This week, Spike speaks to Andrew Little about the new defence collaboration agreement reached with Japan, his visit to the Shangri-La defence summit in Singapore, and the new review into intelligence laws.
The cost of living crisis has driven many lower-income people and whanau to rely on Buy Now Pay Later services to pay for essential goods. Spike speaks to Natalie Vincent from Good Shepherd about this form of debt and its impacts, especially the debt cycles Good Shepherd is increasingly seeing people get trapped in.
Spike speaks to Ben Schmidt, an organiser with the Tertiary Education Union, about the staff cuts recently announced at Massey University, and its potential impacts for the institution.
On What's Up with Marama Davidson, Rachel and the co-leader of the Green Party discuss their campaign for renters to submit their experiences, the electoral system review and have a debrief on the government's budget. Rob Bollix dials in for The Mind Trench, chatting about space and the wonders of legonauts. Scalper speaks to Rachel about new records and upcoming shows. Dons from Dead Famous People is in the studio chatting about the origins of their new album, Ballet Boy. Mia and Kelsi from DAFM dial in to talk about their show this Friday at Whammy Bar with Memory Foam and Lesbian Death Slutz From Hell. Whakarongo mai nei!
Michael Baker, University of Otago professor and epidemiologist, joins us today from Oslo, Norway, to talk about the latest updates on Covid in New Zealand, following an article published in the New Zealand Herald on Sunday.
Although New Zealand has done comparatively well in managing the health crisis, hospital admissions are still high and a number of people are expected to die from Covid this year.
Arno started the interview by asking Michael if people still needed to be worried by Covid.
Rachel and the co-leader of the Green Party discuss their campaign for renters to submit their experiences, the electoral system review and have a debrief on the government's budget. Whakarongo mai nei!
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