The Wire with Caeden

Government has announced some guidelines of Alert Level 2 with more expected to come. Laura Kvigstad gives you a quick rundown of the guidelines so far and the response that some industries have had to them. 

New research from the Child Poverty Action Group has shown families with children receiving benefits would require an estimated $110 a week on average to reach 50 per cent of equivalised median after-housing-costs (AHC) income. These are the measures used by the government to measure the amount of children living in poverty, as in, after you pay for rent how much money is left over. Those families would also require an extra $215 to reach 60 per cent of the same measure, meaning income support levels for the 2020/21 year are well below the Government’s official poverty measures, even when recent benefit increases are included. Lillian spoke to Janet McAllister who was part of the research team to find out more:

The Dunedin Study is a longitudinal study that began in Dunedin in the 1970s. The study involves over 1000 study members who have been regularly assessed since their birth. The most recent data was collected at phase (age) 45. Currently Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) is holding an exhibit on the study called A Slice of Life: The World Famous Dunedin Study. The exhibit celebrates the study findings and the work of all of the particpants. Jemima Huston speaks with the study's Cohort and Assessment Manager Sean Hogan about the global impact of the study. She also talks to MOTAT's Exhibitions Manager Rebecca Britt about Slice of Life and what visitors can expect from the exhibition. 

Slice of Life: The World Famous Dunedin Study is on display at MOTAT 1 July - 4 October 2020. See https://www.motat.nz/exhibitions/slice-of-life-the-world-famous-dunedin-study/ for more details. 

Over the weekend RNZ reported that the Labour Party would not be giving up the Auckland Central seat this election to the Green Party. Labour Representative Helen White will run for the position again, but this time against Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick and a yet to be announced National Party MP. RNZ asked White what she would say to people who pointed out Swarbrick's profile to which she said, "I'd ask them whether they're looking for a celebrity or someone to do this job very seriously." Jemima Huston and Zoë Larsen Cumming speak to the candidates about their work, the relevance of celebrity in an election and why the Auckland Central seat is always framed as a "cat fight".