The Wire with Castor

Greenpeace Aotearoa and other environmental organisations have been calling for bans on deep sea mining internationally.

Caeden spoke to Greenpeace Deep Sea Mining campaign lead James Hita about these international campaigns, how they’re connected, and why they’re so important.

They also asked about these actions in the context of Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s commitment to the Global Oceans Treaty.

They started by asking them to explain the anti-deep sea mining action that took place in Mexico this morning.

A record immigration jump of 96,000 people during the first half of this year has sparked both hopes and fears for our economy. To get to the bottom of this, I got two perspectives: one seeing how the jump would affect consumers, and another seeing how it would affect businesses. 

First Arno spoke to economist Dr Kirdan Lees. They spoke about housing availability, the Super Visa, and the cost of living. 

Next Arno spoke to barrister and contributor to The Indian Weekender Dave Ananth. They spoke about the effect of rising immigration on businesses, and about policy to attract skilled migrants to our country.

For our weekly catch-up with the Green Party, News, and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Golriz Ghahraman about their calls to double the Best Start payment, grant amnesty for people who have 'overstayed', their visas, and hold international powers to account for human rights abuses.

Nicholas spoke to the Epsom candidate for The Opportunities Party Dr Nina Su about the party's housing and foreign policy.

Arno interviewed Sense Partners economist Dr Kirdan Lees and barrister and columnist Dave Ananth about how rising immigration numbers may impact Aotearoa's economy. 

And Kaze spoke to Mark Roach from the Anti-AUKUS coalition about the possibility of New Zealand joining the alliance.

This week for Milly's final Wire, Allan Blackman joins us for Dear Science where we discuss the Nobel Prize award winners.

Milly has her weekly catchup with the National Party's Dr Shane Reti about the party's policies on foreign affairs.

Milly also speaks to Christopher Coker from the Aotearoa Legalise Canabis Party about why they believe their single-issue party is needed to push for the legalisation of cannabis.