Aneeka caught up with National’s Dr Shane Reti for their regular segment. This week, they spoke about the emissions budget, truancy in NZ schools, and the unemployment rate.
Ghost Dive New Zealand took cleaned up the Wellington waterfront by Clyde Quay on Saturday, removing an astronomical amount of rubbish. Eddie Howard, Ghost Diving New Zealand’s team leader, spoke with Charlie about the dive, what GDNZ do, and where your waste might really be going.
From today Public Service Association members involved in the health sector will take industrial action for the next two weeks, in response to a lack of response by the DHB. Will Matthes from PSA spoke with Charlie about the action, and why it needs to be taken seriously.
Teacher's have come under additional stress over the pandemic, and there's not enough funding to support them. After a recent announcement by the Education Payroll that over 400 school staff resigned due to the vaccine madate, Charlie spoke with Liam Rutherfors, New Zealand Educational Institute’s President, to see how teacher's are doing.
Mt Victoria is due to get a new bike trail that will be suitable for all ages, skill levels, and abilities. The proposed trail is to be done by Trails Wellington, who do more than just make a path. Charlie spoke to Laurie Foon, Councillor for Wellingotn City Council, about the new trail and what the public think.
Parvovirus and kennel cough have spiked New Zealand recently, posing a threat to puppies and unvaccinated dogs. Dr. Alison Vaughan, scientific officer for the SPCA, spoke to Charlie about the issues and what owners should look out for.
Aneeka's back covering the Friday Wire with Liam, who've put together a jammed pack show! Today:
Liam spoke to City Councillor Pippa Coom about the Climate Action Target Rate and a new cycle plan on our regular city counselling segment.
Aneeka spoke to Melissa Woolley, Assistant secretary of the public service association about current pay negotiations for care and support workers and why their organisation believes they will fail.
Liam also talked to Janryll Fernandez about the Fillipino Election.
Aneeka spoke to Dr Sanjana Hathotuwa, a research fellow at the misinformation project and Sri Lankan Political Activist about the Sri Lanka’s Economic crisis and political corruption.
And finally Liam had a chat with Debbie Ward from CCS Diability Action about the recent passing of the Disability Assist Dogs Non-Discrimination Amendment Bill.
The Philippines is a few days away from their presidential election, with issues such as the covid recovery and inequality defining the race.
The frontrunner is Ferdinand Marcos Jr, also known as Bongbong Marcos, who is the son of a former dictator well known for his corrupt leadership.
Marcos’ primary opponent is Leni Robredo, renowned for leading a ‘pink revolution’ towards gender equality
To learn more, Liam spoke to Janryll Frenandez, a New Zealand-based Filipino public relations professional and is currently a post graduate student of public management at Victoria University of Wellington.
The Disability Assist Dogs Non-Discrimination Amendment Bill has recently passed it’s third reading.
After seven years of campaigns, the bill now means that disabled folks with support dogs are now free from being denied service from transport, hospitality and landlords.
Liam had a chat with Debbie Ward from CCS Disability Action about the changes, first asking about what the new bill means for disabled folks across Aotearoa.