The Wire with Sara

This week James chatted to Brooke a few topics, starting off with PHARMAC. Recently PHARMAC has said they are unable to fund every cancer drug for children, as well as announcing they need another 400 million dollars to fund all the drugs they want to fund.

James and Brooke then chat about the Motion which Brooke is currently putting through parliament. The motion is for the NZ government to oppose China’s actions against the ethinic minority, Uyghur Muslims. The wording of the motion has had to be changed for it to be debated, however this means whether China is committing genocide will not be discussed.

They finish off our chat with the He puapua report, which has not been officially put out to the public. The report is a plan to realise the UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples (UNDRIP) here in New Zealand. New zealand originally rejected the declaration in 2007, but has since adopted it. The report includes a number of recommendations such as  a Māori court system, health system, upper house or parliament; Māori wards and the protection of Māori seats in parliament; compulsory te reo Māori and New Zealand history in schools; joint governance bodies across all government agencies; and strengthening the legal recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi by putting it into law. Using the FPIC principle, it also recommends greater rights for Māori in areas such as fisheries and the RMA, and it recommends that Māori co-design and/or co-govern all Māori services. Both ACT and Nation have opposed the report, which is yet to be approved by cabinet.

This week James and Aneeka bring you a jam packed show, so much that two pieces are only available through bCast.

As it always does, this week starts of with Dear Science, this week Marcus teaches everyone about mayflies, ancient superhighways and COVID19 transmission rates.

What's the Buzz is back for another week, this time Aneeka talks with Sarah Helm and Kali Mercer from the NZ Drug Foundation about drug reform in Aotearoa.

James has his weekly catch up with Brooke van Velden , where they chat about PHARMAC, Chinese Genocide and He Puapua.

The show finishes up with a piece from Tuesday's Lyric Waiwiri-Smith, where she talks to Shaneel Lal, the co-founder of End Conversion Therapy NZ, about the protests with took place on Saturday on Karangahape Road.

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith does a live interview with Rose Stewart, Family Planning's national nurse advisor, to break down some common myths and stigmatisations surrounding cervical cancer.

Auckland Action Against Poverty and a number of other community action groups have called out the government for failing to act on any of the recommendations set by the Welfare Expert Advisory Group report, Whakamana Tangata - Restoring Dignity to Social Security.

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to AAAP coordinator Brooke Pao Stanley about their expectations for the government in terms of the welfare system. She also talks to Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Priyanca Radhakrishnan to provide a government response on the issue.