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The Wire w/ Joel: 3 March, 2025

The Wire w/ Joel: 3 March, 2025 The Wire w/ Joel: 3 March, 2025, 113.36 MB
Mon 3 Mar 2025

This week on the Monday Wire...

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Producer Evie spoke to Simon Court about government legislation for a four year parliamentary term, and the government giving further powers for citizen arrests.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to the Director of Advocacy at IHC New Zealand; an intellectual disability advocacy group, Tania Thomas, on the recently released Stats NZ figures showing a large number of individuals with a disability are needing better care in at least one aspect of their life.

Joel speaks to an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere, on his doctoral research, calling for Aotearoa to adopt an animal welfare police unit.

And Global Innovator, Matt Hart, joins us in studio to discuss students starting university for the year

Whakarongo mai!

New research shows that New Zealand and Australia have the world’s highest breast cancer rates w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Annette Lasham: 27th February, 2025

New research shows that New Zealand and Australia have the world’s highest breast cancer rates w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Annette Lasham: 27th February, 2025 New research shows that New Zealand and Australia have the world’s highest breast cancer rates w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Annette Lasham: 27th February, 2025, 18.93 MB
Fri 28 Feb 2025

Research from a new study of 185 countries has found that New Zealand and Australia have some of the highest rates of breast cancer diagnoses in the world.

However, our mortality rates from breast cancer were at the lower end of the scale, and reducing by 2.1% per year - well on our way to meeting the World Health Organization Global Breast Cancer Initiative goal of 2.5% a year.

Sofia spoke to cancer genomics researcher and data analyst, Dr Annette Lasham, from the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences about the study and how we respond to breast cancer diagnoses in Aotearoa.

International Desk: The ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Congo w/ Aotearoa Africa Foundation President Red Tsounga: 27 February, 2025

International Desk: The ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Congo w/ Aotearoa Africa Foundation President Red Tsounga: 27 February, 2025 International Desk: The ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Congo w/ Aotearoa Africa Foundation President Red Tsounga: 27 February, 2025, 31.46 MB
Thu 27 Feb 2025

Warning: This story contains distressing content 

Conflict has escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, driven by ethnic tensions and access to mineral resources.

The conflict has been marked by murder, violence, and forced displacement. Over 6.9 million people in the Congo were displaced by the end of 2023, and 7,000 have been killed since January this year.

For International desk this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Aotearoa African Foundation President Red Tsounga about the ongoing violence in the Congo and what more the international community can do to support those who have been displaced.

International Desk: The ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Congo w/ Aotearoa Africa Foundation President Red Tsounga: 27 February, 2025

International Desk: The ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Congo w/ Aotearoa Africa Foundation President Red Tsounga: 27 February, 2025 International Desk: The ongoing violence and human rights violations in the Congo w/ Aotearoa Africa Foundation President Red Tsounga: 27 February, 2025, 31.46 MB
Thu 27 Feb 2025

Warning: This story contains distressing content 

Conflict has escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, driven by ethnic tensions and access to mineral resources.

The conflict has been marked by murder, violence, and forced displacement. Over 6.9 million people in the Congo were displaced by the end of 2023, and 7,000 have been killed since January this year.

For International desk this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Aotearoa African Foundation President Red Tsounga about the ongoing violence in the Congo and what more the international community can do to support those who have been displaced.

The Wire w/ Caeden: 27 February, 2025

The Wire w/ Caeden: 27 February, 2025 The Wire w/ Caeden: 27 February, 2025, 128.69 MB
Thu 27 Feb 2025

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni about the new Stats NZ child poverty stats, the government’s proposed changes to citizens arrest laws, and the protests at Lake Rotokākahi. 

For International Desk, they spoke to Red Tsounga, President of the Aotearoa Africa Foundation, about the ongoing conflict in the Congo.

And they spoke to Carolyn Young, Chief Executive of Retail New Zealand, about the proposed expansion of citizen arrest laws.

For City Counselling this week, Producer Sofia caught up with Councillor Julie Fairey about Auckland Council’s proposal to move Kumeū due to flood risk and bed night visitor levy to fill a budget gap for major events. 

She also spoke to Dr Annette Lasham from the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Science about new research from 185 countries showing New Zealand and Australia have the highest breast cancer incidence rates in the world.

And Wednesday Wire Host Oto spoke to University of Auckland health researcher Dr Joanna Hikaka about a new study on older Māori experience with ACC.

