E whai ake nei, on the Thursday Wire today:

Tuva’a has his regular chat with Health Minister Andrew Little

Liam talked to Mental Health Foundation CEO Shaun Robinson about mental health infrastructure in Aotearoa

They also have a chat with Climate Minister James Shaw about the COP27 Summit

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins speaks to Shaneel Lal about the exclusion of women, disabled people, and queer people from the government’s expansion of hate speech laws. 

And lastly Liam spoke to bFM European Correspondent Cameron Adams about what’s been happening with the war in Ukraine, the UK’s economy, and more.