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95bFM Monday Wire with Kim Choe
8th June 2009

12:00 bNews, Weather and Surf

12:15 Show us your Craccum
Last week's issue of Craccum caused a bit of a stir here on the Auckland University campus. The student association-published magazine contained 25 pages of sexually-themed content, including a foldout poster and a graphic photoshoot set on university grounds. Angry opponents are calling the content misogynistic, while others maintain the magazine's editors should have free reign to publish whatever they like. How should they balance the opinions of the student body? Co-editor Valentine Watkins and AUSA Women's Rights Officer Caroline Fergusson are in the studio to discuss with Kim.

12:40 GE research halted
GE Free New Zealand has won a case against the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) and AgResearch that could have allowed the wide-scale importation and development of genetically engineered material in New Zealand. The High Court in Wellington has ruled that ERMA should not have accepted AgResearch’s broad “suite” of applications for the laboratory testing of human and monkey cell lines, among others. GE Free New Zealand spokesperson Jon Carapiet talks to Kim about the significance of the decision.

1:00 Tales from Chile
Chilean correspondent Sam Muirhead talks to Kim from Santiago about recent developments in the case of Victor Jara’s murder. Jara – a poet, musician, activist and theatre director – was tortured and brutally killed in 1973 under Pinochet’s regime. Jara’s body was exhumed last week following news Chilean authorities had charged a former army conscript with his killing. Pinochet’s dictatorship has had a lasting impact on Chile , so how have people reacted to these recent developments? (Read Sam’s blog Llamas for Laymen in the World section of 3news.co.nz)

1:20 Lantern - The Basement, 8-13 June
Chinese New Year returns to Auckland this week with Renee Liang's play Lantern. Continuing the recent interest in works addressing the identity of Chinese New Zealanders, Lantern follows the Chen family one typically chaotic Chinese New Year. They come together to do what Chinese do best at this time - eat and drink. Kim is joined in the studio by Liang and actor Li-Ming Hu.

1:20 The Green Desk
Simon Miller talks to Mandy Patmore, arts coordinator for Project Twin Streams – the initiative to restore stream banks in Waitakere. Her job is to raise awareness for the project through engaging the community in the arts - whether visual, music, dance, or drama. This year she's creating an opportunity for young musicians to write a song which tells the world about Project Twin Streams, its philosophies and goals.

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