The Wire with Joel

Today on the Friday Wire, Jessica speaks to Auckland University Medical Students' Association Rainbow Communities Representative Josh McCormack about medical school interviews now including LGBTQI+ competency questions.

She also speaks to Dr Andrew Chen a Research Fellow of Koi Tū – Centre for Informed Futures, at the University of Auckland about vaccine passes, and Adam Currie from Generation Zero about decarbonising our transport system in Aotearoa.  

Producer Ilena speaks to Glenis Philip-Barbara, Assistant Maori Children’s Commissioner, on the findings of the Tō Tātou Kura Atawhai; Our Kind of Schools project.

She also speaks to Chloe Swarbrick on the Green party’s call for the government to expand the drug harm reduction programme Te Ara Oranga nationwide.

Finally she has her regular spot with Councillor Shane Henderson, where they talk about the Enabling Housing Supply Bill and Te Whau pathway.

On their weekly chat, Justin talked to Health and Pike River re-entry Minister Andrew Little on the traffic light system, human remains discovered at Pike River Mine, and parliamentary security.

International Desk reports on the migrant crisis between Belarus and Poland.

Producer Joe Wickins spoke to Patient Voice Aotearoa's Fiona Tolich on PHARMAC's wishlist for funding.

He also talked to World Vision's Rebekah Armstrong on the need for a Modern Slavery Act.

Justin spoke to Warsaw University's Professor Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene on how Polish politics reacts to the migrant crisis at its border with Belarus, and how could this influence relations between Poland and the European Union.

Today, World Vision New Zealand is set to present a strong Modern Slavery Act to the Petition Committee. This comes following a petition which garnered thirty seven thousand signatures and support from over one hundred businesses. Joe speaks to Rebekah Armstrong, the Head of Advocacy and Justice for World Vision New Zealand about the Act and why transparency on the issue of Modern Slavery is so important.