Kia Ora, and welcome to The Wire for Rāpare Thursday!

This week on the show, Spike speaks to:

- Andrew Little on ongoing support from NZDF for regions affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, and the recent controversy surrounding public servants and their political neutrality code of conduct

- Associate Professor Kelly Burrowes on health inequities for women in regards to research, clinical trials and disease screening

- and Gresham Bradley from Rainbow New Zealand about Georgina Beyer and her legacy as a campaigner, politician and landmark figure

And Simon speaks to:

- Professor John Morgan about the future of Auckland

- Dr. Ayesha Scott on investing with a gender lens

- and Dr. Ulrich Speidel on his thoughts around the communication outages after Cyclone Gabrielle, and how to make infrastructure more resilient

That's us for the Thursday Wire!