For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about the consultation process for local board plans and New Zealand First campaigning on scrapping the Independent Māori Statutory Board.

For Politics with Māni Dunlop, they caught up about the Conservation Amendment Bill, the Nelson Tenths Trust bill introduction, and recent polling. 

And they spoke to Dr Antje Deckert, Associate Professor in Criminology at Auckland University of Technology, about the impact tougher penalties for theft would have on women and children.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, News Director Castor spoke with Shanan Halbert about the government’s environmental policy and the Green Party’s tax announcement. 

And Producer Pranuja spoke to Professor Andrew Shelling about a new breast cancer treatment that poses an alternative to chemotherapy.