Today on the Wire we focus on the End of Life Choice Referendum as part of our election coverage.
Jemima speaks to ACT Party Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden who outlines the End of Life Choice Act 2019 and the requirements to be eligible for assisted dying.
Jemima also highlights a number of concerns surrounding assisted dying and the Act, which are addressed by Brooke van Velden and Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Auckland, Phillipa Malpas.
Hanna talks to Dr Vanya Kovach, who teaches Ethics in the Philosophy department at the University of Auckland, about the ethical issues surrounding euthanasia.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Rob's all over your Göbekli Tepe; we stay _just_ on the right side of the wheels falling off with Dr. Walls; Mikey talks to Simon Ogston about his new documentary, Bill Direen: A Memory of Others; Sarah reveals her specialist subject; and we all make fun of Hugh. ...Sorry Hugh.
Plato's retreat bringing all the tunes and segments you can handle.
Kris has returned from Chirstchurch with some fresh, self-secribed "phat trax", Sam is in recovery after a big night boogying to Omar-S, and Rob brings us all that is big news in sport and, of course Emerdale.
But wait, theres more!
Pearl joins us for the Cheese Wheel of Fortune in which she struggles mightily with a Dutch cheese, and Fin from 16 Tun brings us the Flagon Wagon...which ends in an argument when Sam proposes we have a "Triple Brown Float" next week: Double Brown™ poured over chocolate icecream.
AUT’s Allan Blackman joins us again live in the studio for Dear Science. He talks to Ximena about George Olah, a great chemist who passed away this week, and also about rocket scientist Bill Pickering, who died on this day 13 years ago. Allan also touches on a touchy subject, namely how it came out this week that Australia is considering banning unvaccinated children from childcare centres and preschools.
Heimata and Alvina are part of a group of four postgraduate students working towards breaking the intergenerational cycle of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Pacific Islanders. How hard is it to empower teenagers to make their own nutritional choices? How hard is it to overcome obstacles such as: poverty; access; and dying traditions?
Auckland Lives two bee colonies have died. The hives were found after a routine inspection a fortnight ago. The cause of death is believed to be death by poisoning due to insecticide spraying. Prior to the tragedy, the two hives had a combined bee population of around 30,000 which last summer produced a whopping 75kg of honey. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to "For the Love of Bees" member Sarah Smuts-Kennedy about the deaths.
On todays segment of Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman, we talk about a Nazi warship during WW2 damaging the growth of Norweigan trees using chemical smokescreens. Allan takes us into the fascinating world of chemical recycling using enzymes, bacteria and some awesome science. And finally Will thinks its Einsteins birthday anniversary but alas its the anniversary of the day he died, Allan is quite sad about this.
- We discuss the ethics behind the right-to-try federal law in the States, which allows drug makers to sell their yet unproven therapies to dying patients.
- The biggest, most powerful computer ever built
- And the saddening death of Koko, the 46-year-old gorilla who knew how to communicate with humans through sign language.
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