After a month or so hiatus, we return to our NZ First segment, this week speaking again with Tracey Martin, Minister of Internal Affairs and Associate Minister of Education. This morning we touched on the inquiry into the State Services Commission appointment of the deputy police commissioner Wally Haumaha, and also talked about NZ First at 25.
Jenny Marcroft, Ngāpuhi, is a list member for NZ First. Today we spoke about what’s happening with iwi radio stations. Lillian Hanly started by asking how her weeks been and why she’s been visiting different iwi radio stations around the motu
We caught up with Jenny before she was heading into a select committee meeting regarding charter schools. I started by asking her how Kingi Taurua’s tangi was up north.
Tracey Martin has been in the UK checking out what is working, and isn't working, in terms of children in care and what NZ might be able to take away from that. She chats with Lillian about this, and spends some time defending the Waka Jumping bill.
This morning Lillian Hanly spoke with Tracey Martin about oil drilling and Tracey’s old member’s bill to ensure correct titling in the teacher profession. Tracey was calling from Blenheim so Lillian started by asking how the city was this morning.
Lillian Hanly talks to Tracey Martin about the 30 Year Vision programme that’s been launched, which asks everyone what they want education to look like for the next 30 years, and about the more than 6000 children in state care right now.