Green Party votes to use Waka Jumping Legislation, Gore District becoming a site of cultural significance and UOA’s compulsory Te Tiriti o Waitangi paper w/ The ACT Party’s Simon Court: 21 October, 2024

Last week the Green Party unanimously agreed to use the Waka Jumping legislation to remove former Green MP Darleen Tana from parliament. 

The party has historically been against the legislation, with a long-standing history of opposing waka-jumping laws and their use. 

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party’s Simon Court, Producer Evie asked what the ACT party’s views on this decision were, considering the ACT Party was the last to use the legislation in 2003, removing Donna Awatere Huata who was accused of fraud. 

They also discuss Gore district council’s plan to designate the entire region as a site of cultural significance, which the ACT party strongly opposes, calling it a ‘land grab.’ 

And finally, they talk about the University of Auckland introducing a compulsory course focused around Te Tiriti o Waitangi for all students - which the ACT party has been vocally opposing.