The Wire with Caeden

A recent US Supreme Court ruling has found a Republican-drawn Alabama voting map is in violation of federal law. 

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Associate Professor of History at The University of Auckland Jennifer Frost about what the ruling means for voters' rights and racial discrimination in voting in Alabama and the US as a whole.

This week on the Tuesday Wire, Milly spoke to Sam McBride from Alochol Action new Zealand about the new advisory for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder as well as the deep-rooted drinking culture of New Zealand and why this causes a broadrange of issues.

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to ACT’s Karen Chhour about their opposition to a proposal aimed at reducing people's exposure to harmful and illegal online content, and National and the Greens supporting Brooke van Velden's GST-sharing bill. 

Associate Professor of History at The University of Auckland Jennifer Frost discusses a recent US Supreme Court ruling in favour of Black voters in Alabama. 

Nicola Toki from Forest and Bird talks about their call for a moratorium on new mines on public conservation land. 

This week on Tomorrow’s World, a segment that looks at how science affects people and our future on planet Earth, Leilani Cardosa and Rawan Saadi explore declining tertiary enrolments in geoscience and environmental science around the world. Leilani spoke with Helen Williams, a senior lecturer in geoscience at the Auckland University of Technology and Rawan spoke with Karen Fisher, an associate professor in geography at the University of Auckland.

For Get Action! Caeden Tipler spoke to year 13 student Millicent Dickenson about her petition to subsidise degrees that lead to mental health jobs.

Nicholas Lindstrom spoke to New Zealand Education Institute President Liam Rutherford about primary teachers pay offer agreement with the Government.

It has been revealed that the Alpine Fault, which runs down the south island, has a 75% chance of creating a magnitude 8 or stronger earthquake in the next 50 years. Professor John Townend has spent many years studying the fault line to gain a greater understanding of the risks. He began by discussing what he has discovered recently.