Covid-19 is on everyone's mind, but it is also important to remember that the climate crisis has not gone away. Izzy spoke with Dewy Sacayan from the youth-led climate action group Generation Zero about similarities between Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis and how there is an opportunity to act on transitioning to a low-carbon economy. She began by asking Dewy why Generation Zero thinks the government should be taking climate action alongside their action on Covid-19 and what it should look like.
Felix Walton reports on the government’s recession-preparedness package which was announced yesterday, he spoke with Shamubeel Eaqub about why this package is especially significant.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we are talking about a sharp drop in coronavirus cases in South Korea, magic methyl and how nuclear war could alter the world’s climate.
Felix spoke with Shamubeel Eaqub about the government's new stimulus package and whether this is enough.
Sticking on this government announcement, Lillian speaks to AAAP’s Ricardo Menendez March for a perspective on the increase to benefits.
And Izzy Holdsworth joins us today and speaks to Generation Zero’s Dewy Sacayan about parallel combat against Covid-19 and climate change.
Hanna Thompson spoke to Ben Rosamund, a union organiser, researcher, and community activist with Organise Aotearoa, who wrote an article on solidarity in the time of coronavirus. They spoke about the need for a strong collective response to the pandemic, through community organising, and a government response that strengthens public institutions like healthcare and welfare, and that takes care of our most vulnerable.
A couple of weeks ago the Greens party put forward a new bill surrounding Organic farming in New Zealand as well as imports and exports. The bill outlines plans to get stricter on what is defined as Organic, however there is no overarching consensus on what is defined as organic internationally. James started off by talking to Andrea Braakhuis, an academic research dietitian from the Auckland University. While Andrea has a large amount of knowledge on Organics, James hopes to talk to other professionals about farming practices and sustainability marketing to completely unpack this bill. James started off by asking Andrea what defines a product as Organic.
Sherry Zhang talks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw on Coronavirus travel restrictions and election access fund bill
Southern Cross with the latest pacific news brought by contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi and joined by AUT communications master student Laurens Ikinia on the effect of coronavirus on pacific, west papuan students in NZ, right wing extreminism groups and starfish eating coral.
Producer James Tapp talks to University of Auckland research dietitian Andrea Braakhuis on the recent organics bill.
This week National's Denise Lee joins Laura Kvigstad to discuss Simon Bridges plans to cut the red tape, deregulating industries in order to stimulate the economy. Then they chat about the pay equity amendment bill and why it's stalled on it's second reading. Finally, they chat about National advocating for coalition government to stall the minimum wage increase set to begin on April 1st, 2020.
Then, Sam Denne speaks to Chloe Ann King, an advocate for hospitality workers and a research assistant at AUT.
Next, Laura speak with Amnesty International’s Policy and Advocacy Manager, Annaliese Johnston about the upcoming review by the United Nations into the Rights of Children in Aotearoa.
Finally, Louis Laws speaks to Samuel Vye from Environment Conversation Technologies about predator-control drones.