95bFM: The Wednesday Wire with Paul Deady

95bFM: The Wednesday Wire with Paul Deady

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1220 - Maori deal for Auckland - Paul Moon, Prof of Treaty and Economics at AUT's Te Arai Poutama or faculty of Maori Development.

Kicking off the show at 1220, we'll hear from above about negotiations currently taking place between the Crown and various Aucklandiwi regarding ownership of the city's volcanic cones.
Negotiations in 2006 involving just the Ngati Whatua iwi collapsed after being criticised as flawed for not involving other Auckland iwi. But under the latest deal, ownership of the cities volcanic cones will be transferred to a new collective body representing iwi called Nga Mana Whenua o Tamaki Makaurau. This will be run by Maori representatives AND the Auckland super-city Council - but the council will retain financial control. Joggers never fear - public access to the reserves would be maintained. All signs point to the deal going ahead, so what will it mean for the future of Auckland Maori, and for treaty settlements themselves?

1240 - Digital Literacy - Paul Matthews, CEO of the New Zealand Computer Society

While debate might be raging around the country regarding the introduction of National Standards in primary and intermediate schools, one organisations has gone and released a report about one kind of literacy we really should have a good think about - DIGITAL literacy. At 1240 (above) will be on the line to tell us a little about the report which he says is groundbreaking stuff. Do we need to wake up, smell the cartridge toner and realise computer skills are essential?

1300 - US Correspondent Jason Leopold - US Supreme Court Shredding Campaign Laws.

At one we'll be joined by bFM's US correspondent Jason Leopold. He'll be on the line to give some background to a supreme court decision last month that allows private individuals or companies to basically spend as much as they like on political advertising during campaigns. It's not hard to see why thismight be troublesome, but are there ANY arguments for the decision? What about that hoary old free-speech chestnut? And will the court decision even matter if lawmakers in the Senate decide to counter it?

1320 - Counterclockwise

Another of our regular correspondents Spike Mountjoy joins us for his last ever counterclockwise today at 1320. Spike's moving on from the scoop stable, but while he IS still tethered we thought we'd get him to give us his hit picks for the political landscape in 2010. Where will the battle lines be drawn, and behind which bike sheds will the big fights be fought?

1340 - Book She Read

And we truly push the correspondent boat out at 1340 when Sally returns triumphant for the first Book She Read of 2010. She'll be filling us in on anything particularly exciting in the world of books - theiPAD and what it'll mean for the future of e-reading (which is the future already apparently), the passing of iconic recluse JD Salinger, and perhaps a look at what Sally's got pegged for the year ahead.

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