The Wire w/ Caeden: 21 May, 2026

For City Counselling this week, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Councillor Shane Henderson about a new AA members survey on time-of-use charging and Labour Leader Chris Hipkins ‘State of Auckland speech last week. 

And they spoke to Sapna Samant, who is a GP, storyteller, and activist critical of Indian Prime Minister Modi, about his expected visit to New Zealand later this year.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Producer Pranuja spoke with Shanan Halbert about public service cuts, Budget priorities, and changes to NCEA.

She spoke with Associate Dean Sione Taufa about how crypto investment schemes are spreading through trusted Pacific community networks.

She also spoke with Dr Mohsen Mohammadzadeh about the risks of using AI to streamline public sector jobs and services.