The Wire with Spike

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins talked to ACT’s Karen Chhour about Three Waters and the government’s decision to keep the mandatory seven-day COVID-19 isolation period. 

Hanna Thompson spoke to Te Pāti Māori’s Takutai Kemp about the Three Waters rebrand and Green MP Marama Davidson not contesting Tāmaki Makaurau.

Caeden Tipler spoke to Colleen Brown about the findings from the new Child Poverty Action Group report.

And on Get Action! Caeden Tipler spoke to Sophie Handford about Climate Resilience Recovery for the regular Get Action! Segment 

Nicholas spoke to New Zealand Nurses Organisation spokesperson Kerri Nuku about the nationwide rallies which took place on Saturday and the organisation's five fixes for the nursing shortage.

A report from the Child Poverty Action Group has found measures to address child poverty are leaving behind Māori, Pasifika, and disabled children as well as children of solo parents.

The report signalled that despite some progress, child poverty rates in Aotearoa mean we are still failing to uphold the legal rights of the child under the articles of the UN convention.

Caeden spoke to Colleen Brown, disability spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group about the report and what it means for Aotearoa.

Chris Hipkins has today announced an overhaul of Three Waters. It has been a contentious piece of legislation due to certain aspects of what it entails. What is not contentious is how bad water infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand is. Simon spoke with research fellow at Otago University Marnie Prickett about Three Waters and the need for better water infrastructure. I also spoke with Marnie about the recent report from the ministry of environment that stated just 2% of large lakes in Aotearoa New Zealand were in “good or very good” health. Marnie began by highlighting why our waters are so polluted.

On Monday, Cabinet announced it would not be removing the COVID-19 self-isolation requirement of seven days. 

This is hoped to continue to contribute to New Zealand having one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the developed world. 

Arno spoke to Dr Emily Harvey, a researcher from the University of Auckland who created scientific models to see what would happen if the requirement was removed or not closely followed by most people. 

Arno started off by asking what the scope of the research conducted was.  

Next, Arno spoke about COVID-19 self-isolation requirements with epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker.

Arno started by asking what his opinion was on the potential removal of self-isolation requirements from law.