Frances speaks to Tairāwhiti Emergency Manager Ben Green about a new flooding report.

A report into the future of local government commissioned by the Minister of Local Government in New Zealand, Nanaia Mahuta, is in its draft and consultation phase. Stella spoke to Penny Hulse, one of the panel members, about it.

Milly speaks to Ellen Rykers from Forest and Bird about this year's Bird of the Year results.

Tuva'a is back with his weekly catch-up with Labour's Andrew Little.

He was barred from running in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election after being imprisoned for corruption and money laundering, however after his charges were nullified, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is back in the same office he occupied from 2003 to 2010.

Lula narrowly won the runoff election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, whose time in office was defined by loosening environmental protections and his mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

To get some more insight into the election, Emilia spoke to Associate Professor Walescka Pino-Ojeda, Director of the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies.

The software engineering industry is in a ‘diversity crisis’, as more and more women are leaving the industry or experiencing high rates of career dissatisfaction. 

The University of Auckland’s Dr Kelly Blincoe was the recipient of the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, and will focus her research on how to retain women in software engineering. 

This week on The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday:

News and Editorial Director Jess Hopkins speaks to David Seymour in our weekly chat with the ACT Party, this week they chat about fair pay agreements and the government’s response to Iran. 

Emilia speaks to Dr Kelly Blincoe about the gender diversity crisis in software engineering

She also speaks to Walescka Pino-Ojeda from the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies about the Brazilian presidential election.

Jess also chats to Massey University’s Dr James Hollings about a new study that found women now make up over half of Aotearoa’s journalism workforce, but have serious concerns about their safety on the job.

And Finally we also have Eurovision with our European correspondent Cameron Adams.

That's us for the Wednesday Wire this week! See you next week

According to a new survey, women now make up over half of Aotearoa’s journalism workforce and are equally represented at all levels in the industry.

However, women journalists also expressed having serious concerns about their safety on the job.

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Massey University Associate Professor and Programme Leader in Journalism, Dr James Hollings about these findings, and the responsibility of organisations to protect their journalists. 

On this week’s installation of Eurovision, Emilia chats with our European correspondent Cameron Adams from Berlin about the war in Ukraine, fossil fuel bans, and more!

Happy November, listeners!

Joel Rindelaub joined Christina over the phone for a spooky Halloween special of Dear Science, discussing zombie ants, being scared to death, and existing in a simulation.

Casper spoke to Dr Shane Reti from the National party for our weekly segment about NCEA pass rates and alcohol law reform.

Christina spoke to Dr Ethan Plaut, a University of Auckland communications lecturer, about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.

Casper also spoke to Darrin Bull from ADHD New Zealand about the barriers preventing people from obtaining an ADHD diagnosis.

He also had a kōrero with animal rights activist Aya Oba from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses about their protest against the Melbourne Cup.