This week on the Wednesday Wire...

For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Wire host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Green Party's drinking, swimming and fishing policy released this week.

News Director Castor spoke to Professor of Sociology Francis Collins about the politics behind anti-immigrant sentiment. 

Producer Toby spoke to the ecologist Dr. Dianne Brunton about the threat that a particularly virulent strain of avian influenza poses to New Zealand’s birds.

And Producer Theo spoke to the University of Auckland’s Associate Professor Stephen Winter, on the implications of the recent passing of the Redress System for Abuse in Care Act.