The Wire with Max

Oxfam Aotearoa recently released a new report, The Hunger Virus 2.0, showing a six-fold increase in people suffering "famine-like conditions" since pandemic began

According to Oxfam's statistics, as many as 11 people are likely dying of hunger and malnutrition each minute, passing the current global death rate of COVID-19.

Jessica Hopkins talks to Dr Jo Spratt, about what needs to be done to address rising hunger and malnutrition globally. 

In her book 'The Future is Feminine: Capitalism and the Masculine Disorder' https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/future-is-feminine-9781350149762, Dr Keira Cremin, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Auckland explains why she believes masculinity has its origins in a psychological disorder. 

Jessica Hopkins interviews Cremin about society's issue with femininity, starting of by disucssuing how we define femininity and masculinity, and when this can become problematic. 

Last week, Immigration New Zealand annoucned that it may begin to cancel visas and refund the individuals who have applied for residency in Aotearoa. The government says there are over 50,000 applicaton's to be processed. Louis Macalister speaks to immigration lawyer Elly Fleming about the decision. 

A recent report on Covid-19 has shown the high rates of vaccination required for Aotearoa to gain herd immunity against Covid-19. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to one of the authors of the report, Professor Shaun Hendy from the University of Auckland, about how New Zealand is currently faring against Covid and how vaccinations will change that.

They also discussed how other countries such as the UK were doing in their attempt to live with Covid, and whether there are any similarities between the Flu and Covid.