As of last night, all of New Zealand entered an Alert Level 4 Lockdown, due to one community case that has now been confirmed to have the Delta variant. New Zealand is now being told to stay in their bubble, stay safe and to act as though they already have COVID-19 to reduce the spread of the virus.
As well as this, Jacinda Ardern announced last night that all vaccinations will be paused for 48 hours to allow them to be undertaken safely.
So today, Zazi spoke to ACT Party’s Brooke van Velden to hear her thoughts on New Zealand’s Alert Level 4 Lockdown, as well as talk to her about the vaccinations being paused for 48 hours.
This week Zazi and Brooke have their regular chat, talking about the lights going out in Waikato earlier this week and the Government's recently proposed Hate Speech laws against incitement, hatred and discrimination.
Zazi starts off by asking Brooke about the power outage in Waikato. She asks Brooke about the ACT party's reaction to it, New Zealand's current sources that are used to generate electricity and whether this power outage should start another conversation about reducing our use of, or better distributing, electricity.
Brooke and Zazi then briefly speak on the recently proposed Hate Speech laws, discussing the ACT party's submission and whether Brooke believes that there is a way we can protect free speech and address Hate speech at the same time.
This week Zazi spoke to Brooke about the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill and the Auckland cycle bridge.
On the 30th of July, the Government announced The Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill, following through with Labour's election promise to ban gay conversion therapy. To begin with, Brooke spoke about the Party’s stance on this bill, why they have hesitations, and what they would like the next step to be in terms of developing the bill further.
In the second half, Zazi and Brooke talk about the Auckland cycle bridge, its Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR), and whether Brooke believes that catering to cyclists is important.
This week Zazi talks to Brooke about the Te Hurihanganui Professional Development Programme for Educators, and how the ACT party believes there is a 'white privilege agenda' behind it.
In the second half, Zazi and Brooke discuss the Government spending more than $250,000 polling United Against Covid-19 branding and campaign.
This week Zazi talks to Brooke about Paul Goulter's appoitnment and the Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF).
Zazi starts by asking Brooke why the ACT party has an issue with Paul Goulter being appointed as one of the new directors on the Air New Zealand board. She brings up Grant Robertson, Labour's relationship with unionists, and Paul Goulter's merits.
Brooke then covers ACT's stance on why the party has concerns over the government funding news outlets and journalism.
Today on the Wire, Zazi talks to the ACT party's Brooke van Velden about a Government funded rehabiliation programme and Brooke's thoughts on its association to the Mongrel Mob.
Brooke then goes on to talk about the Jobs for Nature programme, and the ACT party's current concerns with the amount of money it has spent.
This week James talks to Brooke about the COVID-19 case from Australia, the newe Hauraki Gulf fishing reserves & small businesses during COVID-19.
When James talked to Brooke, it was yet to be announced that Wellington would be heading to level 2, however they talked about what potential outcoems there could be.
James asks about ACT's stance on fishing reserves and their opposition to customary rights for Māori to fish in these resereves.
Brooke covers ACT's stance on how GDP is currently going in New Zelaand and how small businesses are being impacted.
This week in their weekly catch up, James and Brooke talk about EV's and siginificant natural areas.
Recent the governement has announced a discount on EV's, as well as a new fees on non-electric cars. ACT has opposed this move, due to the impact it will have on farmers and large families.
James and Brooke then talk about siginificant natural areas, which will potentially face changes as councils are currently able to take siginigcant natural areas for conservation purposes. ACT has raised concerns over the power which is given to council to take land.
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