Joel Thomas hosts The Wire with Sam Smith as producer in which:
We hear from Duncan Grieve who’s stepping down as editor of The Spinoff about why he’s making this decision and the background of the organisation.
We hear from University of Auckland Professor Janet McLean about a new book she has co-authored on the role and place of the Crown and Sovereign in New Zealand.
We get response to the controversial comments about Te Reo from Paul Moon.
We talk to Dr. Neal Curtis about how social media works as an education an information platform and what issues arise out of this model.
And we check in with SOUL to get the latest on the battle to save Ihumatao from development.
Allan Blackman brings us Dear Science with a discussion of rats and the plague, the banning of pesticides that are harmful to bees and fungi that might help to heal concrete.
Tracey Martin speaks to us about how it will work when Winston Peters takes over as acting Prime Minister, what the official Oranga Tamariki name change actually means in regards to a change in the way things are done, and 'education' under her portfolios as part of our Wire's Worry Week.
Michael Horowitz, a visiting academic from the Atenisi Institute in Tonga talks to Lillian Hanly about his upcoming talk, The Possible Indictment of Trump: the Legal Details.
Marianne Elliot from Action Station talks to Will Parsonson about the government's mental health inquiry and how New Zealand can change the way it addresses mental health.
With mass extinction upon us, some scientists are working on bringing certain species back from the dead. But their ability to do so raises ethical and practical issues. Are we playing God? Could this process go terribly wrong? Should we focus on conservation instead or in tandem with de-extinction? If we do de-extinct some species, which ones should we bring back? Three scientists, Michael Archer, Douglas McAuley, and Susan Haig, all experts in the field of de-extinction, discuss the science, the progress, and the ethical and practical concerns of bringing back to life some of the species that have gone extinct with Maria Armoudian.
While the Health Select Committee is finalising its report on the Medicinal Cannabis Government Bill as we speak, the National Party has announced its intention to drop its support, instead putting a member’s bill in the ballot under MP Shane Reti’s name. National Party Leader Simon Bridges said he would not support an “un thought-through bill”, even though the opposition stood for the government bill in its first reading.
I talked to the Chris Fowlie, the spokesperson of the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and asked whether he was surprised by National’s support withdrawal, and what it meant for the future.
More than 30,000 people are protesting today for a better pay rise for teachers. Today is the first time primary and intermediate teachers are taking action in 24 years. There are dozens of protests taking place across the country.
In Auckland the march started at 11am at Fort St and will end up at Aotea Square, with more than 2000 people turning up to stand next to the teachers in solidarity. The teachers union New Zealand Education Institute say they are protesting to fix the teaching crisis, and need better investment in education so there can be a teacher in every class.
The New zealand educational institute are after a 16 percent pay rise over the next two years, as well as more funds for a special education needs coordinator in every school. The offer the government proposed was a pay rise between 2.2 and 2.6 percent each year for three years and more time to work individually with children or plan and assess learning.
To find out more about this Darashpreet spoke to NZ educational institute lead negotiator Liam Rutherford about the pay rise and Karl Vasau, principal from Rowendale School in Manurewa to get a teacher's perspective on how schools are being affected.
At the age of 8, Rick built a fully-operational radio station that broadcasted from his treehouse to his family house. For the last 25 years, Rick has been in charge of every technical and sonic aspect of 95bFM, ensuring the quality of the sound which comes out of your speakers, sometimes even defying death by hanging upside-down from the 14th floor of city buildings holding a transmitter. He is also Rick Breeze, and did indeed build a scientific weather centre on the roof of his house. (Episode, 14 Part 1-2 of 2)
Simon Grigg was involved in Radio b from 1975 until 2002. During that time, he started NZ's first punk group the Suburban Reptiles, launched Propeller Records, was instrumental in this nation's club and DJ culture, took How Bizarre to the world - and even turned down opportunities to license both Factory Records and Stock Aitken & Waterman. He hosted the long-running BPM show, introducing hip-hop, house and techno to the b airwaves. Finally, he reveals the truth: between 1977 and 1980, b was so conservative that NO punk or post-punk was on the airwaves. (Episode 21 Simon Grigg Parts 1-2 of 2)
When you think of an archetypal bFM DJ in the late 80s and early 90s, you think of a character very much like Owen 'The Jackal' Harris; a dedicated musical omnivore who would go hungry rather than pass up on buying records. Buying LOTS of records. Owen also was partly responsible for the world's first-ever documentary series on Split Enz, as well as frequently hosting The "surprise" and "special" parts of 95bFM programming, focusing on one artist, label, or era. He has been a resident of the USA this century, where he works for the space program (we think). (Episode 23 Parts 1-2 of 2)
Host Stewart Sowman-Lund and producers Liv and Grace dive into the most topical issues of the week.
On today's show:
Grace speaks to Stuart Nash, Minister for Revenue, about the Government’s changes to secondary tax introduced two days ago.
After that, Stewart checks in with the Labour Party’s Andrew Little. This week they're talking Pike River re-entry and specialist courts.
Following that, Liv talks to lawyer Deborah Manning about the judicial review of the inquiry into Operation Burnham.
Finally, a lot has happened in the UK this week. We check in with our European Correspondent Justin Wong to get the low down on Brexit developments this week.
Add to that some thrilling discussions on horoscopes, e-scooters and an investigation into the mystery of 'texter Peter'.
Despite efforts to preserve endangered animals, trafficking has increased in some parts of the world by an estimated 5000% according to conservationists and the poaching is pushing some animals to the very brink of extinction. In 2014, 46 countries signed the London Declaration which was set up to work towards ending wildlife trafficking through law enforcement and cross-country cooperation. Wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar industry that has reportedly helped fund Al-Qaeda-related groups. What is the scope of the problem? What should be done about it? Maria Armoudian speaks with David Wilkie, Tanya Wyatt, and Marc Bekoff.
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