The Wire with Caeden

Yesterday University of Auckland staff went on strike, fighting for better conditions and wages as workers, as negotiations between unions and the University remain deadlocked. Spike spoke to marchers to get their perspective and what they're asking of university management.

Kia ora, and welcome to The Wire for Rāpare Thursday!

On today's show:

A special report covering yesterday's Auckland University staff strike and march through campus.

Spike speaks to Dr. Tim Welch about the downsides of the Auckland Light Rail plan, and Dr. Richard Arnold about the 2023 census.

Simon speaks to Shane Henderson for City Counselling about how communities out west are dealing with the aftermath of extreme weather and the upcoming Council budget, and Professor Nathan Consedine about using compassion as a KPI in the healthcare industry.

Friday March 3rd marks World Hearing Day. An event which cannot be missed is the Listen Up Conference, where the CEO of Able, Dan Buckingham will be speaking about accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing. 

Today on The Wire, 95bFM's digital subeditor Stella Huggins speaks to communications intern at Able, Gabriella Evans, who is deaf and a caption-user, about her experience with accessing media, and the importance of the saying ‘nothing about us without us’, a mantra used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the groups affected by that policy.

In the mid-20th century, hundreds of Banabans were displaced from Banaba Island to Fiji’s Rabi Island due to the devastating impacts of phosphate mining. Today, Banabans on Rabi continue to face discrimination as a partially self-governing entity falling between the cracks of Fiji and Kiribati. Their stories remain largely unheard in Aotearoa New Zealand, where the benefits of mining allowed the British to advance their colonisation and kickstart New Zealand’s agricultural sector.

95bFM digital subeditor Stella Huggins speaks to Katja Phutaraksa Neef, Erin and Banaban delegate Jack, about the forced displacement of the Banaban community and their ongoing human rights struggles, as well as their new art exhibition titled "Justice for Rabi: The Story of Banaba".