The Tuesday Wire. Host: Noelle Mc Carthy Producer: Jen Craddock

12:00 - b News with Simon. Weather and surf.

12:15 / 12:30 - Susan Saint John and Muriel Newman. Senior Economics Lecturer Susan St John and Act's Social Welfare Spokesperson Muriel Newman discuss poverty and the welfare state.

1:00 - Green Desk. Bunny McDiarmid from Greenpeace talks about bottom trawling and the protest in Nelson.

1:15 - Domestic Violence Women's refuge spokesperson on why so many women are dying as a result of domestic violence.

1:45 - Magazine review with Monica Dwyer.