The Wire with Caeden

A new study has found that having female directors on the board of a socially responsible company can have a moderating effect - socially responsible companies benefit from having more women on their boards, but on the flip side, any negative press involving social irresponsibility will result in the company value tanking more if there are women on the board.

Christina spoke to one of the researchers, Dr Lina Li from the University of Auckland's Business School about this study and what it means for businesses.

Although recent morning’s CPI numbers show that inflation may have peaked, the cost of food continues to be disproportionately high.

Statistics New Zealand is telling us that the increase to food prices is the highest it’s been in 13 years at 8.3 percent.

For Casper's weekly catchup with the National Party’s Dr. Shane Reti, they spoke about the issue of food inflation as well as last week’s He Waka Eke Noa announcement.

The new role of Creative Director of Auckland Pride has recently received unfortunate news following Creative New Zealand Arts Grants funding round. The person in this role - Nathan Joe, award-winning playwright, actor, performance poet, producer and arts administrator, said in an open letter that "It is an astonishingly difficult thing to step into a role and realise there is no infrastructural support from your main arts funding body."

Joe speaks to Nathan Joe about this loss of funding, what it means for those in Arts and Culture community, and the importance of supporting local artists.

This week on The Wire for Rāhina Monday!

Joe speaks to Sir Ray Avery about his work with Papakura Marae surrounding a family violence support and prevention programme. He also be speaking to Nathan Joe, the Creative Director at Auckland Pride about their loss of funding. 

Spike will be talking to Ellie Hooper from Greenpeace about the latest Marine Environment report and what it means for our oceans. Spike also speaks to Dr Tom Logan about urban density and the idea of the 15 minute city.

Finally, we've got Tomorrow's World! Stella chats to Dr Kim Handley, a microbiologist from the University of Auckland, about Macroscopic Microbes.\

That's us for the Monday Wire!