Workers at the Opal Kiwi Packaging plant in Auckland are currently on strike.

They want a fair wage so they don’t have to work excess amounts of overtime to just get by.

Antarctica New Zealand has recently deployed new underwater robots to document the bottom of the ross sea. 

The new robots conduct “speed-sampling” , a new style of sampling allowing quick capturing of areas regular divers cannot receive. 

These robots are being deployed in efforts to understand as much of the ross sea as possible, before the changing climate makes that task impossible. 

Liam had a kōrero with MIles Lamar, an investigator on the Antarctica New Zealand programme, about the robot and the climate.

Tuva’a’s weekly catch-up with the honourable Andrew Little, from the Labour Party- this week they speak about the class action lawsuit from College of Midwives against the Ministry of Health.

Tuva’a’s weekly catch-up with the honourable Andrew Little, from the Labour Party- this week they speak about the class action lawsuit from College of Midwives against the Ministry of Health.

 Stella speaks with Dr Jagadish Thaker, a senior lecturer from the University of Auckland about a new study from the University of Cambridge that offers a strategy for combating misinformation online using inoculation theory.

145 workers at the Kawerau factory that manufactures Purex toilet paper have been locked out for three weeks after their strike and rejection of a three percent pay rise. Today, Stella spoke to John Crocker, secretary of Unite Union, about the dynamics of lockouts, and the unusual aspects of this particular case. 

Welcome back to the Thursday Wire!

Stella speaks to John Crocker, the secretary of Unite Union, about the lockout of union workers in the Kawerau Purex factory.

Tuva’a has his regular catch-up with Labour's Andrew Little.

Stella spoke to Dr Jagadish Thaker, senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, about a recent paper published by the University of Cambridge regarding how we can battle misinformation.

Denzel takes over the late morning hours to liven up your Thursdays with an eclectic set of tunes accompanied by some stellar chat and good nostalgic vibrations as he delves into video game soundtrack history to bring everyone’s favorite radio spot ‘video game soundtrack gems.'