95bFM: The Wednesday Wire with Paul Deady

95bFM: The Wednesday Wire with Paul Deady

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1220 - Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples

At 1220, (above) will be on the line to talk about the disappointing outcome - from his perspective anyway - around Maori representation on an Auckland Super City council. Cabinet announced a couple of days ago that there would be no designated Maori seats, and has asked DrSharples to work with Local Government Minister Rodney Hide to try and figure out a way to ensure Maori voices will be heard. A weak compromise? A dead rat forSharples to swallow? Stay tunes at 1220...

1245 - Hugh Evans

Around quarter to one, I'm very lucky to be speaking to (above). At the ripe old age of 25, Hugh is the brains behind The Global Poverty Project - an international film and slide-show presentation that aims to communicate the realities of extreme poverty AND what can be done about it by everyday people around the world. He's in New Zealand as part of the campaign launch in this part of the world. And Hugh's no stranger to fighting the good fight either. He helped organise the Make Poverty History concerts in Sydney in 2004. He set up theOaktree Foundation which has helped educate tens of thousands living in poverty around the world. He's been awarded Young Australian of the year, Young Person of the World, and given the "Free Your Mind" award - an honour he shares with Burmese democracy leaderAung San Suu Kyi. And when he's not busy saving the world, Hugh is working towards his Masters of International Relations at Cambridge.

1300 - Family Violence - Radha Balakrishnan, Families Commission Chief Analyst

At one, I'll play an interview from earlier today with (above) about the "Family Violence Statistics Report" that was released yesterday. Basically, it brings together a huge amount of data from agencies that deal with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence over four years, up to the end of 2006. It's close to 300 pages of pretty grim reading, but the Families Commission hope it will become a "one-stop shop" and create a benchmark to measure against.

1320 - Counterclockwise

Spike's in for counterclockwise today at 1320, thanks to the mighty team at scoop. He'll be tackling the political fallout from the government's decision not to include Maori seats in an Auckland super-city council. It's getting nasty now too, with name-calling among the coalition partners. National MP TauHenare called Local Government minister Rodney Hide a "jerk-off", and it was all Spike could do not to have a nasty image stuck in his mind today.

1340 - Book She Read

And we round up the show this afternoon with another installment of Book She Read with the magnificent Sally. She's got a bit of a technological bonanza for us today too. Sally will look at the hopes pinned on Dan "DaVinci Code" Brown's new one to ignite e-book sales, google monopoly on online libraries being challenged by 3 major internet players, the imminent arrival of Apple's tablet, and the cross-over between the literary and gaming worlds.

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