The Wire with Caeden

Today on the Wire, Zazi talks to the ACT party's Brooke van Velden about a Government funded rehabiliation programme and Brooke's thoughts on its association to the Mongrel Mob. 

Brooke then goes on to talk about the Jobs for Nature programme, and the ACT party's current concerns with the amount of money it has spent.

Today on the Wednesday Wire, it was Zazi Hewlett's first time hosting!

We have our regular segment Dear Science with Marcus Jones. This week we discuss a giant tsunami causing fossilised 'megaripples', questional research practices amongst scientists and the effectiveness of a quarter dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. 

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Dr Jin Russell, a Developmental Paediatrician, about the government’s plans to overhaul health programme for zero to five year olds, Well Child Tamariki Ora. 

Zazi talks to ACT Party Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden about Jobs for Nature funding and the 2.75 million dollars from Proceeds of Crime funding that was given as koha to a drug rehabilitation programme associated to the Mongrel Mob. 

Zazi also chats to the Senior lecturer at UoA's Department of Psychological Medicine, Etuini Ma'u, about his recent study on dementia, how it can be prevented and some of the potential modifiable risk factors in New Zealand. 

Finally, Jemima wraps it up with a chat with Richard Clark from Auckland Unlimited about the Elemental Auckland festival that begins today. 

Today is our Best of Semester One 2021 show! The 95bFM News Team works hard to bring you important and interesting news stories every week for our news bulletins and the Wire. As we are a student newsroom, our timetabling runs on a university schedule. So, in celebration of completing semester one, we thought we'd play you some of the best pieces that were created for Wire in Semester One 2021.  

Ayana Piper-Healion explored the challenges of activism with Associate Professor of Sociology Marcelle Dawson and March Against Sexual Violence organiser Lily Chen.

James Tapp spoke to ACT Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden about ACT's opposition to the He Puapua and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

This semester Felix Walton created Stranger Than Fact, where he turned a journalistic eye to the world's most mysterious stories. He investigated the Dancing Plague of 1518, an event that got a whole town on their feet... before they couldn't get back down.

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston talked to New Zealand education experts about whether politics has a place in New Zealand classrooms. This story was in response to Australia’s New South Wales Government condemning a local school whose students created Black Lives Matter and anti-police protest posters. 

Noah Ferguson-Dudding asked National MP Christopher Luxon about his fellow MP Paul Goldsmith's remarks about colonisation and Luxon’s own knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

Finally, International Desk reported on Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily closing operations after its chief editor and five media executives were arrested on national security charges. Justin Wong chatted to Hong Kong journalist Stephen Vines about it.

Last week, Immigration New Zealand annoucned that it may begin to cancel visas and refund the individuals who have applied for residency in Aotearoa. The government says there are over 50,000 applicaton's to be processed. Louis Macalister speaks to immigration lawyer Elly Fleming about the decision.