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Last week, publicised tensions between Governing coalition members continued to grow as Foreign Minister Winston Peters released emails from Prime MInister Christopher Luxon from immediately after the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran, which seemed to show the Prime Minister considering an explicitly pro-US stance. Since the release of the emails, Luxon has said the emails mischaracterised his position and accused Peters of ‘playing politics’, while Peters has since apologised and chalked the release down to an error. The row has, however, sparked a range of voices commenting on the perceived conflict between the two parties, looking forward to this year's election.

Tensions have also popped up last week between the ACT Party and NZ First, after the two parties traded barbs over each other's immigration policy.

Last week also saw the reveal of proposed changes to Treaty Obligations. The changes would make it so the required level of engagement with Te Tiriti across government decisions would be to ‘take the treaty into account’.

Host Alex spoke with National Party MP Ryan Hamilton about these topics, starting with the released emails.

This week on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta is joined by Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Molecular Medicine & Pathology at Waipapa Taumatarau, Priscila Dauros Singorenko, about her research into whether lower quality menstrual cups harbor more bacteria.

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This week on the Tuesday Wire...

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, speaks with us about AI spotting Pancreatic Cancer, Foetal surgery, and Yellowstone.

For our weekly catchup with the National Party, I spoke with Ryan Hamilton about the emails between Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon released last week, what they mean for growing tensions and instability within the coalition, and proposed changes to Treaty Obligations that would see the Te Tiriti only need to be ‘taken into account’.

For Green World today, Producer Liam spoke with Max Harvey from the University of Otago, who lead a recent research study about the habitat usage of the Hector’s dolphin, about the research that they carried out on dolphin populations in Southland, what they discovered and what it tells us about how we can better look after this dolphin species. 

Liam also spoke to Professor Sally Gaw from the University of Canterbury, about the government’s new rules to reduce the amount of lead in drinking water pipes, what this means for New Zealand and why it was not done sooner. 

And Producer Flo spoke to Doctor Lucy Goodman, researcher at the University of Auckland’s School of Optometry and Vision Science about her study into accessible eye health and potential government funding of eye care.