The Wire with Caeden

This week on The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday:

News and Editorial Director Jess Hopkins speaks to David Seymour in our weekly chat with the ACT Party, this week they chat about fair pay agreements and the government’s response to Iran. 

Emilia speaks to Dr Kelly Blincoe about the gender diversity crisis in software engineering

She also speaks to Walescka Pino-Ojeda from the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies about the Brazilian presidential election.

Jess also chats to Massey University’s Dr James Hollings about a new study that found women now make up over half of Aotearoa’s journalism workforce, but have serious concerns about their safety on the job.

And Finally we also have Eurovision with our European correspondent Cameron Adams.

That's us for the Wednesday Wire this week! See you next week

He was barred from running in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election after being imprisoned for corruption and money laundering, however after his charges were nullified, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is back in the same office he occupied from 2003 to 2010.

Lula narrowly won the runoff election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, whose time in office was defined by loosening environmental protections and his mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

To get some more insight into the election, Emilia spoke to Associate Professor Walescka Pino-Ojeda, Director of the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies.

The Melbourne Cup is held on the 1st of November every year. It’s a major annual horseracing event which attracts global attention. However, the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses believes that the event is unethical and is staging a protest along Auckland’s waterfront this afternoon, where many venues will be screening the race.

Casper spoke to Aya Oba from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, to discuss the protest and the group's views on what they call an exploitative and abusive industry.

The guilty verdict for Dr Tony Hanne, who was prescribing drugs for ADHD without going through the full official process, is drawing attention to difficulties in getting diagnoses and crucial medication for New Zealanders with the disorder.

To get a sense of what these obstacles look like and how they’re posing such a problem that an expert in the field found himself undercutting the system to get people medication that they need, Casper spoke to Darrin Bull, chairperson of ADHD New Zealand.