Four-year terms, the High Court challenge against the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, and potential changes to lived experience-focused Ministries w/ Labour’s Shanan Halbert: 28 August, 2025

A select committee report has recommended going ahead with a referendum on four-year Parliament terms.

Māori health providers have brought a case to the High Court asking for a declaration of inconsistency between the Government's disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

And the Public Service Commissioner, Sir Brian Roche, is currently considering a “major shakeup” of several ministries, including those for Women, Pacific Peoples, Disabled People, and Māori Development.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, regular Wire Host Caeden spoke to Shanan Halbert about all of these topics.