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Rosetta spoke to Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larson about Christopher Luxon’s plan to reintroduce offshore gas and oil exploration, and the IEA’s report on this.

Rosetta also spoke to ​Virologist and Professor at the University of Otago Jemma Ghee-gan about the rise in outbreaks of avian influenza, or bird flu, around the world and in the Antarctic region.

And for our bi-weekly segment of Get Action, where we speak to petitioners from Get Action about their causes, Rosetta spoke to Erin Thomas, director and change maker at ICAAD about their petition to bring justice to the Banaban People of Rabi, Fiji.

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party Rawan spoke with Simon Court about updates regarding the ACT and National coalition as well as the party’s viewpoints on the Israel-Palestine war

Rawan also spoke with Samira Zaitoun, the Co-convener of Justice for Palestine about the Pro-palestine marches over the weekend as well as clarifications around statements made by Simon Court. 

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For our weekly catch up with the ACT party Rawan spoke with ACT MP Simon Court. 

Rawan started off by asking about what the current situation is in regards to the ACT National coalition and what the discussions have looked like. 

They then discussed the ACT Party’s views on the Israel-Palestine war. The death toll in Palestine has hit 8000 people with more than 3000 being children. In addition to cutting off electricity and water Israel has also begun its ground invasion of Gaza over the last few days. 

Rawan asked about where the ACT party stands on Israel’s current actions against Palestine and what the New Zealand Government should do. They also discussed the Pro-Palestine marches over the weekend and why the ACT party refuses to support the cause of these demonstrations and the Palestinian Community.

Some of these statments where clarified by Samira Zaiton, Co-Convener at Justice for Palestine, during an interview on the Monday Wire.

Massey University has proposed cutting courses from the Albany science campus after the University reported a financial downturn.

These cuts would affect more than 100 jobs and cause issues for students pursuing their masters and doctorates.

Nicholas spoke to the Professor of Ecology at Massey University Dr Dianne Brunton about the University's proposed cuts to the Science Campus at Albany.

Nicholas started by asking what the cuts would mean for the science programs

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to academic and Palestinian New Zealander Dr Rand Hazou about New Zealand’s response to what is happening to Palestinians in Gaza.

Producer Nicholas spoke to Lecturer of Language and Culture at the Auckland University of Technology Richard Pamatatau about the potential lack of Pacific representation in the National Party Caucus.

He also spoke to Professor of Ecology at Massey University Dr Dianne Brunton about the University's proposed cuts to the Albany Science campus.