The Wire with Castor

Ghost Dive New Zealand took cleaned up the Wellington waterfront by Clyde Quay on Saturday, removing an astronomical amount of rubbish. Eddie Howard, Ghost Diving New Zealand’s team leader, spoke with Charlie about the dive, what GDNZ do, and where your waste might really be going.

Aneeka's back covering the Friday Wire with Liam, who've put together a jammed pack show! Today:

Liam spoke to City Councillor Pippa Coom about the Climate Action Target Rate and a new cycle plan on our regular city counselling segment.

Aneeka spoke to Melissa Woolley, Assistant secretary of the public service association about current pay negotiations for care and support workers and why their organisation believes they will fail.

Liam also talked to Janryll Fernandez about the Fillipino Election.

Aneeka spoke to Dr Sanjana Hathotuwa, a research fellow at the misinformation project and Sri Lankan Political Activist about the Sri Lanka’s Economic crisis and political corruption.

And finally Liam had a chat with Debbie Ward from CCS Diability Action about the recent passing of the Disability Assist Dogs Non-Discrimination Amendment Bill.

The Philippines is a few days away from their presidential election, with issues such as the covid recovery and inequality defining the race.

The frontrunner is Ferdinand Marcos Jr, also known as Bongbong Marcos, who is the son of a former dictator well known for his corrupt leadership. 

Marcos’ primary opponent is Leni Robredo, renowned for leading a ‘pink revolution’ towards gender equality

To learn more, Liam spoke to Janryll Frenandez, a New Zealand-based Filipino public relations professional and is currently a post graduate student of public management at Victoria University of Wellington.

On Tuesday, a draft majority opinion from the U.S Supreme Court was leaked, revealing that the court’s five conservative judges have made the decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, the Supreme Court case that established the constitutionality of abortion in the United States.

Emilia Sullivan spoke to John Ip, Associate Professor at the University of Auckland Law School and Ella Shepherd, spokesperson for ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa about what overturning Roe vs. Wade would mean.