The Wire with Castor

Concerns regarding New Zealands Military involvement with NATO and AUKUS have recently been raised. This week on the Tuesday Wire Milly spoke to Valerie Morse from Auckland Peace Action regarding New Zealand's involvement both these groups, investigating the consequences if New Zealand gets involved and our Nuclear Free Status. 

Aotearoa’s relentless summer has caused an unprecedented decline of our glaciers, some of which have now mostly vanished. The La Niña weather pattern meant record high sea temperatures on the West Coast. This caused the air to warm as far as the alpine glaciers. Scientists have famously called melting glaciers “global warming’s coalmine canaries” because of their link to temperature and precipitation. Caeden Tipler spoke to Drew Lorrey, Climate and Environment Applications Principal Scientist at NIWA, about the link between glaciers and climate change, as well as the importance of us paying attention to them.

This week there has been a lot of conversation around Marama Davidson's comments about white cis men and the violence perpetrated by them. Eileen Joy is a social worker and researcher who is researching child protection and domestic violence in Aotearoa. Her work and research has given her first hand experience about the problems of violence in Aotearoa New Zealand, and she has supported Davidson's comments. Simon spoke with Eileen about these issues. She began by discussing her views on Davidson's comments, as well as the prevalence of white male violence in Aotearoa. Just a warning, this segment contains discussions about domestic violence.

This morning a cyclist was critically injured after being struck by a car in South Auckland. The debate around cycle lanes and cyclist safety is an ongoing discussion here in Auckland. Simon spoke with Patrick Morgan from the Cycling Action Network about cyclist safety, bike lanes and about rebates for e-bikes and began by asking Patrick what can be done to improve safety for cyclists on our roads.