As home ownership is on a constant decline, the elderly are often left out of the discussion. Though with 8.1% of those above 65 homeless, and a prediction that half of New Zealanders will enter retirement without a home by 2053, the issue is both prevalent and alarming.

Josh Black spoke to Ollie Neas, a journalist who wrote about this in his piece "Where Will You Live When You’re Old?" for North and South, to learn more.

This week on Dear Science, the Tuesday Wire team are joined by Davide Mercadante in studio to talk training snails, computers that can run on light, and protein movement. All very exciting and all right here on Dear Science!

This week on the Tuesday Wire, Milly and Josh are joined in studio by Davide Mercadante for Dear Science, Milly has her weekly catchup with Dr Shane Reti from the National Party about all things housing, Josh conducts a report into elderly people renting in Aotearoa renting, Milly also spoke to Max Harris from the University of Auckland about free Universal Dental Care. All this and more on the Tuesday Wire!

Rosetta is sharing some of her favourite tunes at the moment, old and new, on this sunny Tuesday! Thanks for tuning in.

Writer, director and composer of ÉMILIE, Sophie Lindsay, is in the studio to chat about the show which tells the story of French scientist Émilie Du Châtelet, playing at Auckland’s Q Theatre from 19–23 September 2023. Donate to the show's Boosted campaign here. Whakarongo mai nei!

Annabel speaks to the Deputy Mayor on Isthmus’n That with Desley Simpson about consultation for Māori seats closing on 24 September, tsunami siren testings this weekend and celebrations for Suffrage Day. Whakarongo mai nei!

Frances takes care of Breakfast this Monday morning! Penelope Noir talks about Beka Gvishiani, AKA Style Not Com, and his breakout at Fashion Week on Fashun. Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker, one of the writers that will showcase her new play in a public reading as part of Koanga Festival is chatting about the festival and her play, The Jumpers. Suri reviews Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, a book from Malcolm Harris on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

For our weekly catch up with the ACT party Rawan spoke to MP Simon Court about some of ACT’s policies to battle the housing crisis.

They started off by discussing their incentive for councils to increase the building of residential housing, looking at why it's important and how it will work. This incentive aims to take a 50% GST from the revenue of new residential buildings and give it back to councils.

Simon then discussed ACTs plans to scrap the Resource Management Act, taking out what they believe to be an excess of consents and regulations and focus more on development. He also talked about the reforms they plan to make to the business ACT and how this links into the housing crisis

University of Auckland Professor of Criminology Alice Mills recently conducted a study looking at the state of housing for those leaving prison.

Rawan spoke to Professor Mills about the lack of support that is available and how this can harm the rehabilitation of prisoners and their whanau. This included the strong correlation the study found between the lack of stable housing and prisoners ending up back in prisons. 

They also discussed the impact on Maori and the even more severe lack of support for those communities and what support needs to be developed. 

University of Auckland Professor of economics, Susan St John, recently released an article discussing the state of low income households in the upcoming election.

Rawan spoke to her about her article and research that looked at the In Work Tax Credit (or IWTC) and the areas in which it was failing low income households.

They also discussed the policies that Aotearoa’s two major party’s, Labour and National, have pledged. This included their promise to increase low income households to $50,000 by 2026 as well as Labour’s forgotten promise to review and change the IWTC system