On the 17th of October, the Green party will be holding a Special General Meeting to discuss whether or not to use the Waka-Jumping Legislation to oust former MP Darleen Tana from Parliament, after a party-led investigation found that Tana had been involved in incidents of migrant worker exploitation at her husband’s business.
The announcement comes a week after Justice David Johnstone ruled out a high court bid by Tana attempting to call off a previous meeting by the Greens and alleging that her eviction from the party, and investigation into her migrant worker exploitation allegations, were unlawful.
For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March about the upcoming Special General Meeting and the party’s current standpoint on using the Waka jumping legislation to evict Darleen Tana from Parliament.
They also had a Kōrero about Minister of Finance Nicola Willis clamping down on work from home arrangements in the public sector, as well as Minister for Social Development Louise Upston rejecting suggestions for a $3 billion investment to fix child poverty.
Earlier this week, ACT leader David Seymour announced that the basic outline of the treaty principles bill, which would be introduced to parliament in November later this year, would include acknowledgements saying that iwi and hapū had specific rights to their lands.
This comes after more than 400 Christian leaders in Aotearoa signed a joint letter condemning the bill and asking MPs to strike it down, as well as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon making an official statement saying that he wouldn't support the bill beyond its first reading.
For our weekly catch up, News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March to discuss the recent changes to the treaty principles bill and whether or not it guaranteed protections for Iwi and Māori.
We also talked about government cutting pay parity agreements for relief teachers at Early Childhood Education Centres, as well as Concerns over Nicole McKee's efforts to reform gun laws
For their regular catch-up, News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, spoke to Green Party Co-Leader, James Shaw, about whether Aotearoa should be calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the Auckland Council voting against having indigenous representation in the form of Māori seats, while just under half of New Zealand’s 78 councils voted to have the indigenous representation.
For our weekly catch-up, News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Green Party Co-leader James Shaw about New Zealand’s response to recent Israel and Hamas attacks and whether the Green Party believes the international community should do more to support Palestine.
And with election day approaching, they also discussed the importance of voting, and why the Green Party believes you should give their vote to them.
For their weekly catch-up, News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Green Party Co-leader James Shaw about recent reports of attacks against political candidates and how the Green party believes we can advance the interests of farming in a climate-crisis world.
Last week Prime Minister Chris Hipkins firmly ruled out implementing a wealth and capital gains tax if they were re-elected, despite current polls showing that Labour will need the support of the Green Party if they wish to form government.
To discuss this decision by the Prime Minister, as well as a discussion about the ruling out of the High Court last week that found that the government must reconsider the decisions they have made on the settings of the Emissions Trading Scheme, producer Emilia Sullivan spoke to the co-leader of the Green Party, James Shaw.
Here at the University over the weekend, the Green Party held their annual general meeting where they revealed their manifesto to voters ahead of this year’s election.
To discuss the meeting and the party’s policy announcements, Emilia Sullivan spoke to Green Party co-leader James Shaw.
Last week the Green Party announced their ‘Pledge to Renters’, a housing policy that would implement rent controls, a landlord register and a rental warrant of fitness, among other things.
Announcing the policy, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson said that in the first 100 days of a new government, the Green Party would implement this housing policy to ensure that “everyone who rents always has a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home".
To discuss the policy, Emilia Sullivan spoke to Green Party co-leader James Shaw
This week the government released a series of options for public consultation on reforming the emissions trading scheme.
The emissions trading scheme is a market run by the government where polluters buy carbon credits to emit, however, a review of the scheme by the Climate Change Commission sez that the current settings of the ETS may ‘threaten’ New Zealand’s climate goals.
To discuss the ETS reforms and the options that are being floated, Emilia Sullivan spoke to Green Party Co-Leader and Climate Change Minister, James Shaw.
The Green Party of Aotearoa announced a range of policies over the weekend, particularly focusing on tax reform. Co-leader of the Greens James Shaw spoke with Simon about these announcements, and also discussed the news that Labour is allowing an Australian mining billionaire to prospect on conservation land. Simon began by asking what the income guarantee is.
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