The Wire w/ Caeden: 26 February, 2026

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to MP Shanan Halbert about Labour Leader Chris Hipkins ‘State of the Nation’ speech and the Government’s ‘move on’ orders for people who are homeless. 

And they spoke to Matt Raskovic, International Business Professor at AUT, about Aotearoa New Zealand’s ranking in the global Corruption Perception Index, and the number of high performers who are backsliding.

For City Counselling this week, Producer Jasmine spoke to Councillor Shane Henderson about move-on orders, the possibility of a measles outbreak, and the Chinese Lantern Festival.

She spoke to Oliver Christeller, Senior human rights advisor at Te Kāhui Tika Tangata / Human Rights Commission, as well as Rachel Mackintosh, National Secretary at E Tū Worker’s Union, about how the 2025 amendments to the Equal Pay Act undermine human rights to pay equity

She also spoke to Hilton Freund, Global CEO of the Twinning Project, about the debut of the football rehabilitation programme for near-release prisoners in Aotearoa