It was an absolute pleasure hoppin' off the substitute bench to fill in for Denzel this week. Rolled out some older Deerhunter, The Snails, MF DOOM and Dum Dum Girls. Some new cuts from Avantdale Bowling Club, BUB, and hanbee feature. We had a spring themed string of tracks and the remix of the day went to a beautiful Phil Tangent remix.

 Stella speaks to Shanan Halbert, MP for Northcote, about the moves to increase police on the beat, and other strategies to mitigate crime in the Northcote electorate. 

Today on The Green Desk, Joel Armstrong speaks to University of Canterbury Master of Urban Resilience and Renewal student Emily Ward about barriers preventing people from cycling, walking, or taking public transport like the bus or the train.

Today on The Green Desk, Joel Armstrong speaks to University of Canterbury Master of Urban Resilience and Renewal student Emily Ward about barriers preventing people from cycling, walking, or taking public transport like the bus or the train.

Aotearoa’s seaweed sector has had a comprehensive industry plan released recently. Stella speaks to Rob Major, a project lead involved with the roadmap to help guide the development of the industry.

Today is World Sight Day! Stella speaks to Dan Buckingham, CEO and Tamara Gussy, Audio Describer from Able, a media accessibility trust, about how they're celebrating.

Rod Oram phones up to talk about the economic situation in the UK, and the women lead protests in Iran. Whakarongo mai nei! 

This week on The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday:

Casper speaks to Brooke van Velden in our weekly chat with the ACT Party.

Emilia chats to Christine Rose from Greenpeace Aotearoa, and our News and Editorial Director Jess chats to Federated Farmers Climate Change Spokesperson Andrew Hoggard about what they make of the amendments to He Waka Eke Noa.

Emilia also chats about the latest updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Otago Uni’s Robert Patman.

And lastly, Jess speaks to John Crocker from Unite Union about a fair pay agreement for hospitality workers.

That's us for the Wednesday Wire! See you next week.

Ukraine won’t be intimidated by Russia following a wave of missile strikes on urban populations this week, that is according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Russian strikes targeted the country’s capital Kyiv, as well as in other civilian centres, in what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls ‘retaliation’ for an explosion over the weekend that damaged the Kerch Strait Bridge between Russia and Crimea.

To discuss these recent escalations, Emilia Sullivan spoke to Professor Robert Patman from the University of Otago.

The government has released its consultation document on He Waka Eke Noa, the system of farmgate pricing that has been in the works for almost three years. However, not everyone is pleased with the government’s announcement.

Starting in 2025, farmers will start to pay a price for their methane emissions. Consultation will run until near the end of the year with Cabinet expected to make final decisions in early 2023.

Host Emilia Sullivan first spoke to Christine Rose, lead agriculture campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa, and started by asking her what she made of the government’s decision.

Then News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Federated Farmers Climate Change Spokesperson Andrew Hoggard who says the amendments to He Waka Eke Noa are “unacceptable.”