The Wire with Spike

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins chatted to ACT’s Karen Chhour about annual inflation, National's agriculture policy, and a review of the 2022 parliament occupation.

Otago University Students’ Association President Quntin Jane about large-scale redundancies expected at the University.

And founder of Consent Law Reform NZ and Auckland University Students’ Association Women's Rights Officer Layba Zubair about their continued calls for consent laws in Aotearoa to be re-assessed.

Caeden Tipler spoke to Bianca Ranson about Sunday’s protest to call for a ban on bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf.

Nicholas talked to New Zealand Education Institute Lead Negotiator Lynda Stuart about the principal’s work ban taking place across Aotearoa.

The University of Otago, has told staff to expect large-scale redundancies and warned that hundreds could lose their jobs over the next 18 months. 

News and Editroial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Otago University Students’ Association President Quintin Jane about these proposed redundancies and how they would impact students.

It has been reported that millions of dollars has been spent in Otago to control populations of wallabies, but some critics are saying that money is being spent with little results. Associate Professor Margaret Stanley from the University of Auckland disagrees that this is wasted money, and highlights the importance of controlling wallaby populations. Simon began by asking Margaret why complaints towards the money spent are misguided.

Crescent Under The Southern Cross is a short documentary that tells the story of four muslim men who fought in the Australian Defence Forces in World War Two. Dr Simon Wilmot directed and produced the documentary and in this two part interview he talks in depth about how these men ended up in Australia, the immigration policies that they faced at the time, the role they played in the war, as well as why it is important to tell their stories. In part one Dr. Wilmot discusses how these men arrived in Australia, how they ended up in the Defence Forces, and the important missions they were involved in. 

Tune in next week for part two where he talks about how these men were received when they arrived back in Australia after the war, as well as the implications of the white Australia immigration policy that was in force at the time, and why this story is an important part of Australian history.