The proposed cuts are set to affect many public services, including the city's libraries. Duane Leo is the National Secretary for The Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. Simon spoke with Duane about the funding of public services and the broad range of people that use them. Simon began by asking Duane why libraries are important to the community.
Andre Fa’aoso spoke to Sandra Morrison from the University of Waikato and Christina Tausa from the University of Canterbury about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent Synthesis Report from a Māori and Pasifika perspective.
Arno Cronje talked to Molly Grant, a researcher from the University of Auckland and author of the Growing Up in New Zealand research program on child poverty rates.
Alex Bonham spoke with Cath Handley, Waiheke Local Board chair and Elena Keith from Quiet Sky Waitemata about the impacts of helicopters on the city’s suburbs and islands.
And on the Green Desk, Jack Marshall discussed polyamorous southern elephant seals with a PhD Student at the University of Tasmania, Sophia Volzke.
The New Zealand Geographic Board has recently accepted City Rail Link and Auckland Transport's proposal to rename Britomart as Waitematā station. Professor Robin Kearns is an advocate for renaming places around Aotearoa New Zealand that better reflect the local history as opposed to being named after people and places with little or no relevance to the land. Simon began by asking Professor Kearns why it is important to embrace Māori renaming in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Currently New Zealanders dump 300,000 tonnes of food each year in landfill where it emits methane, contributing to global warming. Aucklanders bin 100,000 tonnes of food and it makes up half of our kerbside waste. To address this, Auckland Council is rolling out a foodscrap collection this year. The scraps will go through an anaerobic digestion process to create fertiliser and biogas that will be used in horticultural systems south of the city. However, environmental campaigners argue that local composting leads to better soils and lower emissions. Alex Bonham spoke to Carla Gee of Ecomatters, that runs the Compost Collective, and Elise O'Brien, Senior Organic Waste Advisor at Auckland Council to talk about the amazing resource that is food waste.
On the Rāpare Wire this week, Spike speaks to:
- Labour MP Andrew Little on his trip to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day and more NZDF support for Ukraine
- Dr. George Laking on Australia's move to prescription-only vape products
- and Alec Toleafoa on the history of the Dawn Raids and Pasifika migrant labour
and Simon speaks to:
- Shane Henderson on Council budget submissions and the integrated transport plan for City Counselling
- Dr. Kris Roy on building back better after Cyclone Gabrielle and reducing waste in the construction industry
- and Marnie Prickett, 95bFM's Water Reporter, on regional freshwater policy
The extreme weather system that is continuing to affect the North Island caused havoc throughout Tamaki Makaurau on Tuesday. The state of emergency declared in Auckland drew stark contrasts to the Auckland anniversary floods in January and Cyclone Gabrielle in February.
Auckland Emergency Management, Civil Defence and Auckland Council sprung into action as the rains poured down throughout the city, with heavy rain warnings issued in north and west Auckland.
As extreme weather events appear to become more frequent, do Aucklanders and management agencies need to reconsider how they react and deal with these situations? To receive input and analysis, whilst also determining how well agencies have responded to the recent weather, Andre Fa'aoso spoke with Doctor Lauren Vinnell, Lecturer of Emergency Management at Massey University.
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