The Wire with Caeden

Liam from Various Artists joins Lou on The Wire, as Rosetta hangs out in Pōneke. E whai ake nei:

Liam 

 spoke to Te Pati Māori’s Takutai Kemp about the parties hikoi last week, their swearing in to parliament, and the government's response to Israel's war on Gaza. 

They also had a chat with University of Auckland professor Nicola Gaston about their joint call with other UoA academics to address safety concerns in the university. 

 As well as professor Micheal Baker, to chat about the recent covid wave that’s been hitting Aotearoa. 

In our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Lou spoke to ACT MP Simon Court about ACT’s response to Te Pāti Māori’s hikoi last Tuesday, ACT renewing their call to abolish the Human Rights Commission, and the outcomes of COP28.

She also spoke to Kathryn Bradbury, Senior Researcher at the University of Auckland in the School of Population Health about the recent study released surrounding the percentage of vegetarians in New Zealand 

According to research published on the 6th of December, the accurate percentage of vegetarians in New Zealand is more likely to be two percent than the almost 20 percent previously cited in market research. 

According to this study:

93 percent of New Zealand eat red meat;

2.89 percent do not eat red meat, but eat seafood and poultry;

1.4 percent are pescatarians,

and 2 percent are true vegetarians. 

In this interview, Lou speaks to Dr Kathryn Bradbury from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Population Health about the conclusions of this research.

On the Wire for Rāpare Thursday, hosted by News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins. 

Producer Beth spoke to Professor of Social and Community Health at the University of Auckland, Peter Adams, about the influence of the tobacco industry in Aotearoa. 

For City Counselling this week, Beth spoke to counsellor for Manukau, Lotu Fuli, about the Auckland Climate Budget and the review of Auckland Council’s 10 year budget.

Anbd producer Castor, spoke to Oxfam’s climate justice lead, Nick Henry, about a report he authored on New Zealand’s fossil fuel industry.

The new government announced a repeal of Aotearaoa’s Smoke Free legislation and regulation of tobacco products, making international news.

Beth spoke to Professor of Social and Community Health at the University of Auckland Peter Adams about the influence of the tobacco industry on Aotearoa New Zealand and what needs to happen in order to create unbiased policymaking.