The Wire with India: Tuesday August 29, 2017

On today's Wire we continue the focus on education policy ahead of September's election.

We chat to the deputy leader of The Opportunities Party Geoff Simmons about the member who’s joined him as a co-deputy and their views on the education system.

We speak to the New Zealand Education Institute’s ECE spokesperson Virginia Oakley about the issues facing Early Childhood Education and Rikki Sheterline about Primary Schools.

We speak to language experts about National’s policy to offer a second language to all primary school students, and also the growing demand for English support for speakers of other languages.