The Wire with Jemima: July 28, 2020

This week Jemima Huston and Zoë Larsen Cumming speak to Auckland Central candidates, Labour Representative Helen White and Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick about White's "celebrity" comment. They ask  about the candidates' work, the relevance of celebrity in an election and why the Auckland Central seat is always framed as a "cat fight". 

Nirvana Haldar brings a piece to the International Desk about the #Dalitlivesmatter movement in India. She speaks Gladson Dungdung, a human rights activist and an author to Adivasi rights in Jharkhand, about the movement. 

Hanna Thompson covers the Government cash injection for Family Planning. She speaks to Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter and Family Planning makes a statement on the announcement.