The Wire with Caeden

This Day in History takes us back to 1956 for the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about sunscreen, and two great female scientists: one is a New Zealand astronomer, the other an English Chemist.

For our usual segment with the New Zealand First party, Harry talks to Internal affairs and associate education minister, Tracey Martin.

On Wire worry week, two topics: first we have chosen to re play producer Pearl Little’s interview with Adam Winstock, a London based consultant psychiatrist, addiction medicine specialist and the founder of the Global Drug Survey.

Ad Lisa also spoke with Chris Fowlie from the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, about the medicinal cannabis bill.

It is no secret New Zealand has one of the highest suicide rates in the OECD and one in seven people will experience a major depressive episode in their life at some point. In these statistics men, in particular, are over-represented and for years the subject of mental health and opening up has been somewhat of a taboo subject for males. A group of university students have decided to change this. They have started a group called Mana For Men and are aiming to raise awareness around men’s mental health and encourage blokes to open up about their feelings. Sam Smith spoke to one of the founders Louis Laws.

Sam speaks to two uni students who have started ‘Mana for Men’, a collective for young men facing depression or anxiety where the group trains to run a marathon. In Conor’s international segment this week he’s looking into the Zimbabwe election. It’s Wire Worry Week and we’re focusing on substance use, abuse and legislation: Pearl Little speaks to Adam Winstock about music festival pill testing. And Oscar’s doing the green desk this week, he speaks to Dr Elvira Dommisse about the cycle of food production in Aotearoa.