The Wire with Manny

Justin talked to Employers and Manufactueres Association's Head of Advocacy and Strategy Alan McDonald and Auckland Action Against Poverty co-ordinator Brooke Stanely Pao about the minimum wage.  It raised by $1.10 to $20 per hour on April 1.

This week James and Aneeka bring you a selection of pieces as well as a some heated discussions about celery and peanut butter.

Dear Science woth Allan Blackman once again proves to be informative, with gold balls, the second and Richard Pearce on the agenda.

James chats with ACT party deputy leader, Brooke van Velden, about housing with the recent changes made by the governement, and cliamte policy in relation to emission credits.

Aneeka talks to Sarah Helm about MDMA, its availability and other substances which have been causing issues.

Jame and Aneeka finish off the show discussing peanut butter and celery, particularly whether celery is a spice.

Today on the Tuesday Wire, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith talks to Dame Catherine Healy from the New Zealand Prostitute Collective about sex worker rights and stigmatisation.

Jemima Huston speaks to NZEI Te Riu Roa National Secretary Paul Goulter about the union and employer’s call for early childhood eductators to see increased funding in the 2021 government budget. 

Jade Lewis looked into the Anti-Asian Hate Rally held in Auckland over the weekend. She talks to event organiser Steph Tan about racism against Asian communities in Aotearoa. Jade also talked to two Asian-American activists, Christian Oh and Nicholas Lepham, who have taken part in the Anti-Asian Hate movement in the United States following the racially charged shooting in Atlanta that led to the death of six Asian women. 

NZEI Te Riu Roa and early childhood employers are calling for increased funding in the early childhood education sector under the government's 2021 budget. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Paul Goulter, NZEI Te Riu Roa’s National Secretary, about the sector is poorly funded and what mechanisms need to be put in place to change this.