Regulating NZ's export of military products w/ Golriz Ghaharaman: October 22, 2021

This morning, Ilena talked to Golriz Ghahraman, the Green Party spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, on the need to urgently introduce legislation to better regulate the export of military products that could be used to breach human rights in other countries. 

At the beginning of this year, it was discovered by journalists that Air New Zealand staff helped maintain and run vessels from the Royal Saudi Navy while they were enforcing the blockade of Yemen. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had signed off on the export of military-use equipment in Saudi Arabia.

The report from a recent independent review by MPs has a number of recommendations to hold companies and exporters to account. 

Golriz talks about why better regulation is needed and what recommendations are in the report.