The Wire with Caeden

In the fourth installment of, 'What's the Buzz?' with the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Aneeka speaks to executive director of the Drug Foundation, Sarah Helm. They speak about a recent alert sent out regarding dangerous synthetic cannabinoids in the lower North Island and Magic Mushrooms as we head into what is commonly known as 'shroom season'. 

Ahead of Andrew Little's major health sector announcement tomorrow, Lyric looks at the issues of inequality in our nation's health sector that are leaving Māori with drastically worse health outcomes than non-Māori. She spoke to Green Party MP Dr. Elizabeth Kerekere about the possibility of a new independent Māori Health Authority, the unique health issues affecting Māori, and pre-colonial health practices, among other topics.

The New Zealand Government has made a deal with global tech giant Amazon to the sum of $100 million plus NZD for the production of . The deal extends to an ongoing relationship where a senior team from Amazon will look at further opportunities available in Aotearoa.

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston looks into the deal and some of the different perspectives on it. She speaks to National Party spokesperson for economic development Todd McClay, New Zealand film producer John Barnett and Green Party spokesperson on economic development Chlöe Swarbrick. They go over their individual positions on the deal, the impact it could have on employment in New Zealand's film and television industry, and the problems that could arise between Amazon’s reputation for treating workers poorly and New Zealand’s Hobbit Law which has left all those working in the film industry as independent contractors without the same protections of employees or rights to unionise.

The Amazon deal has brought up a number of different economic and moral issues for those working in film and television, politicians, economists and New Zealanders more generally. Will a state relationship with Amazon provide more opportunities for New Zealanders or could the millions of dollars this deal involves be better used elsewhere in a Covid-19 world?

Felix spoke to Debra Ashton from SAFE NZ about the Government's decision to review the Greyhound Racing inudstry