The Wire with Castor

Following last weeks tornado in Papatoetoe, the Auckland Council and New Zealand Government have each donated $100,000 to provide immediate relief for the local community. The combined $200,000 is expected to help with emergency housing, food and electricity, and family or personal crises, among other costs. 

Manukau Ward Councillor Alf Filipaina joined producer Louis to chat about the tornado's impacts and how funding might help the local community. 

This week on Dear Science, Allan takes us through a whirlwind of science, touching on nobel prize winners, potential cancer-causing drugs and lead in London air from petrol.

Allan takes on a journey of the careers of Ei-ichi Negishi and Richard R. Ernst, both shemists who have contributed to the scientific world.

James learns about a scientific paper which said a drug called ranitidine created carcinogens in patients, which has now been retracted.

Allan warns us of the impacts of lead in the air and explains why there is still lead in the air from when petrol contained lead.

This week on The Wire, James is joined in studio by Ilena to bring you a jam packed show.

Dear Science is with Allan Blackman this week, who talks about nobel prize winners, retracted studies and lead in the air.

James has his weekly chat with Brooke van Velden from the ACT party, where they discuss COVID-19 in Wellington, fishing reserves and small businesses.

Ilena talks with Aaron Hendry from Lifewise and Dr. Michael Rehm from the University of Auckland about the recent decision to call the New Zealand housing crisis a human rights crisis.

What the "facon" is up with sustainable eating? This week on Tomorrow's World, Isla and Stella talk to Dr Rosie Bosworth, a disruptive technology expert about the future of food technologies, ranging from lab-grown meat (cellular agriculture) to how soy roots are used to simulate the sensory experience of animal products.