For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny speaks to MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the letter they sent to the National Party detailing the measures they’d give their votes to to support Kiwis and conserve fuel during the Iran Supply Crisis.
Producer Theo speaks to Leonie Morris, from Te Wāhi Wāhine o Tāmaki Makaurau - the Auckland Women’s centre - on their petition to bring back Te Tiriti-based, inclusive relationships and Sexuality education in schools.
Producer Toby speaks to theology expert Andrew Shepherd about religious rhetoric and Trump's war with Iran.
Then Host Manny speaks to Danielle LeGallais, co-founder of Sunday Blessings, about the day of action in opposition to the government's proposed move on orders.
This week, Lawyers for Climate Action New Zealand took the Climate Change Minister Simon Watts to Wellington’s High Court on the government’s lack of consultation in dismantling dozens of climate policies shortly after the last election.
Also under scrutiny, is the government’s over-reliance on offsetting climate emissions through planting pine trees.
Internationally, similar court cases have pressured governments like that of the Netherlands and United Kingdom to revisit their own climate change policies.
Next week, leaders in the field of climate litigation will gather in Tāmaki Makaurau to discuss these developments and more, with an eye to the changes occurring internationally.
To understand this arena of the climate crisis, I spoke to Associate Professor of Law, and Chair for the upcoming Climate Litigation Conference, Vernon Rive.
The Government has announced a support package to address rising fuel prices.
And the McCains processing factory in Hastings is set to close in January 2027, but it is not yet known how many workers and growers will be affected by the closure.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden asked about both of these topics.
On March 28, Democrats Abroad members across the globe will be organising and participating in Anti-Trump administration protests as part of the “No Tyrants” movement.
This aligns with a wave of “No Kings” protests expected to take place across the United States on the same day.
Wire Host Caeden spoke to Jennifer Frost, Associate Professor in History at the University of Auckland, about the protest happening in Auckland this Saturday.
Prairie talks to Nariman Taghipouran about his online show at Sosage Gallery. We hear from Cath Robertson - she gives us another great lesson in starting a lockdown art project. We hear our first Works For Waves Submission (a collaborative call out we for new works for radio, between Artbank and Audio Foundation). This week we have heard from GUARDIANS, with their track Lockdown Phase Dub. Cheers to Lance Strickland and Chris Schmeltz from Dunedin!
Another week of Dear Science featuring AUT Professor Blackman! This week, Allan and Christina dove into some rather perspective-bending numbers and statistics. They discussed the scale of the Tonga eruption, how your great-granddad's smoking habits could be the cause of your excess body fat, and how a 150-year-old maths problem related to chess has finally been solved.
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