On the Monday wire this week, Jessica Hopkins speaks to Professor Tim Dare, from the University of Auckland about possible ethical issues surrounding vaccine passports and Alicia Hall from Parents for Climate Aotearoa, about climate anxiety and the role parents are playing in climate action. 

Louis Macalister interviews Greenpeace Seabed Mining Campaigner, James Hita about New Zealand abstaining on recent seabed mining vote. Then, Louis speaks to Ngati Wai’s Martin Cleave about new invasive seaweed on Great Barrier Island. Finally Louis talks to UCLA’s Cassie Mogilner Holmes about research on free time and mental wellbeing.