Dr Bryce Edwards phones in from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara to chat to Jonny about National MP Andrew Bayley and comments he made during a business visit to Malborough. Whakarongo mai nei.
The Israeli parliament recently passed a law that would ban the United Nations Relief and Works agency, more commonly known as the UNRWA, from operating in Israel and East Jerusalem.
News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Dr Ritesh Shah, about this ruling, and what this will mean for those relying on the services of the UNRWA amidst the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.
For their regular catch-up, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s visit to Samoa for CHOGM, as well as a new partnership between Germany and New Zealand to combat agriculture emissions and the Green party’s call to close youth justice residences.
He spoke to Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at Te Kāhui Tika Tangata - The Human Rights Commission, to discuss the government’s recent changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Visa and its impact on Migrant workers in Aotearoa.
And he spoke to Airam Magpantay, a BA Honours student in Politics and International relations at the University of Auckland to talk about the limitations in housing options for Aotearoa’s disabled community.
Sasha spoke to Senior Lecturer Dr Sarosh Mulla, senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning about new carbon calculation techniques within construction and building planning.
Featuring the weekly catchup for all things cinematic with Steve Newall on Flicks'n'That and What's Cooking with saxophonist Nathan Haines ahead of his show at The Powerstation this Rāhoroi. Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
Julian Lubin - Patience & Love
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas
Church - Same Thing
Shooless - Ignorant Bliss
Bard Of Bollox - MR
christoph el' truento - Drip feat. Ladi6
Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela
Van Morrison - You Gotta Make it through the world
Juno Is - Your Character Will Soon Unfold
BIRDPARTY - Motion Safety
Fazerdaze - A Thousand Years
The Lazy Eyes - Fuzz Jam
Oceans Before Me - Carry On The Walk
Repairs - LYLAS
Al Masrieen - Sah
Boncana Maiga - Yala M'le
Jazmine Mary - In A Field
Sci-Clone - 1980 One
Kenny Sterling & Dylan Biscuit - What You Need Feat. JY Lee & Cory Champion
Jonny catches up with leader of the opposition Chris Hipkins MP. Starting off with some questions from listeners, particularly around potential governmental overreach as the coalition government makes changes to regional councillors regarding their ability to reform local legislation. Jonny then talks to Chris about school lunches, the Hauraki Gulf and tobacco law reform.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has recently returned from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, also known as CHOGM, where one of the main topics of discussion was the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on island nations.
While attending CHOGM, Chris Luxon told media and other delegates that he was concerned about rising sea levels and the pollution of water bodies in the Pacific, and that the government was doing “everything they could” to combat climate change and achieve net zero emissions.
Luxon’s attendance at CHOGM and stated commitment to mitigating emissions and sea level rises has been at odds with environmentalists and experts, who’ve said that the government’s domestic climate and industrial policies go directly against the Prime Minister’s statements in Apia, with measures such as the Fast-Track Approvals bill and reinstating of offshore gas exploration preventing New Zealand from achieving net zero emissions and contributing to the very same problems he was discussing.
For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March about Prime Minister Chris Luxon’s visit to Samoa for CHOGM, and his defence of the government’s climate policies.
They also discussed a new partnership between Germany and Aotearoa to combat emissions in the agricultural sector, and the Green party’s call to close Youth Justice residences.
About two weeks ago, the government announced a series of changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa.
Some of the changes included updating the definition of migrant exploitation to specify incidents occuring only under an official employment contract and excluding measures falling under lawful employment terminations.
Immigration minister Erica Stanford has said that the new changes would specify the terms of the visa and reduce the time migrants may be in vulnerable situations, however a number of human rights advocates have disagreed with this reasoning, saying the changes to the visa would reduce support for migrant workers and put more power in the hands of employers.
Oto spoke to Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at Te Kāhui Tika Tangata - The Human Rights Commission, to discuss the recent changes to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visas and how it’ll impact migrant workers.
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