Penelope Noir talks about Beka Gvishiani, AKA Style Not Com, and his breakout at Fashion Week. Whakarongo mai nei!

This week on The Wire we are continuing with our election coverage, where we speak to politicians, academics, activists, experts, and more about different policy areas leading up to the election. This week we are focusing on housing. 

Rawan spoke with ACT MP Simon Court about the party’s housing policies, including their council housing incentives, their building act reforms, and their plan to scrap the Resource Management Act.

She spoke with University of Auckland Professor of Economics Susan St John about what this election could mean for low-income households.

She also spoke with Associate Professor of Criminology Alice Mills on her research looking at housing support for ex-prisoners.

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Stop the Space Waste organiser Sam Murphy and Aerospace New Zealand President Mark Rocket, about the aerospace industry in Aotearoa.

Professor Peter Lineham talks about the Golden Dawn in Havelock North.

Suri reviews Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, a book from Malcolm Harris on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

A University of Canterbury research team has been working with Tuahiwi whānau, including local kaumātua (elder), on turning five Tuahiwi-based stories into children’s picture books.

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Senior Lecturer in Māori education at the University of Waikato, Jennifer Smith (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi), about their kaupapa

Frances speaks to 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. Whakarongo mai nei!

Def Jim is in pretty relaxed mode this week and offers a mix of new stuff and old favourites.

This week's show featured new music from Slowdive, Jeff Rosenstock, Sampha, Jalen Ngonda and more.

E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today!

Liam will be having a live chat with Josh Liddell-Trotter about Mongoose the Musical 

And Joe will be speaking with Deborah and Lulu from Our Jurisdiction about their upcoming show at Basement Theatre. 

Liam will also be having a chat to Ramon and Koko about the Action Education poetry competition

 And, to round off the show, we will take you through the art guide for Tāmaki Makarau this week.