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Spike speaks to Dr. Richard Arnold on the soon approaching 2023 census, the challenges facing it and what to learn from 2018's low census participation result. 

Hydrocephalus is a disease with 100 New Zealand patients diagnosed every year. A recent funding injection of $6 million into the world’s first implantable long term brain pressure sensor promises relief for New Zealanders and also those across the globe.

Arno spoke with Professor Simon Malpas who is leading research at the Implantable Devices Group at the University of Auckland. Arno spoke with him to find out more about this research and what it means for New Zealanders as well as a global population. Arno started off by asking for an explanation of what hydrocephalus is.

In the mid-20th century, hundreds of Banabans were displaced from Banaba Island to Fiji’s Rabi Island due to the devastating impacts of phosphate mining. Today, Banabans on Rabi continue to face discrimination as a partially self-governing entity falling between the cracks of Fiji and Kiribati. Their stories remain largely unheard in Aotearoa New Zealand, where the benefits of mining allowed the British to advance their colonisation and kickstart New Zealand’s agricultural sector.

95bFM digital subeditor Stella Huggins speaks to Katja Phutaraksa Neef, Erin and Banaban delegate Jack, about the forced displacement of the Banaban community and their ongoing human rights struggles, as well as their new art exhibition titled "Justice for Rabi: The Story of Banaba".

This week on The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday!

Joe looks at temporary flood levy’s for higher earners due to damages caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Joe speaks to Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington

Stella then speaks to Gaby Evans, a  Communications Intern at Able, about the perspective of someone who’s deaf and uses captions, as the Listen Up conference is happening very soon in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Arno chats to Professor Simon Malpas of the University of Auckland’s Implantable Devices Group about one of the world’s first brain-implantable devices for people suffering from hydrocephalus.

Stella talks to Katja Phutaraksa Neef, Erin and Banaban delegate Jack about the forced displacement of the Banaban community and their ongoing human rights struggles as well as a new art exhibition titled "Justice for Rabi: The Story of Banaba".

Finally, Joe speaks to Emma Carroll from the University of Auckland about climate change pushing Tohorā southern whales to forage further for food.

That's us for the Wednesday Wire!