The Wire with Oto

A recent survey has found the number of people putting off paying for health check-ups because of financial reasons are high. 

Optometrists in particular are seeing fewer and fewer people make appointments, resulting in poorer health outcomes for Kiwis. 

Arno spoke with optometrist Andrew Yu to find out more about the study and to see how New Zealanders are handling health checkups. 

Arno started our interview by asking what the survey found.

On the show this week,

Davide Mercadante joins the show for Dear Science to discuss a breakthrough in the commercial production of synthesised Spider silk.

Nicholas spoke to Auckland Central Candidates Oscar Sims from the Labour Party and ACT Party candidate Felix Poole about Housing security and affordability, Public Transport policy, Working relationships with Auckland Council and Climate resilience.

Producer Josh Black spoke to First Union Researcher and Policy Analyst, Edward Miller. About their latest campaign to stop "Bankflation"

Nicholas also spoke to Emeritus Professor of Nutrion at AUT Elaine Rush about New Zealand's Food Imports and Exports.

While many people might think otherwise, a recent study from the University of Auckland has found that providing on-the-job training is beneficial for both employers and employees, as employees are more likely to find greater job satisfaction and are therefore less likely to quit their jobs.

The study also found that over educated, over qualified and over skilled workers are more likely to stay at their jobs if they have higher job satisfaction. Rosetta spoke to Professor of Economics at the University of Auckland Sholeh Maani, co-author of the study, about the research and what this means for over qualified workers in Aotearoa.

On the show today:

For our weekly catch up with the ACT party, Rawan spoke to ACT MP Karen Chhour about some of the party’s policies around landlord and tenant laws as well as their policy to allow secondary schools to opt out of NCEA.

Rosetta spoke to University of Canterbury Associate Professor of free radical biochemistry Steven Gieseg about his research in vascular health.

For our biweekly segment of Tomorrow's World where we discuss issues around the environment, science and technology, Rawan spoke to the CEO of World Wildlife Foundation New Zealand about National’s plan to cut the Department of Conservation budget.

Rosetta spoke to Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta about her recent trip to the United States, her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, and the US Pacific Leaders Summit.

And Rosetta spoke to University of Auckland Professor of Economics Sholeh Maani about her research in overqualified workers and on-the-job training.