The Wire with Caeden

This week, on Casper's final Tuesday Wire show, Joel Rindelaub chatted about animals that do drugs for Dear Science. Casper talked to National’s Shane Reti about infrastructure resilience and Gary Taylor from the Environmental Defence Society about managed retreat.

Milly spoke with Toby Williams from the Federated Farmers regarding the issue of forestry slash. She also talked to Tony Mitchell from Bike Auckland about Auckland cycleway plans.

The devastating impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle have compounded discussions that were already underway after the intense flooding in Auckland two weeks earlier.

One topic on the minds of many is infrastructure. Casper had a chat about this with National’s Shane Reti – why it failed so bady, what do we need to do to fix it and whether it's time for New Zealand to change our approach to building for extreme weather.

Several important conferences concerning trade deals between New Zealand and other countries, particularly Australia, are coming up this month and in July. Economic trade agreements are to be discussed and debated, and this is of major importance to New Zealand, a country that relies both on import and export to have a functioning economy. 

Arno spoke to Professor Jennifer Curtin, director of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Auckland, to find out more about trade agreements. Arno started by asking what outcomes or information Professor Curtin hoped to see from the upcoming Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School event.

Doctor Carisa Showden, of University of Auckland’s sociology department, is the editor of a new book on youth activism entitled Fierce Hope. The book has six segments from various youth-led activism organisations ranging in topic from climate change to indigenous rights. In the book young leaders of activism groups, loosely identified as those 18-29, are given the space to write about their journeys in the world of activism. 

Arno started by asking for an overview of the topics contained within the book.