The Monday Wire w/ Sara: 18 August, 2025

For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party, Producer Castor spoke to MP Simon Court about Green Party co-leader, Chlöe Swarbrick, being kicked out of Parliament for her speech on Palestine, and te reo Māori being discontinued in the ‘Ready to Read: Phonic Plus series’.
Thursday Wire Host Caeden spoke to Margaret Mutu - a professor in Māori Studies at the University of Auckland, about the discontinuation of the ‘Ready to Read: Phonic Plus’ series, and the positives of tamariki being raised with both te reo Māori and English knowledge.
And Caeden spoke to the co-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, Maher Nazzel, on Chlöe Swarbrick being kicked out of Parliament for her speech on Palestine, and the need for Aotearoa to take action for Palestine.

Alex spoke to the University of Auckland’s Marcelo Rodriquez Ferrere about the Greyhound Racing Association’s turn to the High Court to halt the Government’s ban on the industry until a Judicial review of the legislation, and whether the Association’s objections to the ban hold weight.
He also spoke to Co-Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa John Minto about a recent Survey poll published by the PSNA that showed a majority of the public support the government applying sanctions on Israel, and how the Government should react