This week on The Wire our election coverage theme is human issues. 

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Rawan spoke to Karen Chhour about some of the party's policies around removing demographic demographic ministries, easing the burdens on the education system and combatting crime.

For our bi-weekly segment of Get Action! where we speak to campaigners from ActionStation about their causes, Rosetta spoke to Alex Johnston from Common Grace about his campaign Don't Subsidise Pollution.

Rosetta spoke to Peter O'Connor, Professor of Education at the University of Auckland, about the National Party's education policy.

Rawan spoke to Adele gautier from the Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand about a bill to extend free breast cancer screening to women aged up to 74.

Rosetta spoke to University of Canterbury professor Jeanette King about her research in Te Reo Māori words known but not always understood.

Finally, Rawan spoke to Minister for Fisheries and Oceans Rachel Brooking about the proposal to ban bottom trawling from 80% of the Hauraki Gulf.