Jim White spoke to Jonny about the self-titled debut album from The Hard Quartet, released last Friday as well as how the supergroup formed and an exciting tour planned for next year. Whakarongo mai nei ~
A total of 149 projects have been selected for fast tracking through the government's new Fast-track Approvals Bill.
There’s a variety of projects on the list, in sectors including farming, infrastructure, energy, and mining.
The bill has been contentious since its introduction, with many concerns surrounding its potential effects on the environment. 19 projects on the list are mining related, with many of them successfully opposed in the past by environmental agencies, and even the supreme court.
For their weekly catch up Producer Evie spoke to the ACT Party’s Simon Court about the newly unveiled list, and why some of these projects have been included on it.
They also talked about emails to David Seymours office that were revealed by Newsroom last week, showing the party leader was invited to King Tuheitias Koroneihana earlier this year, despite repeated claims he did not receive an invite.
A total of 149 projects have been selected for fast tracking through the government's new Fast-track Approvals Bill.
There’s a variety of projects on the list, in sectors including farming, infrastructure, energy, and mining.
The fast track approvals bill went through public consultation without a public release of the list of projects.
This meant the public didn’t have specific details when submitting on the bill.
Now the 149 projects on the list have been revealed, a number of environmental concerns have arisen over projects that were successfully opposed in the past.
Forest and Birds Richard Capie calls this an assault on Aotearoa’s democracy.
Producer Evie spoke to Capie about the list of projects and Forest and Birds concerns around them.
For our weekly catchup with the ACT Party's Simon Court, Producer Evie spoke to Court about the list of Fast Track Approval Bill projects being unveiled, and the revelation by Newsroom that emails show ACT Party Leader, David Seymour, was invited to Kiingi Tuheitia's koroneihana, despite repeated claims he did not receive an invite.
Evie also spoke to the Group Manager Conservation Advocacy and Communications of Forest and Bird, Richard Capie, about the Fast Track Approvals Bill going through public consultation without a public release of the list of projects entailed in the bill.
News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to the Chief Executive and Principal Economist at Infometrics, Brad Olsen, about Stats NZ findings showing young New Zealanders are struggling to enter the job market.
and Joel spoke to the Workplace Services Development Lead at InsideOUT Kōaro, Rosie Leadbitter, about data from rainbow communties in the country being inplimented in the 2023 Census for the first time.
Recently, Stats NZ released their findings for August 2024s employment indicators.
The statistics show that younger New Zealanders, between the ages of 15 - 30, are struggling to get into the job market, as employers continuously choose those from older age demographics.
News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Chief Executive and Principal Economist at Infometrics, Brad Olsen, about these findings, and why it is so difficult for young people to enter the job market here in Aotearoa.
The data of New Zealand's rainbow community has, for the first time, been incorporated as a part of the country’s 2023 Census.
This is a huge win for the country’s LGBTQIA+ community, as queer people have been advocating for decades for their inclusion in Census data, which would in turn help aid in better resourcing for the country's rainbow community.
News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to the Workplace Services Development Lead at InsideOUT Kōaro, a queer national charity group, Rosie Leadbitter, about the data, and what this means for New Zealand’s queer population moving forward.
Featuring That's The Spirit with Peter Lineham and a guest interview with mentor Rei and student Uta ahead of the Play It Strange award ceremony happening next week. Whakarongo mai nei!
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