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Joe speaks to Kaaren Mathias, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Canterbury, on the matter.
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Liam spoke to City Councillor Shane Henderson about Infrastructure in West Auckland.
They also had a chat with Maria Armoudian from UoA about the United States Midterm Elections
David, spoke to Kate Turska from Mahi from Ukraine about the success of the Ukrainian special visa.
He also had a chat with Leon Goldsmith from the University of Otago about Qatar hosting the football world cup, and NZ Herald sports journalist Michael Burgess about sportswashing
Joe covers the Tertiary Education Union rally which occurred outside the University of Auckland on Monday. He speaks to members of the Union on the matter.
Joe also speaks to Greenpeace’s plastics campaigner Juressa Lee about their renewed calls for a strong global plastics treaty. We’ve also got a report on Greenpeace activists who met The Hidden Gem, a deep sea mining drill ship, as it came into port in Mexico after conducting test mining in the Pacific.
David spoke to Auckland Counsellor Mike Lee for our regular segment, City Counselling. He also spoke to Hanna Habibi from the Iranian solidarity group and to Morgane Merien from the Christchurch Museum about Bug of the Year.
Joe speaks to Professor Janet Hoek, from the University of Otago, Wellington, about the recently greenlit Smokefree Bill. Joe also speaks to Dr Nic Rawlence from the paleogenetics lab at the University of Otago about how paleoecology and ancient DNA can help inform whether Mahinga Kai practices could be sustainable, as well as how a CT scan of a toothed bird fossil has possibly changed the history of modern birds.
Daniel speaks to Cindy Baxter, from the Coal Action Network about what role Geoengineering plays in climate action.
David spoke to Mike Lee for our regular segment City Counselling. They spoke about Auckland's railway network. David also spoke to Jason Young, a Politics and International Relations professor from Victoria University of Wellington, about the protests occurring in China.
Tuva’a has his regular chat with health minister Andrew Little.
Liam had a chat with Shaun Greaves from Amnesty International about their Wrie for Rights campaign.
Joe speaks to Will Appelbe, Head of Investigations at SAFE for Animals about their calls for the government to improve oversight following a heat-stress related death.
Liam also spoke to Stephen Hartley from Victoria University f Wellington about the COP15 biodiversity summit
He also speaks to Levi Brinsdon-Hall from Delicious Revolution about a project looking to bring a sunflower garden to Starship hospital.
And Liam toTe Arepa Morehu from Toi o Tamaki Auckland Art Gallery to discuss the value art galleries bring to our city.
Joe speaks to Fiona Tolich, long-term campaigner and advocate for SMA, about Pharmacs funding of SPINRAZA, a first-of-its-kind medicine for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the number one cause of genetic death in Kiwi children under two.
Daniel speaks to Merewalesi Yee, who is a PhD student at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia about her project that seeks to advance the understanding of human migration in Fiji caused by climate change. He also speaks to Leba Gaunavinaka who is a climate change adaptation specialist at the Fijian Ministry of Climate Change about relocating Fijian communities whose land is inhabitable due to climate change.
David chats to Shane Henderson for our regular segment, City Counselling. They look at Auckland Council Group’s Annual Budget 2023/2024. David also speaks to Lachlan Keating from Deaf Aotearoa about creating NZ Sign Language videos for the 2023 census.