The Wire with Manny

This week on the Thursday Wire, Bronwyn covers for Justin in a jam-packed episode featuring: 

Minister Andrew Little talking about the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report, the National Party Board’s review into the 2020 election, and commemorations and policy action ahead of the 2-year anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks;

Aneeka speaks to Manu Kahlon from Merge cafe on Karangahape Road about the help they need to continue supporting the homeless community;

Neighbourhood Watch's Zoe Kounadis from Radio Adelaide about a possible case of COVID-19 spread through wastewater, and an update on the allegations of sexual assault against Attorney General Christian Porter;

In a brand new segment, George chats with with the Auckland University Students Association, Anamika Harirajh;

And Bronwyn interviews her sister, Maya Wilde, about how zebrafish jamming to MC Hammer’s "Can’t Touch This" can help us understand the auditory system in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

This week on The Wire James is joined by Aneeka in studio for a jam packked wire with their  regualr segments and an interview with Sarah Helm from the New Zealand Drug Foundation.

This week James talks to deputy leader of the ACT party, Brooke van Velden, about vaccines and climate change.

On Dear Science, James and Aneeka talk to Marcus Jones about COVID-19 and pregnancy, nuclear energy and ancient earth.

Aneeka talks to Sarah Helm from the New Zealand Drug Foundation about the medicinal cannabis bill which is being passed through parliament tonight.

Today on the Tuesday Wire, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith speaks to Sandra Murray from Make It Legal NZ about a new poll regarding the cannabis referendum. The poll shows an overwhelming 69 percent of respondents preferred legalisation or decriminalisation over total criminalisation of cannabis.

Jemima Huston talks to Neill Ballantyne, an organiser of Diverse Church New Zealand's Awaken 2021 Conference, about the event and why it creates a safe space for queer Christians to connect. 

Jade Lewis looks into the attitudes surrounding the Covid-19 vaccination at universities in the United States. She speaks to a recently vaccinated residential advisor, Daniel Sprague, from Duke University as well as Duke University’s Associate Professor of Medicine and Covid-19 Response Director Dr. Cameron Robert Wolfe.

Jade Lewis looks into the attitudes surrounding the Covid-19 vaccination at universities in the United States. She speaks to a recently vaccinated residential advisor at Duke University, Daniel Sprague, as well as an Associate Professor of Medicine and Duke's Covid-19 Response Director Dr. Cameron Robert Wolfe. They talk about how the University has handled the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccine roll out in North Carolina.