The Wire with Joel

A new report by the Otago University in Wellington discovered that five per cent of houses in New Zealand are lacking basic amenities including drinkable tap water, electricity or a toilet.  The report's lead author Helen Vickers is a Research Fellow at Otago University in Wellington's He Kāinga Oranga programme.  She spoke to Justin about the report.

Auckland-based energy company Lodestone is planning to build five solar farms across the North Island and generate enough power for 55,000 households while conducting dairy farming on the side.  The company's Director for Development Daniel Cunningham spoke to reporter James Tapp.

This week James and Brooke talk about a range of topics, starting off with the new laws to be introduced under Labour ot combat gangs.

The new laws allow for guns to be seized if they owner is high risk, which cuts through paper work. An act is also be revised to allow more seizures of gang owned assets.

James also touches on Brooke's motion in parliament which was revised, as the use of the word 'genocide' was vetoed.

Their chat finishes up on unionism, and ACT"s opposition to compulsory unionism.

On dear science this week James, Aneeka and Allan about Chernobyl, Dorothy Hodgkin and laser beams!

James has his weekly catch-up with the ACT party’s Brooke Van Velden, where they talk about her motion last week, unionism and new laws from the government around cracking down on gangs

Aneeka talks to Fiona Patten from the Reason Party in Australia about Victorian drug laws and the drug symposium for ‘What’s the Buzz’

James talks to Will McKenzie, one of the candidates for the Eden Albert by election in studio to talk about why he is the best candidate, as well as a small interview with Jose Fowler, who is also running for the seat as an independent candidate