The Wire w/ Castor: 5th February, 2026

This week on the Thursday Wire...

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, News and Editorial Director Castor spoke to MP Shanan Halbert about the party’s plans for Waitangi Day and Labour’s take on the government’s secret mineral talks. 

Usual Thursday Wire Host Caeden spoke to Catherine Cheung, researcher for Climate Justice Taranaki and Marco de Jong, Pacific historian and lecturer at AUT law school and co-director of Te Kuaka, about the critical mineral talks between the governments of New Zealand and the United States.

For City Counselling this week, producer Jasmine spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about Waitangi Day, Laneway, Yellow-legged hornets and back-to-school.

She also spoke to Age Care Concern CEO Kevin Lamb about the generational inequities of NZ Post closures around the motu.