The Wire with Joel

Last week Caeden spoke to academic Margaret Mutu about a statement the National Party made when ruling out working with Te Paati Māori. National leader Christopher Luxon implied Māori have a different standard of citizenship to Pākehā, and somehow get more votes.

Today Caeden spoke to Takatāpui activist, creative, and educator Quack Pirihi on what the impact of this racist rhetoric is in the communities they work in, what allies can do, and the next steps from here to push back against this. Here is that kōrero

Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) launched a new campaign ahead of the budget last week. ‘EVERYTHING 4 EVERYONE’ is focusing on constitutional transformation, and solutions that meet the political decisions that have led to poverty. 

Caeden had a kōrero with AAAP Coordinator Brooke Pao-Stanley on her thoughts on the budget and what this new campaign is all about.

On The Wire for Rāpare Thursday...

Spike speaks to:

- Catherine Delahunty from West Papua Action Aotearoa on the current situation in the region and their open letter to the NZ Government

- and Dr. Tim Welch on the impacts of ride hailing apps on transport systems

and Simon speaks to:

- Shane Henderson for City Counselling this week on the budget hole and proposed job cuts at Council

- Khalid Al Bostanji about the shock Turkey election results and the upcoming runoff

- and Jono Ridler about swimming the Hauraki Gulf to raise awareness for its health

and for Eurovision:

- David talks to our European correspondent Cameron Adams about the Ukraine war, a summit between EU and India, and euthanasia in Portugal

Starting on May 2nd, Jono Ridler swam 99.1km from Karaka Bay on Aotea Great Barrier Island to Campbell's Bay. He did the record-breaking swim to raise awareness for the Hauraki Gulf and the state that it is currently in. Simon began by asking Jono what inspired him to undertake the mammoth swim.