The Wire with Caeden

This discussion contains mention of suicide

A new study conducted by MATES in Construction has revealed that mental health rates have continued to decline for construction workers, owing to covid delays, supply issues, and employment opportunities drying up.

Trishil spoke to the CEO of MATES in Construction, Victoria McArthur, about the survey results, and their efforts to assist struggling individuals. 

World Vision is calling for New Zealand to work harder to meet its refugee quota in the wake of a new report which shows that life has deteriorated significantly in the past two years for refugees in 11 countries. 

The new report, titled 'Hungry and Unprotected Children: The forgotten Refugees', surveyed refugees and internally displaced people from countries such as Syria, South Sudan, and Venezuela. Joe spoke to the World Vision National Director, Grant Bayldon on the matter.

On the Seventeenth of June, 1972, a group of burglars working underneath staff of the Nixon administration broke into the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Complex.

This began the defining political scandal of the 20th century, as Richard Nixon and his colleagues continuously tried to cover up their involvement. 

This led to Nixon's impeachment and subsequent resignation in 1974, marking a major event in US history that set a precedent for how we can hold politicians to account across the world. 

On the fiftieth anniversary, Liam spoke to University Of Canterbury Professor in American History, Peter FIeld, on the impact of Watergate and its presence in the current conversations on the January Sixth Capitol Riots. 

This week on the Friday Wire Casper talked to Auckland city counsellor Pippa Coom about the council’s finances and recent controversy around cycleway spending, as well as Dr Murat Üngör from the University of Otago about the latest GDP figures and predicting economic recession.

Liam spoke to Auckland Central and Green Party member Chloe Swarbrick about her push to pedestrianise Queen street, as well as Greg Harford from Retail NZ to talk about his concerns. 

He also discussed the watergate scandal with University of Canterbury's Peter Field to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the original break-in.