This week on the Wednesday Wire...

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Civil Defence Payment for disaster victims, the state of the economy, and Waitangi Day.

They then spoke to Professor of General Practice and Primary Care Bruce Arrol, on the changes being made to ADHD diagnosis and access to medical treatments.

Producer Theo spoke with the spokesperson for Ka Lāhui Hawai’i, Healani Sonoda-Pale, on the seventeen-member delegation to Waitangi from Hawai’i, and solidarity between Māori and Kanaka Maoli.

They then spoke to Public Health Medicine Specialist Dr Sainimere Boladuadua on the Pacific shift in global health she and her colleagues have proposed.

For over a decade, the rules regulating diagnoses and treatment options available for those with ADHD have been demanding with high costs and requiring access to specialists with long waitlists.

New changes will now see GPs able to diagnose and prescribe medication to those 18 and up.

To understand what these changes will mean, I spoke to Professor of General Practice and Primary Care at the University of Auckland Dr Bruce Arroll.

New Zealand has declined its's invitation to join US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace after saying it will give due consideration to the invitation. The Co-Convenor of human rights group Justice for Palestine, Samira Zaitoon, has welcomed the move, but has expressed concern over the government's wording around declining the invitation. 

She also talks about what the Board of Peace means for traditional global bodies like the UN, and what New Zealand can do in terms of policy-making on the issue. 

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin chats with us about how light could be used as a painkiller, research on early signs of dementia, and the ‘mental trap’ that leads to indecision.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Rosetta and Milly chat with Lee and Jacqui, two of the organisers behind Merdeka - an epic night of music this Saturday February 7, fundraising to bring activists and academics over from West Papua, for the West Papua Solidarity Forum this March. Whakarongo mai nei!

Oto and Jaycee talked to Club Ruby about their new E.P - Don't Gaslight Me and played 2 hours of Indie Rock, Dream Pop and more by artists from the Asian diaspora.

Senior lecturer in marine science Dr Jenny Hillman joins Rosetta and Milly for a kōrero about her research, testing whether artificial horse mussels made from shell waste can help restore New Zealand’s coasts. Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to the University of Auckland!

Lara chats with Rosetta and Milly for Political Commentary - today covering who will be at Waitangi this weekend, and the Te Pāti Māori court hearing yesterday. Whakarongo mai nei!

Oto and Jaycee chatted with Jade and Hon from Club Ruby to discuss their new E.P - 'Don't Gaslight Me' as well as the music video for 'What My Bones Know' which they shot in Vietnam.

Ata mārie e te whānau! E whai ake nei, coming up on your Rātu Breakfast show with Rosetta and Milly on 95bFM: Political Commentary with Lara Greaves, a kōrero with the organisers of Merdeka fundraiser, and Ready Steady Learn with Dr Jenny Hillman. Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!