The Wire with India: Tuesday 19th September

On today's show, we speak to Marama Fox from the Maori Party and Geoff Simmons from The Opportunities Party about livability issues in New Zealand.

On the Green Desk this week, Lilly Peacocke talks to Dr Ian Horner who is involved in a project to rescue Kauri from dieback disease in Northland.

We speak to Esther Woodbury from the Disabled Persons Assembly about the disability policy ahead of the election

We talk about policy surrounding family violence with the chief executive of Women’s Refuge, Dr Ang Jury, and then we hear from Jackie Clark, who runs the support and advocacy organisation The Aunties.

Finally we hear from SOUL, the advocacy group protesting development on Ihumātao, is calling on the government to heed the UN’s advice before going any further.