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Our weekly catch-up with Deputy Leader of the opposition, Carmel Sepuloni, every Thursday on The Wire.

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Labour's Andrew Little: 3rd September 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: 3rd September 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: 3rd September 2020, 25.91 MB
Thu 3 Sep 2020

Justin discussed with Justice Minister Andrew Little on a Council of Trade Unions petition calling for more paid sick leave, recent cyber attacks, and the sentencing of the Christchurch terrorist.

Labour's Andrew Little: August 27th 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: August 27th 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: August 27th 2020, 20.66 MB
Thu 27 Aug 2020

Justin talked to Justice Minister Andrew Little about border testing, the Children's Commissioner's proposal to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and changes to financial and campaigning restrictions on the referendums.

Labour's Grant Robertson: 20th August 2020

 Labour's Grant Robertson: 20th August 2020 Labour's Grant Robertson: 20th August 2020, 26.34 MB
Thu 20 Aug 2020

Justin spoke to Finance Minister Grant Robertson on the election delay, border testing, extending wage subsidy, and his charity Monopoly game with Naitonal’s finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith.

Labour's Grant Robertson: 13th August 2020

 Labour's Grant Robertson: 13th August 2020 Labour's Grant Robertson: 13th August 2020, 15.63 MB
Thu 13 Aug 2020

Justin spoke to Finance Minister Grant Robertson because Justice Minister Andrew Little was unavailable.  They discussed extending the wage subsidy, testing in Auckland, and National leader Judith Collins and deputy leader Gerry Brownlee's recent comments around delaying the election and alledged the government withheld information on community transmission.

Labour's Andrew Little: 30th July 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: 30th July 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: 30th July 2020, 26.52 MB
Thu 30 Jul 2020

Justin spoke to Justice Minister Andrew Little about the concerns of returning New Zealanders on charging for managed isolation, the banking sector implementing living wage to its lowest-paid contractors, proposed laws to protect migrant workers, and how the extradition process works even without a treaty.

Labour's Andrew Little: July 23rd 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: July 23rd 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: July 23rd 2020, 28.37 MB
Thu 23 Jul 2020

Justin spoke to Justice Minister Andrew Little about parliament's working culture, the situation on managed isolation, the progress on treaty settlement with Te Whakatotea iwi, and guidelines on advertising for the upcoming referendums.

Labour's Andrew Little: July 9 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: July 9 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: July 9 2020, 24.52 MB
Thu 9 Jul 2020

This week, Mary-Margaret and Andrew discussed the proposed rewriting of the Official Information Act, the extension of the role of Children’s Commissioner to monitor the treatment of children in secure detention centres, and whether or not advocacy by an American lobby group is ‘interference in another country's electoral process'.

Labour's Andrew Little: July 2, 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: July 2, 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: July 2, 2020, 19.17 MB
Thu 2 Jul 2020

Mary-Margaret speaks to the Justice Minister about yesterday’s opening of the New Zealand Criminal Cases Review Commission, and the restoration of the right to legal representation in the family court. They also have a more holistic discussion about making the justice system less 'homogenous', as Andrew describes it.

Labour's Andrew Little: 25 June 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: 25 June 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: 25 June 2020, 29.65 MB
Thu 25 Jun 2020

Justin talked to Justice Minister Andrew Little on COvid-19 quarantine and testing, Sexual Violence Legislation, cybersecurity, and the prisoner voting rights bill's third reading in Parliament.

Labour's Andrew Little: June 18, 2020

 Labour's Andrew Little: June 18, 2020 Labour's Andrew Little: June 18, 2020, 11.08 MB
Thu 18 Jun 2020

As Minister for Treaty Negotiations, Andrew Little is nearing a redress deed with Ngā Iwi o Taranaki, the eight iwi whose maunga is Taranaki. Mary-Margaret asks what the Minister has learnt from listening to Ngā Iwi o Taranaki over the last couple of years. They also discuss the lack of implementation by this government of changes that Māori justice advocates say are essential for fixing a broken justice system.