The Wire with Caeden

Caeden Tipler spoke to Te Pati Māori’s Takutai Kemp about National ruling out a coalition with them and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s bills that would ban seabed mining and commercial water bottling.

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to ACT’s Karen Chhour about last week’s extreme weather event in Tāmaki Makaurau and whether they would also rule out working with Te Pati Māori.

Caeden spoke to the Disinformation Project’s Kate Hannah on their recent report on Transphobia.

Nicholas Lindstrom spoke to Shalomi Daniel from Oxfam about their findings from their “What She Makes” campaign that looks into labour conditions and pay in the factories that produce clothes for New Zealand clothing brands.

And Caeden spoke to Māori Studies Professor and Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu chair Margaret Mutu on National’s false statement that Māori get more votes than Pākehā.

The 2013 Rana Plaza collapse forced fashion companies to answer questions about the conditions in which their clothes are made. 

The spotlight may have landed on global fashion giants, but those same questions were still applicable to our own fashion brands.

Launched last year, Oxfam’s “What She Makes Campaign” aimed to get answers about the conditions in which New Zealand’s biggest clothing brand’s merchandise is produced.

Most recently the campaign released scores in relation to the transparency of the brands, with Hallensteins and Glassons recieving scores of two out of five. Nicholas spoke to spokesperson Shalomi Daniel about the results of their transparency report and the future steps In the "What She Makes Campaign"

Public transport is often discussed as an issue for commuting to work. But a good public transport system is one that benefits the whole community. Musician and public transport advocate Anthonie Tonnon is passionate about better public transport and the way it can help those in creative industries. Simon began by asking him how public transport helps him as a performer.

On the show for Rāapa: 

Andre spoke to Lauren Vinnell, Lecturer of Emergency Management at Massey University about our recent bouts of extreme weather, how Aucklanders and emergency management teams have reacted to it, and how in the future as these events become more frequent, how we may need to change our response. 

Andre also spoke to Dylan Asafo, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland about why the 2021 dawn raids apology wasn’t enough for the Pacific community, and also about recent revelations that dawn raids are still happening in the Pacific community. 

On the Green Desk, Jack Marshall speaks to Sarah Bealing, a Restore Passenger Rail supporter from Wellington, about why causing traffic chaos and delays in the Wellington CBD is good for their cause.

Producer Alex Bonham speaks to Grant Hewison from Lawyers for Climate Action, and Associate Professor Alys Longley about the physical and online exhibition “Let Us Drink the New Wine Together.”