The Wire with Zazi and Frances: October 13, 2021

This week on the Wednesday Wire, Zazi Hewlett is hosting the show with the amazing help of Jemima Huston. 

Jemima kicks the show off with our regular segment Dear Science, chatting with AUT Professor Allan Blackman. They talk about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2021; discuss solving food fraud with isotope models; and then finally delve into studies about contract cheating at universities, causing challenges for the academic community due to the digital shift of Covid-19.

Zazi then speaks to ACC's the Chief Customer Officer, Emma Powell, about ACC’s Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative launch.  

Jemima also speaks with Anahera Higgins, the Chair of Ngā Aho Whakaari about the body’s call for Covid relief funding for the Māori screen sector.

Finally, Zazi has her regular catch-up with ACT's Brooke van Velden, this week talking about the vaccine mandate for teachers and most healthcare workers, as well as the Government signing an advanced purchase agreement for the new Covid-19 treatment pill Molnupiravir.