The Wire with Caeden

Justin spoke to Justice Minister Andrew Little on escapes from managed isolation, overseas voting, and prospects of a four year parliamentary term under a Labour government.

On their weekly chat, Justin spoke to Justice Minister Andrew Little on overseas voting, escapes from managed isolation, and the prospect for a four year parliamentary term.

Justin also asked Minister Little on the Labour Party's justice and environment policies for the election.

James Tapp sums up the MPP system for the election.

International Desk reports on the clashes between Armenia and Azerbijan.

On the Wire today, Dear Science's Allan Blackman discusses a trojan-horse cancer treatment without drugs, electricity-exhaling bacteria, and the dangers of eating too much licorice.  

Bronwyn speaks to NZFirst’s Tracey Martin about the Department of Internal Affairs' use of NeoFace facial recognition technology. 

This week's topic for election coverage is the Environment, so Minister Martin also talks about aquaculture and the billion trees programme. Felix brings us a report comparing the different parties’ climate policies, and Bronwyn reports on feral cats by speaking to Predator Free’s Jessi Morgan and her very own grandad, Alan Wilde.

As part of 95bfm's election coverage on the environment, Hanna speaks to Oxfam New Zealand Campaign Lead Alex Johnston about New Zealand's emissions targets. A report from the organisation found the targets were well below what was necessary to limit warming to 1.5 degrees celsius under the Paris Agreement. The interview disucsses this discrepancy, its global dimensions, and whether climate policy is being approached with the urgency it deserves.