On today's wire with India, Mack and Jack, we talk to Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter about Winston Peters' decision and everything that’s happened since.
The Kea has emerged victorious in the Bird of the Year competition, dashing the hopes of kereru fans everywhere. The Kea Conservation trust explains its successful campaign.
On the Green Desk, Jack talks with Shane Lavery about the benefits of fish reserves
We visit a community garden in Mt Albert that volunteers are worried may be developed for housing, and we take a look at Tokelau language week and the state of Tokelauan in New Zealand.
This week on the show, producer Charlie speaks to Dr Robert Patman from the University of Otago and Dr Nick Smith from the University of Canterbury about the Russia-Ukraine crisis after Russian military forces have started to place themselves around the Ukraine border.
She also talks to Dr Andrew Chen from the University of Auckland about managing Covid-19 from home following yesterday's record breaking 2522 cases.
On her very first Wire, producer Emilia speaks to the Green Party's Social Development spokesperson, Ricardo Menendez March, about the Green Party's call for an urgent increase in public housing following a report from the Salvation Army that defines the housing crisis as a 'catastrophe'.
Finally, Charlie talks to CEO of Predator Free NZ, Jessi Morgan, and CEO of SAFE NZ, Debra Ashton, about the SPCA's call for cat law reform.
bFM report Alice Canton speaks to Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei and Salvation Army co-convener Alan Johnson about the Salvation Army's state of the nation report that claims New Zealand is heading off the track in terms of housing, poverty and imprisonment.
Pearl is joined in studio by Labour's Jacinda Ardern, Green's Julie Anne Genter and Geoff Simmons from the Opportunity party to discuss housing, transport, education and environment leading up to the Mt Albert by-election.
Joel and Sam took on The Wire for Monday the 27th of November in which:
Lilian Hanly spoke to Sina Brown-Davis about racist interactions between police and Tongan fans.
Joel chatted to Green Party leader James Shaw about the Housing Stocktake Report which was commissioned by Phil Twyford as well as the Role of TVNZ in New Zealand.
Katie Doyle talked to Walid Zazai, a refugee on Manus Island.
Producer Sam talks to Peter Lineham about Destiny Church.
Joel Thomas hosts The Wire with Mary-Margaret Slack, and Sam Smith this Monday in which:
Lillian Hanly talks to Auckland Uni law professor Andrew Eruiti about the royal commission into the treatment of children in state care.
Joel talks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about his time in Waitangi and the inclusion of gender identity and sexual orientation on the 2023 census.
Sam Smith runs through his findings of the newly released housing stocktake report ordered by the Government.
And Mary-Margaret Slack talks to tax consultant Terry Baucher about the taxing of cryptocurrencies.
The Tuesday Wire for May 22nd.
Leonard chats to Dr Rosie Gibson about Sleep & Dementia.
Conor Knell looks into Hong Kongs pro democracy protesters.
Jack Marshall speaks to Dr Andrew Lorrey on the Green Desk.
Lillian Hanly discusses housing at Ihumatao with Pania Newton.
Oscar Perress talks to Dr Grant Schofield about Sugar problems.
Kiran brings in Wild Honey, basically the book that houses some of New Zealand's women poets. Edited by Paula Green, the structure of the novel showcases a poem while giving context and biographies of the author. A super special book that you've got to get your hands on to dive deep into the world of Aotearoa's beautiful poetry.
In the run in to the election, we decided to take a look into healthy homes. It is very well to call for healthy homes, but what actually makes a home healthy?
We heard that researchers from the University of Auckland were questioning the accuracy of some ‘green certified’ rating tools used by the building industry to measure the warmth and efficiency of New Zealand houses, after independent research failed to verify their claims.
With that in mind we were joined by Rochelle Ade, one of the lead researchers behind the claim to find out more about healthy homes.
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