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E whai ake nei, coming up on The Wire today:

Liam had their regular chat with city councillor Shane Henderson, chatting about his re-election to the Waitakere Ward seat, the local elections and his goals for this term of council. 

We also have a report from David Liwei Shi, covering last week's tertiary education union strike. 

They’ve also spoken to Caroline Mareko from NZCTU about the pacific pay gap inquiry and what needs to change about wealth inequality in Aotearoa.

We also have a kōrero with the green parties Ricardo Menedez March, on the government's re-opening of the migrant worker and parent visas, and some of the issues they’ve identified within it.

And lastly Liam spoke to Michael Plank from the University of Canterbury about the risk of new Covid-19 Subvariants. 

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Human Rights Commission have recently made recommendations to the government on how to minimise the pacific pay gap. 

This came due to a report into the systemic gap seen between pakeha men and minority groups. 

The groups have called for urgent pay transparency, as well as changes to the living wage and implementing protective measures. 

To learn more Liam spoke to NZCTU’s Caroline Mareko about what they’re calling for and why it’s important. 

Welcome to The Thursday Wire!

This week on the show, today is World Sight day! Stella speaks to Dan Buckingham, CEO and Tamara Gussy, audio describer, from Able, a media accessibility trust about what they’re doing to celebrate. Tuva’a has his weekly catch up with Andrew Little. The Green Desk is covered by Joel, who interviews Emily Ward, a masters student from the University of Canterbury about making public transport more accessible. Stella speaks to Rob Major, a project lead on work that sets out a roadmap for ensuring Aotearoa’s seaweed industry is ready to boom.Stella has a chat to Shanan Halbert, MP for the Northcote electorate about resources in the community in response to crime.

 Stella speaks to Shanan Halbert, MP for Northcote, about the moves to increase police on the beat, and other strategies to mitigate crime in the Northcote electorate.