The Wire with Caeden

E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today:

Liam had a chat with city Councillor Shane Henderson about the unitary housing plan and the local elections on city counselling. 

They also spoke with Miles Lamar from Antarctica New Zealand about robots being deployed in the ross sea.

And finally they had a chat with Ollie Neas from Policy dot NZ about said website and how it can assist voters. 

David spoke to E Tu union organiser about the Opal Kiwi packaging worker strike.

He then had a chat with Waikato University Law Professor about foreign fighters in Ukraine.

Tuva'a has his weekly catch-up with Labour's Andrew Little, this week speaking about his 10 day tour of the Five Eyes countries.

September Ninth is World Electric Vehicle Day.

The industry of EV’s has been steadily rising over the past few years, with the amount of car sales that were electric last year reaching 12.5 percent. 

Plus, earlier this year millions of dollars in the 2022 budget were allocated to funding the rise of EV’s in New Zealand as a part of the Climate Emergency Response Fund.

To learn more, Liam had a chat with Steve Greenwood from Drive EV about the current state of electric vehicles throughout Aotearoa.

This week has been Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, a centralised celebration of Te Reo Māori as well as a time to reflect on revitalisation efforts. 

However, Te Reo Māori deserves to be spoken year round, and efforts to revitalisation need to be taken by everyone throughout Aotearoa.

This is why, in 2019, the government and Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori, the Māori Language commission, launched a plan to see a million basic speakers of Te Reo by 2040.

To understand how the years since have shaped revitalisation efforts and what still needs to be done, Liam had a chat with Christine Ammunson from Taura Whiri about the goal.