The Wire with Caeden

In the aftermath of the US supreme court overturning Roe v. Wade, the United States House of Representatives has been passing several bills in efforts to protect certain rights. 

These include protecting same-sex marriage, interracial marriage, and contraception. 

With the US House, the US Senate, the supreme court and the president all seeming to have different levels of power, it can be hard to understand the different levels of authority in the leadership. 

This prompted Liam to talk to UoA professor Maria Armoudian about the system and the recent bills the house have been passing. 

Is "one man's terrorist another man's freedom fighter"? Scholars debate the phrase, but it has played out in real time, as democracy activists have been executed by the state in Myanmar, accused of conspiring to commit terror acts. Stella spoke to Dr Wendy Choo, (a teaching fellow at the University of Auckland in the school of education) on the events in Myanmar. She holds a masters in international relations and her research interests include Myanmar.

Welcome to the Thursday Wire with Stella! Today, Frances continues Greendesk, speaking with Jamie Hoare of Nocar Cargo. David speaks to the Honourable Jan Logie from the Green Party about the second reading of the Oranga Tamariki oversight bill. Stella speaks to Dr Wendy Choo about the execution of four prominent democracy activists in Myanmar, and Dr Mike Reid from Local Government New Zealand about the rules of a local election campaign.

On this week's installation of Eurovision, Aneeka chats with our European Correspondent Cameron Adams about Ukraine, as well as the upcoming Italian and British elections.