The Wire with Caeden

Last week, Te Huirangi Waikerepuru passed away. We touched on the gravity of this loss on The Wire on Thursday but time hadn’t really allowed for a proper tribute. Over the weekend, these tributes flowed. One in particular caught Lillian's eye. Marae, the tv programme on TVNZ on Sunday mornings, had transformed its programming format in order to act as an actual marae for the show so that people around the motu can acknowledge and pay tribute to Huirangi, as they would on a marae at a tangi. Covid19 rāhui restrictions have meant that tangihanga have not been able to occur as they normally would and this has been a huge source of pain for many. Scotty Morrison is the presenter of Marae TV and Lillian spoke to him to understand more about why they decided to do what they did, and started by asking him to explain a bit about Huirangi Waikerepuru himself, and why such an acknowledgement was necessary.

Laura Kvigstad updated us with the highlights of today's parliamentary Epidemic Response Committee.

Lillian spoke to Scotty Morrison, host of the TVNZ's Marae, on the show becoming a virtual marae so orators around the country could pay tribute to the late te reo advocate Huirangi Waikerepuru.

International Desk reports on the recent spat between Taiwan and the World Health Organization.

Bronnie speaks to Janna Tay from Oscen Magazine about their online workshop festival connecting people to the creative arts during the rāhui.

Oscar chats with Samuel Miller McDonald about Covid-19 and climate change.

On the show today, we start with a mihi to Huirangi Waikerepuru - a stalwart of Aotearoa and tino rangatiratanga, and champion of Te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga. Lillian had only just heard not long before the show started and was left a little speechless at the loss.

We will hear from Labour’s Andrew Little once again about what’s on the table in his review of Hate Speech Law and Electoral Registration for Prisoners.

Rachel interviewed Dr Paul Taillon from the University of Auckland about the labour crisis in the United States.

Mary-Margaret also catches up with Radio Adelaide’s Zoe Kounadis about there still not being a lockdown in Australia, and this week’s historic quashing of convictions against George Pell.

We have our updates from the Epidemic Response Committee meeting today where a large focus has been placed on the data being released - with new data having been released from MSD, and the announcement of weekly data coming from them with a breakdown of what benefits and subsidies are being provided.

Lillian speaks with NZ First deputy leader Fletcher Tabuteau and we touch base on the overseas New Zealanders and also the Epidemic Response Committee of which he is a member.

On Dear Science with Allan Blackman we discuss the age of whale sharks, Belgian beer going off and the Covid19 5G conspiracy theory.

We have our regular Epidemic Response Committee notes, written by Israa Zafiri, and today the Committee is hearing from industries that have been hit hard by the pandemic and the consequential lockdown

Producer Corey Fuimaono follows up on his story about Salient FM shutting down, this week interviewing co-editors Kirsty Frame and Rachel Trow. 

Lillian spoke to Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid executive director Amanda Munoz De Toro about what is happening in the refugee camp of Moria on the Greek Island of Lesvos with the impending possibility of a Covid19 outbreak inside the camp.