The Wire with Jessica: August 30, 2021

Host Jemima Huston takes over the Monday Wire for Jessica Hopkins and Louis Macalister who produced the show from home. 

This week on the show, Jessica talks to Conversion Therapy Action group's Shaneel Lal about how people can have a say on the proposed legislation to ban harmful conversion therapy practices. 

She also speaks with Dr Paula O’Kane from Otago Business School on how employers can best support their employees during lockdown.

Louis interviews Author Mandy Hager about her new book, Aotearoa's History of Protest.

He also speaks to The University of Otago’s Professor Elisabeth Slooten and Sea Shepherd's Michael Lawry about critically endangered Maui and Hectors Dolphins.

And finally, Louis talked to Dr Kyle Clem from Victoria University of Wellington about how a blob of warm water off the east coast of Aotearoa is causing drought in South America.