95bFM: The Monday Wire with Kim Choe - 30.03.09

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The 95bFM Monday Wire with Kim Choe
30th March 2009

12:00 bNews, Weather and Surf

12:15 Supersize Auckland– Peter McKinlay, AUT Local Government Centre director
The Royal Commission report on Auckland’s governance has finally been released, delivering its verdict that the current eight councils be dissolved and replaced with one central body overseeing six local councils. Peter McKinlay, director of AUT’s Local Governance Centre, explains how it might work and what some of the repercussions will be for the region.

12:40 Auntie Helen @ the UN – Stephen Hoadley, University of Auckland Associate Professor of Political Studies
Another big decision announced last week was another worst-kept secret: former Prime Minister Helen Clark has been elected as the new administrator of the United Nations Development Plan. Stephen Hoadley talks about what the role will involve, and how significant it really is.

1:00 Keith Ng f***s Earth Hour
Keith Ng’s post on publicaddress.net caught my eye last week. A few paragraphs down, in bold letters, it said ‘F*** Earth Hour’. Earth Hour has got to be one of the most slickly-marketed environmental campaigns, so Keith will tell us why he thinks the whole thing should go screw itself in its own bulb socket.

1:20 The Future of NZAID – Phil Twyford, Labour Associate Foreign Affairs spokesperson
The Labour Party and several other interested groups convened a summit on Friday to address what they say is an urgent matter: National’s intention to reintegrate NZAID into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Phil Twyford says it will damage New Zealand’s international reputation and hurt Pacific nations.

1:40 The Green Desk
Simon Miller talks to environmental activist Gary Cranston about how to build a grassroots environmental movement in NZ.

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