The Wire w/ Manny: 21st January, 2026

This week on the Wednesday Wire...

For our weekly catch-up with the Green Party, Wire Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the return of oil and gas drilling, the expansion of fines on energy companies, and the central government's editorialising of Auckland councils' zoning plans.

They also spoke to the Co-Director of Global Studies at the University of Auckland, Chris Ogden, on how the United States actions are eroding the rules-based international order and what countries like New Zealand can do to find stability.

And Producer Flo spoke to Chief Advisor at Forest and Bird NZ, Richard Capie, about the dangers of government rollbacks on environmental protection legislation to enable mining and quarrying.