The bFM WIRE Today: 12 - 2pm weekdays
Host: Sarah Pritchett - Producer: Chris Hill - Executive Producer: Renee Mundy
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Today on The Wire
bNews with Aroha
Last week Aucklands first Arts festival launched, and revealed it's superb (and expensive) programme. Festival
Director, Simon Prast joins us today to fill in the gaps..
It's not just overseas children suffer from poverty - here in our own country 3 out of 10 NZ kids live below the
poverty line. Child Poverty Action Group is starting up on Auckland University campus, today we catch up with Janet
McAllister, who's running the group.
Alastair Thompson is "In the House" from SCOOP joins us with the lowdown from the beehive in Wellington
We debate the Euthanasia Bill "Death with Dignity", which is up for another reading tomorrow...
And Mark Easterbrook joins us at the end of the show with some titles to get you through the long winter on the Book
Review.
Aucklanders can tune in at 95 on the FM dial.
From the desk of Renee Mundy, 95bFM Radio, News and Editorial Director