Tune in for TOP's final election discussions with James Tapp, a return of City Counselling with Pippa Coom, Food Poverty with KiwiHarvest, 90 day Trials and more with the Young Workers Resource Centre, Asthma and Healthy Homes and The Week That Was.
A huge thank you to everyone who was involved in making this show happen.
Today on the wire James hosted his first ever show with the help of news director, Jemima Huston.
This week on the weeky chat with justice minister Andrew Little, we discuss end-to-end encryption, Labours manifesto as well as policy surrounding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and incarceration rates.
James brings us teo reports, one on rainbow law and one on electoral law in preperation for Saturday when election day rolls around.
James also brings an interview with Justin Sobion, an international postgraduate student whose wife is stuck in Switzerland. Next week james will bring a follow up interview to understand the situation better.
James spoke to justice minister Andrew little this week, starting off by talkinf abour end-to-end encryption and the threat it poses.
Thry also discuss policy in the final week before the election, with this week focusing on human issues. This week they talked about Labour's manifesto, Te tiriti o Waitangi and incarceration rates.
With the borders still closed to the rest of thr world, only a small number of people are bring allowed into New Zealand. Justin Sibion, a post graduate law student at the university of Auckland, has been here alone for almost a year as his wife is stuck in Switzerland. Justin talks to James about his struggles so far and what he wants to see happen.
This week on the Wire, Dear Science's Allan Blackman talks the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of CRISPR, and kiwi scientist Roy Kerr.
Our topic for election coverage this week is Human Issues, so Bronwyn speaks to NZ First’s Tracey Martin about the party’s Tertiary Policy and new early-intervention for at risk tamariki.
Felix brings us a report on the different parties’ policies affecting young people.
And on a brand new legal segment called “approach the bench” Bronwyn speaks to Dr Jane Norton about both Greenpeace and Family First being granted charitable status.
On the first installment of Approach the Bench, Bronwyn speaks to Dr Jane Norton from the University of Auckland Law School about charitable trusts. Historically, a group could not qualify as a charity if they had a political purpose as their main objective. However, since the “political purpose doctrine” was removed in 2014, a number of new groups have become elligble to be charities - provided they can prove their work is for a public benefit - a tricky assesment when the group is politically controversial.
As a result of this, both Greenpeace and Family First suceeded in being granted charitable status earlier this year. It is clear how protecting the environment is a public benefit, but what about Family First who, in campaigning on the importance of the traditional family, hold some harmful views agaisnt abortion, LGBTQ rights and pro-conversion therapy?
Dr Jane Norton discusses whether, in light of these two very different decisions, we should regret the removal of the public purpose doctrine.
This week on Dear Science, Allan and Bronwyn follow up on last week's discussion of nobel prizes by talking about the prize in chemistry. This was awarded to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for the discovery of CRISPR, a method for gene-editing. They also speak about kiwi scientist Professor Roy Kerr who was a contemporary of Nobel prize winning Roger Penrose, who would have also been a worthy nominee.
While Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made tackling child poverty one of her main issues, measures of child poverty have largely remained stagnant since Labour entered government in 2017. Hanna spoke to Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson Janet McAllister about the construction of child poverty as a distinct category from poverty, and the extent to which it can be addressed in isolation.