The Wire with Caeden

On The Wednesday Wire today!

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman, we talk about the best espresso coffee, a stars light dimming and bird droppings.

Producer Felix Walton brings us a report about the promises made to migrant workers without follow through that lead to deportation

And finally, Oscar Perress spoke with Urs Signer from Climate Justice Taranaki about OMV's failure to find fossil fuels in its recent drilling campaign, as well as the pitfalls of oil exploration in Aotearoa. 

All this plus music from Blanco and Logic1000. A huge thanks to all who spoke to us this week. 

On Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman we are talking about the mathematically perfect cup of joe, a star in the Orion constellation losing its spot in the "Top 20 Brightest Stars" and a paper about bird droppings and graphene. 

International Desk gives an update on the current situation on the coronavirus outbreak in China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

It’s no secret that we have a problem here in Aotearoa when it comes to mental health, & it seems that men's mental health and male suicide rates are a growing prevalent issue.

Research shows the suicide rate in the construction industry is almost double any other industry in addition, male suicide is increasing within our Maori and Pacific Island communities; and rural Farmers have alarmingly high suicide rates.

A few years back, a group of Australian tradesmen got on their bikes, to address the disproportionate number of men taking their own lives. They called themselves Monkey off your Back, and since then they've been lifting the profile for charities as well as fighting the stigma surrounding mental health.

Producer Louis Laws spoke with Terry Bluck, an electrician based in Auckland, who talked about the initiative, as well as the ride they have coming up on the 1st of February...