Nicholas helms the show alone as Rosetta departs for the sunny shores of 95bFM Breakfast. Listen along as Nicholas Josh Aoraki from Stardome for Spaced Out, and talks to Estère about her anthemic Afro-house track 'Duog Dala'
For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Daniel Thomas, chats with us about snake and spider venom, saber-toothed tiger extinction, and penguin travel patterns, thanks to MOTAT.
In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Tom Rutherford, Wire Host Sara asks about the government’s recent $6billion infrastructure announcement.
Sara also speaks to youth homelessness advocate Aaron Hendry about the rise of homelessness in light of Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka’s most recent interview.
Producer Faith spoke to the University of Auckland’s Nicola Gaston about the government’s $231m support of breakthrough technology, and whether there are any concerns about AI and synthetic biology.
Faith also spoke to the University of Otago’s Dr. Karen Wright about Villa Maria Estate’s recent decision to put cancer warnings on their wines sold in Ireland.
This week Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka spoke in an interview about the potential effect of changes to emergency housing on the rising number of homeless people in New Zealand.
While he proudly announced that the Government had met its target to reduce emergency housing numbers by 75%, he acknowledged that ‘many’ have reported the effect of government policies on increased numbers of people rough sleeping.
Especially in Auckland, observations and reports of homelessness have increased substantially, with community leaders and Auckland council urging the government to deliver a more effective policy response to alleviating the issue.
While Potaka was not willing to admit that government policies have been a main contributor to rising homelessness, there has been a clear public callout for meaningful change from the central government
On Sunday, Prime Minister Chris Luxon, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, announced the government’s plans to push on with a number of infrastructure projects, worth about $6 billion dollars.
The government-funded construction plans which they say will generate thousands of jobs for NewZealanders, are expected to get underway by Christmas this year.
Politicians from both the Green Party and the Labour Party have responded with criticism to the announcement, saying that the government’s decisions and commitments around funding and public spending cuts have not been effective in uplifting the economy or increasing productivity
Ireland is to become the first country in the world to include mandatory cancer warning labels on alcohol products. A move that has been hailed as world-leading.
Aotearoa hasn’t followed their lead just yet, but Marlborough winery Villa Maria Estate have complied, by putting the warning on all their bottles getting sold in Ireland.
Many public health experts have praised these moves, and believe it’s time for us to address alcohol issues, here in Aotearoa. Producer Faith spoke to public health expert Dr. Karen Wright from the University of Auckland about these decisions, and what further steps we need to take.
*Correction: The banning of alcohol sold after 9 pm in Auckland off-licenses is an Auckland Council policy, not a government policy.
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Cheng-Huan Lu is up in the studio to chat with Milly and Rosetta about his research in enhancing diver safety by using a wearable physiological monitoring system. Whakarongo mai nei!
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