The Wire with Joel

On The Wire today,

Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones talks about CRISPR baby life expectancies, multiple conclusions reached from one data set, and the UK being coal free for the past 16 days!

Ramadan came to an end this week and Lillian went to her first iftar dinner last week at her local cafe, we hear a report from her on the owners of the cafe and the customers who have been generously welcomed into the space. 

Tama Waipara is the festival director for the new Tairāwhiti Arts Festival, Lillian speaks to him about the kaupapa behind it.

The full length podcast of the Tuesday Wire for the 4th of Pipiri June. Today, we had the privilige of talking to The Kaipātiki Project, listen in to find out more. At the Green Desk, we introduce a topic for the coming weeks, of the media framing of the climate crisis. We have a passage on Matariki and Board Games does indeed return. 

The government’s budget for 2019 was announced yesterday afternoon by minister of finance Grant Robertson, who delivered the publication. The focus seems to be on vulnerable communities, Kiwi’s well-being, among other priorities, with a trajectory towards social issues such as mental health, addiction, and poverty in the budgets financial forecast. While this is good to see in many ways, it can’t be said that everyone will be happy about these economic decisions. Now for someone with a very low understanding of economics, Louis had the pleasure of speaking with Shamubeel Eaqub; an experienced independent economist & commentator, who made economics very easy for Louis. Here he is, breaking down the budget.

The Friday Wire team discusses media reaction to the National party's release of a version of the government's "well-being budget" before it was due for publication.