The Wire with Caeden

On their weekly chat, Justin and Health Minister Andrew Little talked about the roadmap out of Alert Level 3.

International Desk reports on the German federal election.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on Gladys Berejiklian replaced by Dominic Perottett as the New South Wales Premier.

Justin spoke to Dr Lara Greaves from the University of Auckland on the Government's electoral law review.

Justin talked to Victoria University's Dr Mona Krewel about the German federal election.  The Social Democrats under Olaf Scholz has won the election and are in coalition talks with the Greens and the liberal FDP party.

This week on Dear Science Frances Wright spoke with AUT Professor Marcus Jones about the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine for how skin perceives heat, cold, and pressure, and in physics for work on complex systems. They also talk about the the highly topical COVID vaccine and its Delta variant effectiveness.

After months of deliberation and discussion, the Government has decided not to move forward with the cycle bridge that was planning to go across Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour, in light of many Aucklanders not feeling like their city is cycle friendly.  

The cycleway bridge project came about after many years of protesting, including Bike Auckland’s Liberate the Lane protest earlier this year, a campaign calling for a 3 month trial this summer to convert a lane of the Harbour Bridge for cycling. 

This morning Zazi spoke with Communications Manager for Bike Auckland, Mary-Margaret Slack, to hear her view on this decision, and see whether Bike Auckland is upset with the change or have other alternatives that could solve this goal of wanting to connect these parts of Auckland.