The Wire with Jessica: 15 February, 2023

This week on The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday.  

News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins speaks to Auckland University Student's Association President Alan Shaker in the studio for their monthly catch-up.

For their weekly interview, ACT Party MP Karen Chhour talks about the government's minimum wage increase and Chris Hipkins' recent policy purge, which included halting an amendment to protect religious groups from incitement of hatred. 

And independent researcher Byron Clark talks about his new book FEAR: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists, which has come out today, and why we should be watchful and fearful of the far-right's potential impact on politics.

On The Green Desk, Producer Troy Matich interviews Professor John Hopkins from the University of Canterbury about what a national state of emergency means for Aotearoa.