The Special General Meeting, WFH Arrangements and Child Poverty Investment w/ the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez-March: 18 September, 2024

On the 17th of October, the Green party will be holding a Special General Meeting to discuss whether or not to use the Waka-Jumping Legislation to oust former MP Darleen Tana from Parliament, after a party-led investigation found that Tana had been involved in incidents of migrant worker exploitation at her husband’s business. 

The announcement comes a week after Justice David Johnstone ruled out a high court bid by Tana attempting to call off a previous meeting by the Greens and alleging that her eviction from the party, and investigation into her migrant worker exploitation allegations, were unlawful.

For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March about the upcoming Special General Meeting and the party’s current standpoint on using the Waka jumping legislation to evict Darleen Tana from Parliament.

They also had a Kōrero about Minister of Finance Nicola Willis clamping down on work from home arrangements in the public sector, as well as Minister for Social Development Louise Upston rejecting suggestions for a $3 billion investment to fix child poverty.