95bFM: The Monday Wire with Kim Choe

95bFM: The Monday Wire with Kim Choe

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12:00 bNews, Weather and Surf

12:15 Ironically boycotting the UN - Keith Locke, Green Party MP
The Foreign Minister has today announced New Zealand will boycott next week’s UN conference on anti-racism, saying preparatory discussions indicate it will become another platform for criticising Israel, as the last summit did in 2001. Keith Locke says the boycott is ironic, given that our former Prime Minister is about to take up a top job at the UN.

12:40 Overstayers, Children, and Citizenship - Tuariki Delamere, immigration consultant
An article appeared in the New Zealand Herald this morning highlighting the problems that children of Chinese overstayer parents have when they are deported. The Chinese government is stripping them of their New Zealand citizenship, and requiring them to apply for a Chinese passport if they wish to travel again. Immigration consultant Tuariki Delamere says the wider issue is New Zealand’s obligations towards their citizens, and these children’s parents shouldn’t be deported in the first place.

1:00 The Needies – Abigail Greenwood (director), Isla Adamson (actress)
Thomas Sainsbury’s comedy about the downfall of today’s consumerists returns after a successful premiere season at the Auckland Fringe Festival.

1:20 Complaints Choir – Sean James Donnelly (SJD)
You may have heard a bit about this choir, which has spread worldwide with its unique ways of turning people’s complaints into song. SJD is the musical arranger for the Auckland event, coming up this weekend.

1:40 The Green Desk
Sustainable Simon talks to Sarah Sheehan, New Zealand Women’s Health Magazine’s ‘Green Expert’. Sarah is also the chairwoman of Green Drinks - a monthly 'green' networking opportunity.

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