This week on the show Jessica Hopkins spoke to Hon Aupito William Sio, Minister for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Education about the Tulī Takes Flight Scholarships for Pacific people.
She also talked to E tū Organiser, Annie Tothill about how the recent vote by Refinery NZ Shareholders to make the Marsden Point Oil Refinery an import-only terminal will affect the Northland region.
Producer Louis Macalister discussed the benefits and setbacks of hosting international tournaments during the pandemic with Kansai University's Satoko Itani, University of Auckland's Shaun Hendy, and University of Otago's Mark Falcous.
This week Zazi Brooke have a chat about the ACT Party's COVID 3.0 plan, as well as the Government's interest deductibility policy.
Zazi asks Brooke to compare the COVID 3.0 plan with the Government's opening up plan that was announced in August. They talk about some of the key points as well as the day they chose to release their plan, being days before the National Party release theirs.
In the second half, Brooke talks about the Government's change in deductibility rules over housing, rules that are aiming to improve the housing crisis in New Zealand. Brooke tells Zazi why the ACT party does not support the interest deductibility policy and talks about the ACT Party's proposed GST-sharing scheme.
The National Qualifications Authority has announced that pass rates for NCEA have declined over the past two years, likely as a result of lockdowns. The number of achieved, merit and excellence passes at this point in the year have decreased by 6% from last year, and 20% from 2019.
Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to the Post Primary Teachers' Association Vice-President, Melanie Webber, about how students have coped during lockdown. They also discussed the 'device-divide' between students of different socioeconomic backgrounds, and what aspects of online teaching will be implemented into education systems in the future.
Environmental groups and unions have said the government’s discussion document on New Zealand’s plan to become net zero by twenty fifty focuses too much on cutting transport emissions and instead letting agriculture and energy emissions off the hook.
The draft plan to make New Zealand net zero by 2050 includes measures to cut down car travelling and boost the number of EVs.
First Union has criticised the plan, saying its energy emission reductions relied too much on closing the Marsden Point oil refinery and it only outsources emissions overseas. Jared Abbott is the union’s secretary for transport, logistics and manufacturing and he spoke to Justin Wong.
With the government having committed to a Covid-19 suppression strategy, primary care officials have raised concerns about the strain widespread delta could have on their sector. The primary care sector is the first point of contact in the healthcare system and includes general practices, community pharmacies, dentists and optometrists. This is where most people infected with Covid-19 will first seek care.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to the University of Otago Wellington's Head of the Primary Health and General Paractice Department Lynn McBain about the primary care sector's concerns. They discuss what capacity the primary care sector has for an increase in delta cases and how increasing vaccination rates will relieve the potential stress on the sector.
A Recent study published by researchers from the UK and Australia have found that research funding for eating disorders and support services are quite low, especially amongst youth. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues we see a notable increase in people struggling with mental health problems, experts have raised the point that the rising demand in support services from young people needs to be matched with research in order to track the long-term effect that conditions such as eating disorders have. Joe talks to Associate Professor in Psychological Medicine Jenny Jordan from the University of Otago on the matter.
Today on the Tuesday Wire, Emily Bell discusses Aotearoa moving to the new traffic light system on December 2nd at 11:59pm with University of Canterbury professor and Covid-19 modeller Michael Plank.
Jemima Huston speaks to Deborah Hart from ASH New Zealand about the new Smokefree 2025 laws being put in place this week to protect children from smoking inside cars.
Tuva’a Clifton catches up with the latest news from Waiheke Island's Pūtiki Bay and the building of the Kennedy Point marina.
Emily interviews the Executive Head of the New Zealand Drug Foundation Sarah Helm about the increase of homelessness and anti-social behaviour in the Auckland CBD and what can be done to improve it.
Finally, this month is Movember! Jemima talks to Robert Dunne, the Country Manager for Movember New Zealand, about the charity and how it works to support and fundraise for men's health.
Today on the Wire, we start with Dear Science. Christina Huang asks AUT Professor Marcus Jones about how Omicron affects children, the concerning rise in methane levels in the atmosphere, astronomers taking a stand against an the massive number of satellites in space.
Christina speaks to the National Party’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop live about the party's ten point plan to tackle Omicron.\
Aneeka Moheed reports on her conversation with Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon about his call for compulsory Te Reo Māori classes to be introduced in schools.
Christina talks to Associate Professor Danny Osborne from the University of Auckland Social psychology department about the recent antivaccination protests, anti-government attitudes and how our mindset towards the pandemic has shifted over the past two years.
Finally, Jemima speaks to ACT Party Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden about the first three months of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 and the second reading of the bill that would ban conversion therapy in Aotearoa.
With Omicron spreading in the community, there is much discussion on how to best deal with the new variant. Christina speaks to the National Party’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop live on air about the party's ten-point plan to tackle Omicron.
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