The Wire with Manny

Last week United States bank Wells Fargo made headlines for firing a dozen employees who were caught faking working from home.

Wells Fargo has started monitoring employees' computers which showed software being used to establish fake activity from employees’ computers.

Wire Host Caeden spoke to the University of Auckland’s Dr Emmy van Esch about this Wells Fargo example and the ethics of monitoring employees' computers more generally.

A new international study has recently been published showing the potential harmful impacts of old satellites on the ozone layer. 

The study concluded that the increase of old satellites orbiting the earth might seriously harm the recovery of the ozone layer.

This morning Rawan spoke with Dr Laura Revell from the school of physics and chemical science at the University of Canterbury about this new research. 

They discuss what the state of the ozone currently is and how exactly these old satellites will impact its recovery. 

They then talk about what we can expect in the short and long term and what precautions need to be taken to address these issues.

For our regular catch-up, temporary Wire host Caeden speaks to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March about scrutiny week and the high number of people leaving Aotearoa.

They also speak to SAFE’s Emma Brodie about the Government’s delay on banning Greyhound racing.

Producer Rawan spoke with Dr Laura Revell from the University of Canterbury about a new international study showing the harmful impacts of old satellites on the ozone layer.

She also spoke with Senior human rights advisor Oliver Christeller from the Human rights commission about the importance of including the ethnicity pay gap in the conversation.

For this Week’s Get Action! Producer Oto spoke to Alex Johnston from Common Grace Aotearoa, to talk about a petition of his calling for the government to end carbon offset subsidies to polluting industries.

Green consumerism is the idea that companies will offer products that appeal to the environmentalist desires of consumers. Essentially, companies may advertise their products as more environmentally friendly or conscious alternatives, despite not providing more environmental benefits or even being more environmentally damaging. 

Wire host Castor spoke to Dr Gabriela Baron about Green consumerism in Aotearoa, how it impacts people, and how to address it on both macro and micro levels.