The Wire with Caeden

Ministry of Justice workers have begun taking industrial action in order to get the Ministry to meet their pay and condition demands. This includes the use of lightning strikes in efforts to get the Ministry to budge. Lachlan spoke with Tatiana Daniels from the PSA and Len Andersen from the Criminal bar Association about the strikes.

Results are slowly coming in, but if you don't have a clue what the Midterm elections in the United States are about, here is a condensed report by producer Lisa Boudet about the campaign, the vote and the consequences. 

The UN has called for the resumption of peace talks in Yemen last week, as its civil war is now causing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis at the moment.  Half of the country’s children under the age of five are malnourished and a child dies every ten minutes of preventable diseases. Justin looks into the history of Yemen to find what caused the war, what happened since 2015 and how geopolitics escalated the conflict.

Stewart Sowman-Lund's in the hot seat this week, filling in for Mary-Margaret on a very environmentally friendly show.

First up: Ben talks to Brendon McIntosh from Beefy Green about the upcoming legalisation of hemp seed for human consumption.  

Then, Ella’s in with the Green Desk, talking about the conservation genetics of threatened species

Plus, she has this week’s edition of Under the Weather

After that, It’s an international edition of Wire Worry week - Justin looks into the Yemen Civil War.

Then, Ben also speaks to GE Free NZ secretary John Muller about their calls for the use of Glyphosate Based Herbicides in NZ to be reviewed.

And lastly - In light of the New Caledonian independence referendum, Conor looks at how France deals with its current and former colonies.