New research on child poverty numbers, the government’s proposed new response to retail crime, and the protests at Lake Rotokākahi w/ Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni: 27 February, 2025

New research on child poverty numbers, the government’s proposed new response to retail crime, and the protests at Lake Rotokākahi w/ Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni: 27 February, 2025 New research on child poverty numbers, the government’s proposed new response to retail crime, and the protests at Lake Rotokākahi w/ Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni: 27 February, 2025, 10.67 MB
Thu 27 Feb 2025

StatsNZ has released new data showing the government has missed all its child poverty targets, and that the number of children in material hardship has risen from 144,100 to 156,600.

The government’s proposal to expand citizen arrest laws has been met with a mixed response. The proposal has been criticised by business groups, First Union, and the Labour Party, largely for the risk to workers.

And protestors against a sewerage pipeline being installed through the tapu Lake Rotokākahu have committed to staying at the site after facing off with police.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni about all of these topics.

How expanding citizen arrest laws could put retail workers in danger w/ Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young: 27 February, 2025

How expanding citizen arrest laws could put retail workers in danger w/ Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young: 27 February, 2025 How expanding citizen arrest laws could put retail workers in danger w/ Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young: 27 February, 2025, 14.7 MB
Thu 27 Feb 2025

The government has announced an expansion of citizen arrest laws. These new laws would allow retailers to detain suspected shoplifters using “reasonable force.”

Wire Host Caeden spoke to Retail New Zealand Chief Executive Carolyn Young about the proposed law change and how it could put retail workers in danger.

Why the Recently Revised Active Investor Plus Visa "Misses the Mark" w/ Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and International Business Dr Brent Burmester: 26 February, 2025

Why the Recently Revised Active Investor Plus Visa "Misses the Mark" w/ Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and International Business Dr Brent Burmester: 26 February, 2025 Why the Recently Revised Active Investor Plus Visa "Misses the Mark" w/ Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and International Business Dr Brent Burmester: 26 February, 2025, 23.11 MB
Wed 26 Feb 2025

Aotearoa New Zealand’s Active Investor Plus Visa, commonly known as the “golden visa”, has proposed changes by the government taking place from April 1st, which aim to "make it easier for foreign investors to invest in the country." 

Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland’s Department of Management and International Business, Dr Brent Burmester, opposes the changes and says they “miss the mark.”

Producer Amani spoke with Dr Burmester to find out more on why he thinks this, and which suggestions he has in order to improve it.

Weaponizing Civilian Protection in Afghanistan w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Thomas Greogory: 26 February, 2025

Weaponizing Civilian Protection in Afghanistan w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Thomas Greogory: 26 February, 2025 Weaponizing Civilian Protection in Afghanistan w/ the University of Auckland’s Dr Thomas Greogory: 26 February, 2025, 10.21 MB
Wed 26 Feb 2025

Roughly 47,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the nation’s 20-year war from 2001 to 2021, despite international agreements to avoid ‘unnecessary’ civilian casualties.

In the recently released book: ‘Weaponizing Civilian Protection: Counterinsurgency and Collateral Damage in Afghanistan,’ the author, and Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, Dr Thomas Gregory, investigates how the war played out in regards to these ethical affairs at stake.

Last week, Producer Sasha spoke to him about the findings in his book.

Global Lack of Medical Oxygen Supply w/ Associate Clinical and Medical Health Sciences Professor Stephen Howie: 26 February, 2025

Global Lack of Medical Oxygen Supply w/ Associate Clinical and Medical Health Sciences Professor Stephen Howie: 26 February, 2025 Global Lack of Medical Oxygen Supply w/ Associate Clinical and Medical Health Sciences Professor Stephen Howie: 26 February, 2025, 30.93 MB
Wed 26 Feb 2025

An international report published last week by The Lancet Global Health Commission, co-authored by the University of Auckland, has revealed hundreds of thousands are dying each year through a lack of access to medical oxygen.

“Oxygen delayed is life denied,” said one survivor of Covid-19 in Kenya.

Associate Clinical and Medical Health Sciences Professor at the University of Auckland, Stephen Howie, one of the co-authors of the report, offered producer Amani his precious time away from the hospital for an interview, where he shared with us his personal experiences in overseas hospitals where he’s seen a lack of medical oxygen be the cause of many preventable deaths, and his thoughts on what needs to be done for this issue to be fixed.