The Wire w/ Alex: 30 June, 2026

This week on the Tuesday Wire...

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin, chats with us about the oldest meteorite crater, peptides and antimicrobial resistance, and great ape laughter.

For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Host Alex speaks with MP Ryan Hamilton about NZ First Leader Winston Peter’s comments on the India Free Trade Agreement and disagreements over the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill

And for Green World today, Producer Liam speaks to Dr Kevin Trenberth, Honorary Academic from the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland, about the extreme heatwaves experience in Europe, the causes and consequences of these extreme weather events, and what we might expect to see in the future.