The Wire with Joel

Today on the wire: 

Tuva’a has his regular chat with health minister Andrew Little chatting about pain parity and a new emergency department for Whangarei Hospital

Liam spoke to Willow Heron about the campaign to reform name change laws for youth in Aotearoa,

Stella’s had a chat with Micheal Gilchrist about the E Tu Unions strike of Stuff Media members

Liam also had a chat with Richard Jackson from the University of Otago about New Zealands terror risk shifting to low,

Hanna spoke to Narissa Harding from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

And Liam to european correspondent Cameron Adams on Eurovision.

New Zealand's commercial fishing industry faced a massive change today when the US court of International Trade ruled for a temporary ban on the exportation of nine species of fish from New Zealand waters to the US. 

Today Troy spoke with Michael Lawry the managing director for the Sea Shepherd conservation group that brought the lawsuit to the US for the protection of New Zealand's critically endangered Māui dolphin. 

Last week the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced a hike to the Official Cash Rate of 75 basis point, which was quite a shock and has been reported on extensively as it’s not usually changed this quickly.

Casper had a chat to Robert MacCoulloch from the University of Auckland about what the OCR is, why the Reserve Bank raised it, and what this might mean for New Zealanders.

This week on the Tuesday Wire,  Milly spoke to Joel Rindelaub over the phone for Dear Science.

Casper had a chat with Macroeconomist Robert MacCulloch from UoA about last week’s Official Cash Rate Hike.

Milly spoke to Bindi Norwell from procare about pay parity in the healthcare sector.

Casper spoke to Greg Harford about retail crime, how it’s being addressed and taking a critical look at its causes.

And Milly had a chat with Daniel Folton from Swimsafe about reducing rates of drowning and increasing safety in water.