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This week on the Tuesday Wire... 

For Dear Science this week, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about cooking an egg perfectly, how fear works in the brain, and which gender tends to talk more. 

In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire host Castor spoke to MP Tom Rutherford about the government’s commitment to Te Tiriti in light of Waitangi day last week. 

News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to the Kaiwhakahaere of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Kerri Nuku (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki) yesterday, about the organisations urgent calls for more Māori nurses in the country’s workforce.

Producer Athena spoke to Associate Professor at UoA, Dr Kelly Burrowes about gender inequity in healthcare and research.

Sof spoke to Sharon Van Etten (USA) about her latest record, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory. They spoke about Van Etten working in full collaboration with her long-time band for the first time, the heavy themes of the album, and who to listen to when you want emotional solidarity. 

Jonny chats to Dr Bryan Ruddy of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute about his work with healthcare robots, and how his involvement BattleBots bootstarted his research into making motors, and robots, more effective. Thanks to Waiapapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland!

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Last Thursday marked Waitangi day, with thousands coming together to mark the occasion at the treaty grounds themselves - including a number of politicians. 

This year however, in the midst of the Treaty Principles Bill debate, ACT leader David Seymour was asked by his own hapu Ngāti Rēhia not to attend Waitangi. He ignored this request and chose to attend with his party anyway. 

During his speech at Waitangi, in an act of protest many onlookers turned their backs, and his microphone was taken multiple times. 

For our weekly catch up, Producer Evie spoke to the ACT party’s Simon Court about the proceedings at Waitangi.

They also discussed the latest unemployment figures - which continue to steadily rise, putting us in the worst place since 2020. As well as unpacking the government’s latest emissions reduction plan and how achievable it really is. 

The latest unemployment figures were released last week, and now stand at 5.1% - this is the highest since September of 2020, and a number that has been steadily rising since 2022. 

Economist and Policy Director at The New Zealand Council of Trade Union’s Craig Renney says that there are much more complex and worrying numbers behind this number of 5%. 

Producer Evie spoke to Renney about why our unemployment numbers continue to rise, how the government can help people get back into work and whether we’re going to see an ease in these numbers anytime soon.