The Wire with Joel

The Advertising Standards Authority recently ruled that an advertisement posted by the National Party claiming a retired couple would have to pay $140 a week in taxes under the Green Party's proposed wealth tax was untrue. 

The Authority recieved 101 complaints of misleading political advertising this year, compared to just 16 during the 2017 election.

Jess talked to Matt Bartlett, an expert on the intersection of technology and society about what factors contributed to this increase and whether New Zealand has an adequate system to combat political misinformation online.

Zoë Larsen Cumming interviewed Sarah Smuts-Kennedy from the local city-bee collaboration team For the Love of Bees on the effect of the bee decline on climate change and local approaches to helping our little bees. She began by asking her what For the Love of Bees is all about.

Earlier this week Willow-Jean prime and Rino Tirikatene were made the co chairs of the Labour Māori caucus, which is the largest Māori caucus the party has ever had. With a range of areas and issues to deal with in relation to Māori, Prime and Tirikatene hold importance. To hear more about these roles, James talked to Willow-Jean Prime about her position and started by asking what it entails.

With the government having implemented funding for paid internships for those going into trades, there has been a significant increase in the number of apprentices. There has been an overall 50% increase and a doubling in the number of women. To understand more about the impact of this, James talked to interim Chief executive of BCITO, Greg Durkin, and started off by asking about the impact of this scheme on the industry.