Weekly Catchup w/ The Green Party's Ricardo Menendez March: 23 April, 2025

Last week, health minister Simeon Brown announced the government’s infrastructure plan for rebuilding hospitals.

The plan involves a $20 billion investment into hospitals across the motu, which Simeon Brown has said will upgrade emergency departments and will improve delivery timeframes.

In that same week, the government’s recent defence capability plan, which involved a $12 billion increase in funding to the New Zealand Defence Force, downgraded climate change as a priority for the NZDF

And, earlier this week, Primate Minister Christopher Luxon announced that New Zealand would be extending its military assistance to Ukraine until 2026.

For their weekly catchup with the Green Party, Oto spoke to Greens MP Ricardo Menendez-March for the party’s take on all of these issues.