The Wednesday Wire with Zazi and Frances: September 8, 2021

This week on the Wednesday Wire we had a packed show, beginnning with Zazi's her regular talk with ACT Party’s Brooke van Velden. This week they talked about the leader of the ACT Party, David Seymour, tweeting out a priority vaccine code for Māori on Monday. Zazi then spoke with Green Party’s Dr. Elizabeth Kerekere to get her perspective on David Seymour’s tweet as well. Next up, Frances talked to Professor Jaqueline Beggs of the University of Auckland about the kererū and native birds in our backyards. Zazi then spoke with Trustee and spokesperson for the Autistic Collaboration Trust, Yawn Bettin, about a submission made to the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill on behalf of the Autistic community. Finally, Frances had her regular segment Dear Science with AUT Professor Marcus Jones. This week they talked about the US COVID origins report, arctic warming linking to cold winters, and about NASA confirming the Mars rover collected its first rock sample.