The Mayor phones up to chat about the City Rail Link tunnel, the trial recycling scheme for large plastics, and the opening of voting for local election. Whakarongo mai nei.
Masters student at the Faculty of Science, Rebekah Bradley, has a chat about her research into how DNA sequencing technology could be put to forensic use! Whakarongo mai nei.
The show kicks off with a speedy round of Second Guessing, followed by the Mayor's weekly kōrero in Sounding Off with Phil Goff, some theatre talk with Sam Snedden on Stage Direction, and DNA sequencing on Ready Steady Learn! Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Clear Path Ensemble - Sunrise Motif
Björk - Ovule
Hand Habits - Under The Water (feat. Amelia Meath)
Lisasinson - Cancion De Entretiempo
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Jura Soundsystem - Crystal voyager
Troy Kingi - Paparazzo
Soaked Oats - The Way It Works
Marlon Williams - Don’t Go Back
Stinky Jim - Cry For The Ute
Michael Logie - Mask
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless [Live at Laneway 2019]
Street Chant - Salad Daze
Sudan Archives - Loyal (EDD)
Pavement - STEREO
Stella Donnelly - Tricks [Live at Laneway 2020]
Shanti Celeste - Cutie
Deva Mahal - All Your Ships Have Sailed (Troy Kingi cover)
This week on Dear Science, Dr Joel Rindelaub from UoA dropped into the studio to chat about the weird and wacky world of science. On this episode, Joel, Casper and Christina had a yarn about ants and the Cheerio effect, listening to music to test cognitive decline and the prevalence of microplastics all throughout the food chain. Listen back!
Newly elected Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell came under scrutiny last month after Stuff revealed he had been involved in a serious assault on a 13-year-old boy when he was a student at King's College. Later, his female flatmate from when he was attending Otago University came forward with allegations of threatening and abusive behaviour.
Uffindell was suspended from caucus while an independent inquiry by Maria Dew KC took place. On Monday, National announced the findings of the investigation: aside from the King's College incident, the other bullying allegations were unsubstantiated.
For her analysis on the affair and how it was handled by National, Christina spoke to political commentator Dr Lara Greaves.
This week on the Tuesday Wire Joel Rindelaub joined Casper and Christina in studio to talk science news for the Dear Science segment.
Casper spoke to Dr Shane Reti from the National party, as he does each week, this time discussing engagement in local body elections as well as the independent electoral review now under consultation.
Christina spoke to Dr Lara Greaves, a political commentator from the university of Auckland about the outcome of the Sam Uffindell bullying investigation.
She also had a chat with UoA student Layba Zubair about her petition to reform consent legislation in Aotearoa.
And Casper talked to Dr Tanisha Jowsey about a petition being read to parliament about officially classifying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a disability.
Voting for this year’s local body elections has begun, which is bringing increasing scrutiny to the issue of voter engagement.
Particularly for young people, Maori and Pasifika, but also for the general population, voter participation in local elections is relatively low and on the decline.
In regards to next year’s national election, the Independant Electoral Review Panel has begun seeking public input on potential changes to the electoral system that could benefit New Zealand’s democracy.
For Casper's weekly catch-up with National MP Dr Shane Reti, they discussed this topic of voter engagement as well as what might be expected from this electoral review and which changes he might believe to be useful.
Content warning: this next story contains details of rape and sexual assault.
Christina sat down with Layba Zubair to talk about her petition to reform consent laws in Aotearoa, which had received 12,000 signatures by the time it closed and will now head to Parliament.
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