Auckland Council's recent planning committee meeting took place last night.
The focus was on mass housing reforms, which could see rates of housing re-intensification rise across Tamaki Makaurau.
To learn more about the decisions made, Trishil took over the segment from Liam this week and spoke with councillor Shane Henderson on our regular City Counselling segment. The conversation touched on the pay rise for bus drivers in Auckland in a measure to combat staff shortages.
David speaks to Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono talking about Restoring the West Samoa Citizenship Removed By Citizenship Act 1982 Bill
Trishil speaks to Shane Henderson for our regular City Counselling segment discussing the Planning Committee meeting on housing and a pay rise for Auckland bus drivers to address staff shortage
David also speaks to Adam Currie, a protest organiser speaking on the Greenwash lecture protests
Trishil also speaks to Professor Basil Sharpe on the falling fuel prices observed across the country this week.
New Zealand sexual health service, The Burnett Foundation, and Dr Peter Saxton from the University of Auckland submitted a letter to the government yesterday, urging them to vaccinate vulnerable communities against monkeypox now. Stella spoke to Joe Rich, Chief Executive of the Burnett Foundation, about the content of the letter.
The government released our first National Adaptation Plan yesterday, which details how kiwis could respond to climate change. Stella spoke to Dr Nick Cradock-Henry, Lead Scientist of social and ecological resilience at manaaki Whenua, about the NAP.
Welcome to the Thursday Wire! This week on the show…
Tuva’a has his weekly catch up with Andrew Little. Stella speaks to the head writer of Shortland Street, Jessica Joy Wood, about Shortland Street’s creative involvement with the campaign to recruit nurses.
Frances brings us Greendesk, speaking with Gabrielle Feather, a PhD student at the University of Tasmania about climate anxiety.
Stella speaks to Dr Nick Cradock-Henry from Manaaki Whenua about the government’s National Adaptation Plan. Stella speaks to Joe Rich, chief executive of the Burnett Foundation, about their call to the government for vulnerable populations to be vaccinated against monkeypox.
This week on Dear Science Allan spoke to Casper and Emily about allegations of fabricated alzheimers research, the 'wet bulb' measurement of humidity, and chemical reactions that might have played into the origin of life.
Yesterday, Minister of Health Andrew Little proposed a suite of initiatives to help combat health worker shortages and ease pressure on the New Zealand health system.
Emily spoke with New Zealand Nurses Organisation President Anne Daniels about the measures and how they might impact health care workers.
The New Zealand border opened to all overseas visitors yesterday, after an extended closer due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Tourism industry experts have welcomed the re-opening of New Zealand’s border, but are not expecting an largue immediate influx of visitors.
Casper spoke to the Tourism Industry Aotearoa communications manager Anne-Marie Johnson about the border re-opening, what it means for the tourism industry and what challenges might arise from here
He first asked how much of an increase to visitors we are likely to see presently.