Justin talked to Health Minister Andrew Little about mental health advocate Mike King returning his Order of New Zealand Merit (ONZM) medal saying the mental health system is still "broken", and updates to the Waikato DHB cyberattack and nurses pay negotiations.
Last Thursday, an Australian federal court ruled that the Australian government has a duty of care for risks from climate change. Producer Louis Macalister spoke with Victoria University environmental law professor Catherine Iorns Magallenes about the ruling and its implications.
Wire producer Louis Macalister spoke to National Party Mental Health Spokesperson Matt Doocey about a recent petition to government asking for more support for individuals with eating disorders.
Producer Louis Macalister spoke with the Society for Intellectually Handicapped Children's Director of Advocacy Trish Grant about their recent appeal to the Human Rights Tribunal over discrimination towards disabled students.
Producer Louis Macalister talked about the recent developments in the Samoan election saga with Lemoa Henry Fesuluai, who is a Samoan Language Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland.
An anonymous nursing student chats with Lyric ahead of tomorrow's nurses strike about their experience as a student and being in the nursing workforce, as well as their hopes for the future of nursing.
This week the topic is water on our regular segment with Auckland Council! Ayana and Shane discuss the three waters reform, drought and climate change, water prices rising, and the central interceptor - a wastewater channel high enough to fit a giraffe and wide enough for four rhino's side by side.
Justin talked to Health, Treaty Negotiations, and SIS Minister Andrew Little about the nurses' strikes yesterday, National MP Paul Goldsmith's comments on colonisation being "on balance" good for Māori, and Te Pāti Māori asking for a SIS-Police taskforce on anti-Māori hate speech.
Producer Louis chatted with the University of Canterbury's Professor Bronwyn Hayward about the recent the Climate Change Commission's advice after she called for better communication of plans and guidelines from the government.
Felix interviews Green co-leader James Shaw about the Climate Commission's new blueprint, the accessibility of electric vehicles, and flaws in our immigration system.
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