The Wire with Manny

Felix speaks to Green Party Co-Leader James Shaw about a non-discrimination bill for diability assistance animals, the Ministry of Justice’s Māori Victimization Report, and then lastly we talked about last friday’s School Strike for Climate march.

E-cigarettes were initially regarded as a smoking-cessation tool. But in recent years, the vape market has grown beyond this to include first time smokers. 

This has raised alam from experts, who warn there is growing evidence vaping could be more harmful than expected. 

Jess interviewed Dr Kelly Burrowes, who says we won’t know whether e-cigarettes are more or less harmful than conventional cigarettes until the long term health impacts are known.

This week, Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to MP for Botany Christopher Luxon as part of their regular catchup. They discussed potential new travel bubbles, increasing funding in healthcare, New Zealand's mental health crisis, and the recent news that Luxon is using his accommodation allowance to rent out properties to himself.

On the Friday Wire with Ayana and Noah...

Noah chats to National MP Christopher Luxon on our weekly segment about travel bubbles, healthcare and MP accommodation allowance. 

Then, Ayana chats to Dr Janine Swail from the University of Auckland's Business School about Small Business Day today.

Then we live cross to Bronnie at the Wellington Climate March. 

Next, Noah talks to Juressa Lee about the proposed Container Deposit Scheme. 

We do another live cross to James Tapp at the Auckland Climate March. 

And finally, Ayana talks to the founder of the Migrant Zine Collective about the March Against Sexual Violence in Tamaki Makaurau. 

Cheers!