Political commentator David Slack joins India in studio to survey the scene as Andrew Little stepping down as Labour leader and Jacinda Ardern being voted in to replace him. He says it might be a chance to tap into a base of young people who don't usually vote, although they'll have to move quicky to shift the focus back to policy.
Reporter Sam Smith spoke to political commentator Bryce Edwards about the latest Colmar Brunton poll results. The result was bad news for Labour whop received their lowest rating in over twenty years, but good news for the Greens who received their highest.
Last week a new Yale University report revealed that New Zealand has the highest rate of homelessness in the OECD. The report said there are 40,000 people who are homeless in New Zealand, a number that equates to around one in every one hundred people. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to Massey University lecturer Darrin Hodgetts about the report and what needs to be done to address homelessness in New Zealand.
Here we have a story by Producer Jack about the future of synthetic meat and dairy in New Zealand. We spoke to Rosie Bosworth from Pure Advantage, a non-for-profit working to promote green growth in New Zealand and asked how this technological change will affect New Zealand’s economy.
Joel teams up with producers Jack and Sam to present Monady's Wire. With Labour polling at records lows, Sam talks to political commentator Bryce Edwards about what this means for the Party, and Joel speaks to James Shaw from the Greens about how this affects the Labour Green Coalition. Sam also presents his report on New Zealand's alarming homelessness rates, Jack discusses the prospects of synthetic meat and dairy in New Zealand, and Joel talks to Kendall Hutt about the latest in Pacific news.
Plastic Free July has been supported by sustainable.org around New Zealand this month, as they aimed to see households and organisations cut down on single-use plastic items and the urgency our environment faces to be rid of these.
This Friday on The Wire, producer Kelly Enright speaks to Sustainable.org CEO Rachel Brown and CommonSense Organics Spokesperson Marion Wood about Plastic-Free July. Amanda speaks to National MP Paul Foster-Bell about Transport Minister Simon Bridges claiming vindication after being cleared of trying to improperly influence officials into keeping a report secret. They also discuss newly proposed changes to immigration regulations. Amanda speaks to Nicole Wedding about all the latest Australian news for Neighbourhood Watch. And finally, Amanda talks with Depot Manager Lynn Lawton about new book discussing suicide in Aotearoa, The Roaring Silence.
The Roaring Silence is a book about suicide awareness, comprising of contributions from 79 artists, writers, poets, and a few professionals from all generations and backgrounds. Host Amanda talked to Lynn Lawton, one of the contributors, about the purpose and content of the book.
With New Zealand's largest construction firm, Fletcher Buildings rocked this month by a slashed earnings projection, 95bfm Producer Ben speaks to the head of the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation, Warwick Quinn, about whether we're seeing a shortage of skilled tradies.