Currently in the United States the stock market is having troubles with a subreddit coming together to put a hedgefund in billions of dollars of debt through shorting stocks and buying stocks. To understand how this happened and what the conciquences might be, James talks to LEighton Roberts, the co-founder and CEO of sharsies about what was currently happening.
On Felix's weekly catch up with Brooke van Velden from ACT, they spoke about the government's climate change policy and a possible change to the laws surrounding Māori wards.
Justin talked to Health and Treaty Negotiations Minsiter Andrew Little about the Cancer Control Agency report that found Maori are twice as likely than non-Maori to die from cancer; an investment fund for Ngaphui; and water fluoridation.
Justin spoke to Privacy Commissioner John Edwards about his probe into landlords obtaining too much information about their tenants, including going through tenants' bank statements and compiling lists of 'bad tenants' on social media.
With the climate commision putting out recommedations for the government last week, the pressure is on for them to be taken seriously. To understand what the demands will look like, James talks to Ethan Rielle from Schools Strike For Climate about what they have planned for this year.
Yesyerday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Matariki will first be celebrated in 2022. To understand more about Matariki, producer Jade Lewis brings us a report on its history.
With Matariki to be a public holiday, this offers an additional 3 day weekend to the calendar year. To understand what this means for workers, James talks to Muriel Tunoho from E tū about the subject at hand.
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