The Green Party's James Shaw: May 4th, 2020
The Green Party's James Shaw: May 4th, 2020
The Green Party's James Shaw: May 4th, 2020Monday, May 4, 2020
This week, Sherry Zhang has her weekly chat with Green Party co-leader James Shaw on the recent changes to fast track the resource consent process, and the concerns that this may result in a lack of public, community and iwi consultation with new projects.
James also responds to the criticisms brought up by the Human Rights Commission on the lack of consultation with Maori from the goverment in regards to the COVID-19 response, in fulfilling their partnership relationship as established by The treaty of Waitangi. We also speak on the rise in reports of racism to the Human Rights Commision.