The Wire with Caeden

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about rogue molecules, less money for glyphosate cancer rulings and an allegedly boring element.

Justin gives us an update on the rally at uni yesterday in solidarity with Hong Kong.

Tuwhenuaroa was out at Ihumātao this morning, and is live in studio to give us a bit of an update.

Joel Rindelaub, a research fellow here at the university, talks to Lillian about the importance of naming your sources when it comes to climate crisis research.

And Sherry speaks to Jacqui Forbes, general manager of Para Kore about waste minimisation.

We bring the listener up to speed on all of the events that occured over the last week and weekend at Ihumātao.

Listen in as preface to the Ihumātao Standoff piece that aired later in the show. 

Justin talks to Denis Leven, a student at the Moscow Higher School of Economics who attended protests in the Russian capital for the past two weeks, on what the protests are about and what happened.  He also discussed with Dr Alexander Maxwell from Victoria University on how will the protests affect President Vladimir Putin's popularity in Russia.

Yesterday morning a discussion document titled Te Koiroa O Te Koiora – Our shared vision for living with nature was launched, aiming to engage all New Zealanders in helping to shape Aotearoa’s biodiversity strategy for the next 30 years. The creation of the discussion document, which was led by the Department of Conservation outlines some key goals to be achieved by 2050. To find out more Olivia Holdsworth spoke to Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage and began by asking how this discussion document differs from the current Our Chance to Turn the Tide biodiversity strategy.