Wire host Conor speaks with the NZNO about their rallies for public support, and their goal to send a message to the government that NZ wants a better supported health industry,
Today Will covers for Kelly, talking to our new Neighbourhood Watch correspondant Rachel MacDonald. On todays segment we talk about whether the Kangaroo meat industry will survive with some environmental groups saying its unsustainable. We then talk about how food delivery drivers are fighting back against their technological overlords and asking for higher pay and better security. Finally we hack into an Aussie breakfast show guest who called for the stolen generation to happen again (Im not even paraphrasing he did say this).
What is the relationship between minerals (such as oil, diamonds and gold) and conflict, authoritarianism, and poverty? Scholars have spent years studying how the so-called extractive industries – mining and drilling – impact people’s lives, their governance, and the environment throughout the world. How can countries so rich in mineral wealth remain mired in so much poverty? Professors Jeffery Mantz, Michael Ross and Suzana Sawyer discuss these questions with Dr Maria Armoudian.
Raising big money is a relatively new phenomenon in academia. How did science, government, and industry become so entwined with one another and what has it meant for scholarly research? Big money has supported cross-institution collaborations researching both medicine and weaponry. Michael Hiltzik discusses big money and the birth of big science with Maria Armoudian.
This week for Wire Worry Week we look into sex work, since it has been 15 years since the Prostitution Reform Act came into effect in June 2003.
Today, our producer Lisa is wondering whether the decriminalisation has led to healthier and safer sex workers. She talks to Otago University Associate Professor of Population Health, Gillian Abel, who has been looking into the health and safety standards in the sex work industry for decades.
Producer of RNZ's documentary mini-series, Nia Phipps, chats to Mike about the Minimumwage and the stories of the woman who are faced with the struggles of our country's low working wages. The clips give the woman in the industries of jobs paying minimum wages a chance to be heard and to share their experiences with the wage in Aotearoa.
Geek Girls is Gina Hara's debut feature film, a documentary about women in the 'geek' industry; professional gamers, cute dresses, fake names, and death threats. Gina chats with Mikey about her own experience of stepping out of the geek closet, as she puts it and the kind of alienation that goes on in this community. It's not to be missed, get your tickets here.
Ahead of Splore's 20th anniversary, Bam from headlining act, Jungle Brothers, dials in to catch up with Mikey about the last 30 years in the world of Hip Hop. The pair talk evolution of Hip Hop, what's changed and what has carved the way for a formula in the industry. This isn't something you want to miss, with the energy of Jungle Brothers and the glorious Tapapakanga Regional Park, it will be a beauty.
This week’s Green Desk focuses on the state of our fishing industry in New Zealand. Mitchell talks to the executive director of Greenpeace Russel Norman about the governments feeble attempts to advocate for sustainable fishing, rather letting bias politicians and big-time corporations control what goes on in our oceans and what goes through our parliament. Mitchell begins by asking about the damning report that was released in 2016 which brought light to the issue.
Teresa Patterson pops in to talk to Mikey about Milk & Honey, the festival on International Women's Day, Friday 8 March. Over twenty of Aotearoa’s finest female artists are gathering across three cities to perform a series of shows to celebrate the incredibly talented women who work in the New Zealand music industry. Hooray for women!
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