The Wire with Max

Jemima hosts the Wednesday Wire for Felix as Tāmaki Makaurau remains in level three, however Felix and Karanama are still working from home!

On Dear Science, Allan talks fruit juice, superheavy elements, and ways to reduce hunting among domestic cats

Felix has his weekly chat with Brooke Van Velden, this week it's all about lockdown and Act's criticisms of the government

Finally, Karanama reports on  the decreasing rates of Mathematical and Science achievement in New Zealand schools

On the Tuesday Wire today Jemima Huston speaks to Frances Arns, the Executive Director of Rainbow Youth, about the government’s new mental health funding for Rainbow young people. They also touch on the Green Party’s petition to ban conversion therapy in Aotearoa. 

Noah Ferguson-Dudding talks to Raise the Bar founder Chloe Ann-King about the importance of employers and the government taking responsibility for workers during the third lockdown.

Jemima looks into the call for constitutional transformation and the work of Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation. She interviews Professor Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua) about what constitutional transformation is and how it can be achieved in Aotearoa. 

Noah wraps up the show with an interview with the Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, Shaun Robinson, about the importance of increasing funding to mental health, and the potential long-term impacts of the pandemic.

Mental health has become an increasingly important issue over the past year as people around the world are forced into isolation due to Covid-19. Noah spoke to Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, Shaun Robinson, about the importance of increasing funding to mental health, and the potential long-term impacts of the pandemic.

Earlier this month Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation, held a constitutional convention. The hui would build on the recommendations made by the group in their 2016 report as to how New Zealand’s constitution could be transformed to properly reflect Indigenous rights and perfect the partnership between tangata whenua and the Crown. 

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Professor and member of Matike Mai Aotearoa Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua) about the convention, what constitutional transformation is, how it can be achieved and what it looks like in practice. Professor Mutu explains why only transformation can give true recognition to the rangatiratanga of Māori as the tangata whenua of Aotearoa.