Kia ora, and welcome to The Wire for Rāpare Thursday!

On today's show:

A special report covering yesterday's Auckland University staff strike and march through campus.

Spike speaks to Dr. Tim Welch about the downsides of the Auckland Light Rail plan, and Dr. Richard Arnold about the 2023 census.

Simon speaks to Shane Henderson for City Counselling about how communities out west are dealing with the aftermath of extreme weather and the upcoming Council budget, and Professor Nathan Consedine about using compassion as a KPI in the healthcare industry.

Yesterday University of Auckland staff went on strike, fighting for better conditions and wages as workers, as negotiations between unions and the University remain deadlocked. Spike spoke to marchers to get their perspective and what they're asking of university management.

Rachel speaks to Lara Greaves about climate change discourse, water infrastructure and TEU strikes.

Rachel speaks to Murdoch Stephens, author of Rat King Landlord, about the Renter’s United edition being released soon. 

Welcome to the Thursday show! On Political Commentary, Rachel speaks to Lara Greaves about climate change discourse, water infrastructure and TEU strikes. Murdoch Stephens, author of Rat King Landlord, chats to Rachel about a Renter's United edition. Oscar from Soaked Oats dials in to talk about the newly released video for Pink Beach, and Fi of morris st network chats about their compilation felt cute, might delete. Whakarongo mai!

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.' 

Simon speaks with Auckland University Professor Nathan Consedine who is hoping to use compassion as a KPI in the healthcare industry.

Spike speaks to Dr. Tim Welch about Auckland Light Rail, the current downsides to the current planned approach for the project, and the benefits of surface light rail. 

Simon speaks to Councillor Shane Henderson about the damage to the communities on the west coast as well as why he described the upcoming Auckland City Budget as the most important in 10 years. 

Spike speaks to Dr. Richard Arnold on the soon approaching 2023 census, the challenges facing it and what to learn from 2018's low census participation result.