Thursday Wire w/ Caeden: 5 October 2023

For our weekly catch-up Caeden chats to Minister Andrew Little about Labour’s fair pay announcement for the defence force.

They also ask about an RNZ article claiming MBIE has expanded their intelligence wing, and where the government’s fear around mass migration has come from.

Caeden also speaks to Greens MP Chloe Swarbrick about alcohol harm reduction.

And former Co-Director of Make it 16 Sanat Singh about voter turn out for young people and lowering the voting age.

Beth speaks to Counsellor for Waitakere Shane Henderson for our weekly City Counselling segment about Auckland Council’s desire to increase police presence in the city centre.

She also speaks to Christina Howe from Grandparents Raising Grandchildren about Tick 4 Kids’ new scorecard, a survey that asks political parties which policy solutions surrounding care and protection they will implement if elected.