The Wire with Joel

Daniel spoke with Margaret Stanley, Professor of Ecology at the University of Auckland. She explains the impact humans have on the native birds of NZ and the gives some tips how to help the native birds. We need more messy gardens.

This week on the first Rāmere Wire for 2023!

David brings us City Counselling with Shane Henderson, they speak about freedom camping laws.

Daniel looks at The rise of online hate, misogyny and its effects on Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as the Prime Minister. He also speaks with Margaret Stanley about the human impact on wild native bird species in New Zealand and how we can support them. 

Joe looks also looks into Jacinda Ardern’s effect on New Zealand’s international brand and progressive reputation. He also speaks to Barbara Galland from the University of Otago about later school starts helping teens with sleeping problems.

That's us for the Friday Wire!

Later school start times could help teens in Aotearoa get more sleep and improve their health and wellbeing. In an opinion piece in the New Zealand Medical Journal, researchers point out that adolescents' natural sleep-wake biology shifts at puberty to favour later bedtimes, and start times of 9:45am or later would help address sleep issues in senior secondary students. 

I spoke to Barbara Galland from the University of Otago about this research.

The New Zealand Drug Foundation has reported on a new strain of LSD that is circulating around the country, particularly within music festivals.

The drug, named 25B-NBOH, can form side effects not usually present in normal LSD, despite looking identical. 

Drug checking services at new years festival Rhythm and Vines found examples in the drug amongst roughly 750 other drugs checked. 

To learn more about the drug, what the signs of it are, and how users could avoid them, Liam had a chat with the New Zealand Drug Foundations executive director Sarah Helm.