For her final time hosting Friday Morning Glory, Lucia plays a bunch of vinyl with a psychedelic theme in preparation for the awesome Crying Ivy on Fancy New Band.
First up on today’s Wire, Jemima speaks Dr Jarrod Gilbert about working with gangs to reduce crime. Neutral corner returns on Trump’s recent executive order to reverse the separation of children and their families at the border. Andrew Little joins Lachlan for their regular chat where they discuss rehabilitation in prison. Our Wire Worry week is sex work and Lachlan talks to Dame Catherine Healy from the New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective about the Swedish model and why decriminalisation is much better. Finally This Day in History looks at the Freedom Summer murders in 1964.
Mary-Margaret speaks to the Auckland Women’s Health Council about a dangerous contraceptive device named Essure, and the lack of informed consent in aspects of the health system. Ella speaks to World Vison about Nauru. Justin’s taking us to international news again, he reports on new infrastructure in Hong Kong. This week on the Greendesk, we discuss new statistical models which show global temperatures will be staying abnormally high over the next four years.