The Wire with Caeden

New Zealand has seen two breaches of quarantine with two very different sentences leading to public speculation regarding unconscious bias contributing to systematic racism in our judicial system. Aneeka talks to AUT law professor Khylee Quince regarding whether these sentences were fair and in what ways unconscious bias does contribute to systematic racism in our justice system. 

First up, we hear from Ross Bell of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, about how the election date change could affect the cannabis referendum

Producer Ollie Joblin joins us over the phone for another instalment of The Week That Was

And in City Counselling, Mary-Margaret speaks to Auckland Councillor Pippa Coom, about Level 3, and how it impacts council proceedings, as well as climate change committee meetings

In City Counselling this week, Mary-Margaret caught up with Pippa Coom. They discussed several different issues, from Level 3 and the role that council plays, how council has responded internally to COVID, and if Auckland Transport should be taking this time to roll out better cycling infrastructure.

Justin caught up with Zoe and chatted about coronavirus in Australia, indigenous people blocking a coal mine in Queensland, and South Australia as a dumping ground for international nuclear waste.