The Wire w/ Alex: 17 March, 2026

This week on the Tuesday Wire...

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, about hotter superconductors, hexagonal diamonds, and Pi.

For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Host Alex spoke with Ryan Hamilton about the Government’s pay offer to primary school teachers on individual agreements, and the criticism of the move by the NZEI union. We also spoke about the release of the second phase of the Royal Commission Inquiry into the COVID-19 response, and what it tells us.

And Producer Liam spoke to Debra Ashton, the Chief Executive of SAFE for Animals, about the government’s decision not to go ahead with repealing the ban on live animal exports by sea.