50,000 secondary and primary school teachers are striking today, with 15,000 in Aotea square. The strikes affect seven hundred and seventy three thousand students. The teachers strike is the largest in New Zealand so far, and involves two unions, the NZEI and the Post Primary teachers Association. However, the government is insisting it will not increase the total value of it’s offers of more than 1.2 billion over four years. Sherry reports live from the protest in Aotea square.
Every year thousands of New Zealands prisoners are put in solitary confinement meaning they are isolated from human contact for sometimes up to 24hours.
Today Lucy Austin headed down to Aotea Square to speak with Emmy Rakete from the organisation People against Prisons Aotearoa who have set up a protest to raise awareness of solitary confinement in New Zealand.
The group are seeking to end the practice in New Zealand arguing that it violates human rights.
Lachlan spoke with ACT leader David Seymour to discuss Labour's new foreign buyer directive which will require foreign buyers of land over 50000 square metres to undergo stricter checks from the government before they are able to make their purchase.
On Monday Cabinet announced the approval of regulations to ban the sale and manufacture of synthetic microbeads.
The government says the regulation will come into force in six months, although the New World, Pak'nSave and Four Square supermarket chains stopped selling products with microbeads from July.
Penalties for ignoring the ban may include fines of up to $100,000, with the Environmental protection Authority enforcing it.
Reuben McLaren spoke to Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage to find out more.
Grand Opening, a show presented by Wellington's Barbarian Productions and part of Auckland Live's Summer in the Square programme, takes a look behind the curtains of the Mighty Civic to reveal the histories and hidden corners that Joe Public mightn't otherwise get to see. Barbarian's Jo Randerson talks to Kate (okay, and a very excited Mike) about choirs, DKD coffee and general all-round mischief. Get your tickets for the limited showings HERE.
Lots of grim things today on Dear Science - we talk about one of the deadliest scientist, and why you really did not want to be alive in year 536, because it really, really sucked. But we finish on a cute note with some very much needed explanation about wombats’ square poop(s?).
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Labour Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about new beneficiary data from the Ministry of Social Development and last week's worker's strikes.
For States of the States this week, they speak to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about the recent Donald Trump rally in Madison Square Garden, accusations of voter fraud, and how the US is looking ahead of next week's election. They also speak to Tom Unger, political activist and former political show host at Radioactive, about their assessment of the imminent election from the ground in New York City.
And they speak to Mike Lee, Associate Professor of Business at the University of Auckland, about the growing anti-consumerism movement associated with Halloween.
And News and Directorial Director Joel spoke to Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Dr Ritesh Shah, about Israel banning the UNRWA from operating in Israel and East Jerusalem.
From the landscapes of New Mexico, jazz affiocinado Delbert Anderson joins Sofia Kent on 95bFM for the upcoming Auckland Arts Festival Indigenous Music Series.
Anderson describes the intepretation of inherited stories and Diné values into the jazz melodies that simultaneously educate and uplift
"I hope it's more than just good music.. taking those stories away and creating awareness, letting people know the Diné tribe is still around and will be around for a very long time"
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