The Wire with Caeden

Wealth inequality, ending poverty, and the cost of living crisis are pressing issues this upcoming election. 

The Green Party are the only party supporting a wealth tax and a universal basic income. 

Arno spoke with Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Green Party's economic policies and their reasoning behind them. 

Arno started off our interview by asking how the Green’s tax plan differs from others.

This week on Dear Science Davide Mercadante joins the Tuesday Wire team to talk about proteins repairing chromosomes, linguistics in diverse areas and isolated areas and whether this makes the language more simple, as well as an exciting new enzyme discovery where jet fuel may have just become a little more sustainable. 

This week on the Tuesday Wire, the team are joined in studio by Davide Mercadante to speak all things science, Milly speaks to Adele Gautier from the Breast Cancer Foundation about Nationals latest cancer treatment announcement, Milly has her weekly catchup with Dr Shane Reti talking about cancer treatment funding, GST off fruit and vegetables and banning phones in schools nationwide, Lou also speaks to Emma Willis associate professor of Drama at the University of Auckland about theatre education funding.

As part of 95bfm's election coverage on the local economy this week, Hanna spoke to Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Kemp about the party's economic policies.

Te Pāti Māori is campaigning on raising incomes, focusing on the lower end of the income spectrum. They plan to do this by raising the minimum wage, legislating for yearly increases to the minimum wage, universalising student allowance, supporting pay equity for Māori nurses and teachers, and supporting trade unions. Hanna spoke to Takutai about these policies, including whether they would push up costs and addressing Aotearoa's low-wage economy. 

The party is also seeking to remove GST from kai. While the party has long campaigned on this policy, Labour introduced a similar policy two weeks ago to remove GST from fruit and vegetables. Hanna and Takutai discussed the differences between these two policies, namely administrative simplicity and paternalism, and responded to economists' critiques of such policies.