The Wire with Manny

Last month, Auckland Transport was criticised for encouraging people to travel at off-peak times during what they called “March madness”. Since then, we have also seen mass delays and cancellations across Tāmaki Makaurau. 

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Public Transport Users Association spokesperson John Reeves about this issue. 

She started off the interview asking Reeves if he believes we are in a public transport crisis.

Aotearoa’s relentless summer has caused an unprecedented decline of our glaciers, some of which have now mostly vanished. The La Niña weather pattern meant record high sea temperatures on the West Coast. This caused the air to warm as far as the alpine glaciers. Scientists have famously called melting glaciers “global warming’s coalmine canaries” because of their link to temperature and precipitation. Caeden Tipler spoke to Drew Lorrey, Climate and Environment Applications Principal Scientist at NIWA, about the link between glaciers and climate change, as well as the importance of us paying attention to them.

This week there has been a lot of conversation around Marama Davidson's comments about white cis men and the violence perpetrated by them. Eileen Joy is a social worker and researcher who is researching child protection and domestic violence in Aotearoa. Her work and research has given her first hand experience about the problems of violence in Aotearoa New Zealand, and she has supported Davidson's comments. Simon spoke with Eileen about these issues. She began by discussing her views on Davidson's comments, as well as the prevalence of white male violence in Aotearoa. Just a warning, this segment contains discussions about domestic violence.

At the Posie Parker event last weekend, Marama Davidson's comments on violence spun up a controversy in the mainstream news cycle, with party leaders calling for her resignation as a result. But little has been discussed about the source of the clip, Counterspin Media, a local far right conspiracy disinformation producer previously involved with QAnon and anti-COVID movements. Spike speaks to Byron C Clark, disinfo researcher and author about Counterspin and their history.