic sorting companies on the landfill, and the children of the class she helped out with.

Listen to Part One: The trash 'heros' of Jakarta.