The Friday Wire with James: November 20, 2020

This week James hosts his second show in a row, this time with his producers Lyric and Jade, who really put in the mahi.

The show started off with Jades piece on graduate students being left out on border exemptions, where she talks to Auckland University internationl student, Varsha Ravi, and immigration lawyer, Katy Armstrong.

Lyric covers the Pike River disaster and its 10 year anniversary, where she talks to Anna Osboune, the wife of one of victims and Richard Wagstaff from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

James talks to Willow-Jean Prime about her role as co-chair of the Labour Māori caucus and what her plans are.

James also talks to Greg Durkin, the interim CEO of BCITO, about the increase of apprenticeships and what this means for the trades industry.

James finishes off the show with the week that was, where he goes over the biggest events of this week.