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Perinatal Mental Health w/ Holly Walker: May 2, 2022

 Perinatal Mental Health w/ Holly Walker: May 2, 2022 Perinatal Mental Health w/ Holly Walker: May 2, 2022, 24.27 MB
Mon 2 May 2022

Perinatal depression is proving to be a high risk concern in Aotearoa. A new study done into the issue by Holly Walker, Deputy Executive Director of the Helen Clark Foundation, shows that suicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant women and new mums. Charlie spoke with he about the issue, and what can be done to support these women.

Electric Ferries w/ Michael Eaglen: May 2, 2022

 Electric Ferries w/ Michael Eaglen: May 2, 2022 Electric Ferries w/ Michael Eaglen: May 2, 2022, 20.83 MB
Mon 2 May 2022

Eletrical energy has been harnesed in cars, and now New Zealand wants it in their ferries too. Michael Eaglen, CEO of EV Maritime, speaks with Charlie about the current state of ferry fuels, EV Maritime's project with the government to bring in some eletric ferries the Auckland, and what the future of electric ferries could look like.

Bank of Mum and Dad w/ Gemma Rasmussen: May 2, 2022

 Bank of Mum and Dad w/ Gemma Rasmussen: May 2, 2022 Bank of Mum and Dad w/ Gemma Rasmussen: May 2, 2022, 16.17 MB
Mon 2 May 2022

The Bank of Mum and Dad is an international concept that means parents are paying out for their children to purchase property. With the housing market seemingly in a constant crisis in Aotearoa, Gemma Rasmussen, Head of Communications and Campaign manager at Consumer NZ, discusses how this concept is affecting New Zealander's.

Genome Sequencing Bilberries w/ Richard Espley from Plant and Food Research: 29th of April, 2022

Genome Sequencing Bilberries w/ Richard Espley from Plant and Food Research: 29th of April, 2022 Genome Sequencing Bilberries w/ Richard Espley from Plant and Food Research: 29th of April, 2022 , 21.2 MB
Fri 29 Apr 2022

A team of New Zealand researchers have recently released the results of the world's first bilberry genome sequencing project. 

Bilberries, also known as European blueberries are an obscure fruit similar to Blueberries but with a consistently violet inner pigment compared to Blueberries green insides. 

Liam spoke to Richard Espley from Plant and Food Research about their findings and the possible health effects of breeding bilberries and blueberries.

 

Housing Intensification w/ Shane Henderson, Sally Hughes and Bill McKay: April 29th, 2022

 Housing Intensification w/ Shane Henderson, Sally Hughes and Bill McKay: April 29th, 2022 Housing Intensification w/ Shane Henderson, Sally Hughes and Bill McKay: April 29th, 2022, 16.21 MB
Fri 29 Apr 2022

Auckland council has released for consultation their proposal to rezone parts of the central suburbs for medium and high density housing development.

Casper spoke firstly to Auckland councellor Shane Henderson about proposal, what it will mean for Auckland’s housing development and how people can contribute to the feedback process.

Then, to bring in some wider perspective, Casper had a chat with Character Coalition chairperson Sally Hughes about a desire to preserve special character areas and how it might be reconciled with a need for more affordable housing.

Finally, to round out the discussion, Casper talked to Bill McKay from the Architecture department of the University of Auckland about the impact that the council’s proposal might have on the city in terms of livability, housing supply and the future of urban development.

 

 

Nitrates in Drinking Water w/ Greenpeace’s Steve Abel: 29th April, 2022

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Fri 29 Apr 2022

Greenpeace Aotearoa has recently released their petition for the government to limit the amount of nitrates in drinking water to one milligram. 

At the moment the legal limit of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is 11.3mg, which Greenpeace says is a major issue that has caused several illnesses and deaths. 

The organisation has stated that water is a human right, and that the government must stand up for the health of our communities. 

To learn more, Liam spoke to Steve Abel from Greenpeace about the petition and how Aotearoa got to this point.

 

The Wire w/ Casper: 29th April, 2022

 The Wire w/ Casper: 29th April, 2022 The Wire w/ Casper: 29th April, 2022, 104.24 MB
Fri 29 Apr 2022

Caspers back on the Friday Wire! Today on the show:

As part of his regular city counselling segment, I talked to City Councillor Shane Henderson, as well as Character Coalition chairperson Sally Hughes and the University of Auckland’s Bill McKay all on the topic of housing intensification and the council’s proposed changes to zoning rules.

Liam spoke to Steve Abel from Greenpeace about their petition to remove nitrates from drinking water.

He also had a chat with Richard Espley from Plant and Food Research to chat about their research on the genome sequence of bilberries.

 

Elon Musk Buying Twitter w/ Greg Treadwell: April 28, 2022

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Thu 28 Apr 2022

Twitter has agreed to sell its platform to Elon Musk for a mammoth sixty seven billion New Zealand dollars. 

Musk, who is a self-professed ‘free speech absolutist’ has given hints as to what he plans to do with the site regarding content moderation, user verification, and more.

Emilia Sullivan spoke to Greg Treadwell, head of the journalism department at AUT about what this acquisition of twitter by Elon Musk could mean.

The Wire w/ Joe: April 28, 2022

 The Wire w/ Joe: April 28, 2022 The Wire w/ Joe: April 28, 2022, 98.06 MB
Thu 28 Apr 2022

This week on The Wire for Thursday!

We have our regular chat with Andrew Little. Tuva’a speaks to him about the new health system reforms.

Joe speaks to Jude Ball from the University of Otago about adolescent drinking trends. He also will be speaking to Breast Cancer Foundation Chief executive Ah-Leen Rayner about New Zealand’s lack of access to cancer drugs.

Emilia speaks to Sanat Singh from Make it 16 about their case to lower the voting age making it to the Supreme Court. She also speaks to Greg Treadwell from AUT about Twitter agreeing to a sale to Elon Musk.

That's us for the Thursday Wire!

Making the Voting Age 16 w/ Make it 16's Sanat Singh: April 28, 2022

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Thu 28 Apr 2022

A campaign to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote has been granted leave to appeal in the Supreme Court. 

While the Court of Appeal agreed that barring teenagers from voting was in fact unjustified age discrimination, they stopped short of making a formal declaration.

Emilia Sullivan spoke to Sanat Singh, co-director of Make it 16 about his campaign heading to the Supreme Court.