The Wire with Joel

On this week's Friday Wire...

The National Party’s, Denise Lee joins Laura Kvigstad to chat about the National Party advocating for an elite police force to target gangs. After that, they chat about Andrew Little's announcement to restore voting rights to former convicts who served three years or less in prison. Finally, they chat about the National's latest Palmerston North MP candidate, a 17-year-old youth MP, William Woods. If elected woods would be the youngest MP by three years. 

After that, Laura speaks with Emmy Rakete from People Against Prisons Aotearoa about the recent report from the Independent Police Conduct Authority that ruled it was justifiable for police to shoot an armed man 12 times and why People Against Prisons Aotearoa believes the facts don’t support that conclusion.  

Then, Rachel Simpson speaks with Dr. Ngarino Ellis from the University of Auckland's Art History Department about the most recent and the largest art heist in history at the Green Vault in Dresden Castle.

And Finally, Ben Goldson gives us a segment of neutral corner as he covers the recent protests in Iraq. 

Justin talks about the protests in Haiti against President Jovenel Moise and the role the US could play in the crisis.

Last week Aramco, Saudi Arabia's oil company, was listed on the Riyadh exchange. The move has been many years in the making, but has not come without its fair share of changes. Exclusively listing on their national exchange, unmet valuation targets and a smaller amount of shares available have all changed how the company will now perform, as well as global pressures surrounding the climate emergency. James talked to Rod Oram, a business and political commentator, about what this could mean not only for Saudi Arabia, but how they and their economy is viewed by the rest of the world.

In another weekly chat with Justice Minister Andrew Little, Mary-Margaret asks about restoration of voting rights for prisoner’s serving sentences of three years or less, and Labour’s response to National’s calls for the development of a 'strike force raptor' unit

Justin’s reports on protests in Haiti for International Desk

James talks to Rod Oram about Aramco, the Saudi Arabian oil reserve

And in Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe tells us about the decriminalisation of sex work in Northern Territory