The Wire with Manny

New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance, the NZ College of Midwives and the Paediatric Society of New Zealand have joined forces to remind New Zealanders that successful breastfeeding involves the whole whānau.

World Breastfeeding Week runs from 1-7 August, and aims to highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding can bring to both the health and welfare of babies, as well as a wider impact on maternal health, focusing on good nutrition, poverty reduction, sustainability and food security.

Joe spoke with Executive Officer of the New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance Jane Cartwright and Paediatric Society Neonatal Specialist Nicola Austin about what it means to Step Up for Breastfeeding. 

After long and hard efforts to implement predator eradication tactics. Predator Free Wellington has seen some major results. 

Bird rates have risen dramatically, up by fifty one percent across the Miramar peninsula.

The organisation has been celebrating this strongly, so Liam has spoken to their own James Wilcocks about the new results. 

On today's episode of Strangest Things- Is the Loch Ness Monster plausible?

Historically, sceptics say no - the most similar being to the cryptid is the plesiosaur dinosaur who has never been found in freshwater circumstances like Loch Ness. 

That was, until a group of British scientists discovered plesiosaur fossils in a moroccan river system. 

Are any doubts of the Loch Ness Monster's existence now thwarted? Probably not, but Liam spoke to David Martill from the University of Portsmouth anyway.

Tāmaki Makaurau's local elections are drawing closer! Stella spoke to Principal Policy Advisor Dr Mike Reid from Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) about the rules and regulations of campaigning, as well as how to ensure the needs of a community are appropriately translated into policy.