The Wire with Caeden

Lachlan spoke with Peter Malcolm from Closing the Gap New Zeland about the Tax Working Group's recommendations, and why these should have included larger taxes on the wealthy.

This day in history goes back to 1957 for the re-opening of the Suez Canal after a brief war between Egypt and a coalition of England, France and Israel.

First up, Te Roopu Nahinara, National Party Member, Denise Lee is back. She fills us in on Nationals perspective of the climate change protests amongst school students, the Future of Education public meeting at One Tree Hill College, and Micheal Cullen's extended contract which paid him $1000. 

Then, for wire worry week, members of political groups at the University of Auckland join us to talk about about cannabis reformation, student fees and renting regulations. 

And finally for This Day in History, Ben Goldson reports on the reopening of the suez canal in 1957. 

Geoff Simmons is the leader of The Opportunities Party, the political party founded by Gareth Morgan before the last election, that failed to win a seat in Parliament. This is despite a strongly fought election campaign that saw them ultimately end up with 2.4 percent of the Party vote.

Host Stewart Sowman-Lund sat down with Geoff in the 95bFM studio to talk about the Party's election prospects and the state of politics in New Zealand.