The Wire with Caeden

Welcome back to the Thursday Wire!

Stella speaks to John Crocker, the secretary of Unite Union, about the lockout of union workers in the Kawerau Purex factory.

Tuva’a has his regular catch-up with Labour's Andrew Little.

Stella spoke to Dr Jagadish Thaker, senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, about a recent paper published by the University of Cambridge regarding how we can battle misinformation.

145 workers at the Kawerau factory that manufactures Purex toilet paper have been locked out for three weeks after their strike and rejection of a three percent pay rise. Today, Stella spoke to John Crocker, secretary of Unite Union, about the dynamics of lockouts, and the unusual aspects of this particular case. 

The impacts of transport challenges on disabled people’s lives can be devastating, a recently published research report shows.

The research was a collaboration between the Disabled Person’s Assembly and transport consultants, and sought to illustrate the impact that a lack of access to reliable transport, if any transport at all, has on Aotearoa’s disabled community.

To get some insight into the report, Emilia spoke to the DPA’s policy advisor Paul Brown about the report.

In just over two weeks, ballots will be sent out to households around Auckland to vote in this year's Mayoral election.

With political veteran Phil Goff calling it a day, over twenty candidates are vying for Auckland’s highest political seat.

To discuss the happenings in the Auckland Mayoral Campaign and what young people should be paying attention to this election cycle, Emilia spoke to Newsroom Co-Editor Tim Murphy.

Tim will be MCing the Make Me Mayor debate at the University next Thursday the 8th of September.