The Wire with Caeden

Today on the Wire, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith speaks to Minister Aupito William Sio about the importance of Samoan Language Week this week. 

In response to the massive flooding event in Canterbury, Jemima Huston talks to Caroline Orchiston from the University of Otago about community resilience to natural disasters and to Dr Judy Lawrence from the Victoria University of Wellington about how climate change has impacted weather events across the country. 

This week on What’s the Buzz - our weekly catch up with the New Zealand Drug Foundation - Aneeka Moheed and Executive Director Sarah Helm discuss ritalin and how people use it in Aotearoa. 

Finally, Jemima chats to Genevieve Early, who is a student at the Bio-Protection Research Centre, about her research into how an indigenous New Zealand fungus could be a natural solution to non-native, damaging Wilding Pine. 

A student’s research project at the Bio-Protection Research Centre has shown that an indigenous New Zealand fungus may help to control the growth of ecologically damaging Wilding pines.

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston spoke to student Genevieve Early about her research into the indigenous fungus Armillaria novae-zelandiae and its impact on Wilding pines. They discuss the importance of restoring ecosystems, including iwi in the ongoing research and the novelty of using a native solution to an invasive species. 

The Ministry of Education recently shared its consultation document for their new Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum. The curriculum has the objective of telling a broad story of New Zealand's history.

Manying Ip, an Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies says the exclusion of diverse groups living in New Zealand from the document is a major oversight.

The Ministry says the document was meant to be a framework for setting the direction of the curriculum, but the Professor argues it is essential for the curriculum to reflect the diversity of all people living in Aotearoa.

“This is an issue too big to be ignored, or left to chance.”

On today's Wire:

Felix speaks to Green co-leader James Shaw.

Jess Hopkins interviews Max Tweedie about calls for a Rainbow Ministry

On Stranger Than Fact: Felix asks the question "are Giants real?"

Jess also talks to activist Mike king about changing our approach to mental health in Aotearoa.

Lastly, she talks to Emeritus Professor Manying Ip about the importance of including Chinese New Zealanders within the new history curriculum.