This week on the Wednesday Wire...

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the two Green Party members' bills that were recently drawn and concerns corporate lobbying at the highest levels may be undermining our core democratic processes.

Producer Toby spoke to US history expert Paul Taillon about the Trump administration’s stance on Cuba, and the possibility of military action.

Then Producer Theo spoke to trustee and founder of the Better Public Media Trust, Myles Thomas, on their petition calling for the strengthening of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, instead of the government’s plan to disestablish the authority.

Finally Theo also spoke to Dr Justin Nairn, a plant protection scientist at Scion and the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, about the government’s recent funding boost for wilding pine control.