Weekly Catchup w/ The Green Party's Ricardo Menendez-March: 6 November, 2024

A recent document obtained under the official information act has revealed that minister for Child Poverty, Louise Upston, is calling for a statutory review of New Zealand’s current 10-year child poverty reduction targets.

In the document, Upston says that New Zealand’s current child poverty reduction goals are “unattainable” and called for investment into those targets to be reduced within the current timeframe.

The review will then be sent to minister of Finance, Nicola Wilis, who will have the final say on the fate of Aotearoa’s child poverty reduction goals.

For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March to discuss the party’s take on Louise Upston’s decision to reduce child poverty reduction targets. 

They also talked about the new charter for recreational hunting and fishing, introduced by minister for Hunting and Fishing Todd McClay, as well as the Green Party’s calls to ban bottom trawling.