New data revealed this morning that Aucklanders spend 4 weeks a year stuck in traffic. The report, released by GPS company TomTom, says Auckland is New Zealand's most congested city and is ranked the 47th worst globally. But Transport Blog’s Matt Lowrie says this data may not be painting the full picture. Producer Adam Jacobson speaks to Matt about the stats and what March may hold for commuters across the Auckland transport network.
Check out the full show from Wednesday 23rd March, where Ximena & Adam take a look at cannabis instead of cows, talk with Human Rights Lawer Deborah Manning, AUT’s Allan Blackman joins us again live in the studio for Dear Science and more
Primary school teachers and principals have voted to go on a full day strike. On 15th of August, the teachers will go on a full strike. Deputy Prime Minister has called this strike disappointing and the New Zealand Educational Institute sez their is crisis that needs to be addressed.
To find out more about this, Darashpreet spoke to Lynda Stuart President of the New Zealand Educational Institute.
This week on the show, Pearl and her producer Mack take a look at Te Reo Māori in schools, the new contender for the Mt Albert by-election and the withdrawal of Corrections from the Auckland Pride Parade. Pearl also has her weekly chat with Labour leader Andrew Little.
This week on the show, Ximena and Adam celebrate International Women’s Day with guests Carol Beaumont from the National Council for Women and Prue Kapua from the Māori Women’s Welfare League. They also debunk several science myths with AUT’s Allan Blackman for Dear Science, and also chat to investigative reporter Ian Urbina about his work reporting on crime at sea.
This week, Ximena & Adam cover the historic pay increase for aged care workers, examine the recent re-election of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the sweeping new powers being granted to him; took a closer look at the newly released People’s Mental Health Review and spoke to a key organiser for the March for Science; a movement aiming to celebrate science as pillar of human freedom and prosperity in a world of anti-science politics. They are also joined by AUT's Allan Blackman for Dear Science; talking through controversial topics such as fluoride and alternative medicine.
Our weekly Thursday feature State of the States has returned! Jason Leopold has finished up with us, but we have some exciting new correspondents we'll be working with from WNYU News, which is the news department of New York University's radio station. This week, we hear from their news director Jacob Goldfisher, who spoke to our news director Ximena earlier today.
This week on the show, Adam, Harry and Reuben explore the recently passed bill which would see housing development around Point England; look into reports surrounding a new wide-scale cyber attack and see if the world is on the verge of a global water crisis. They also chat with Andrew Little regarding the Labour intern scandle and their newly announced employee relations bill.
On today's show we speak with Dr Douglas Wilson, an engineering lecturer at the University of Auckland on Roads. We also speak with ACT leader David Seymour, Labour campaign chairperson Phil Twyford and Minister of Transport Simon Bridges on this weeks election focused coverage on transport/liveability.
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