The United Nations' highest court, the International Court of Justice, recently issued an advisory opinion saying that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories was illegal, that Israel needed to dismantle its settlements and pay reparations to the Palestinians and that all ICJ member states should cooperate to bring an end to Israel’s occupation.
Oto spoke to John Minto, chairman of Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, to discuss the ICJ ruling, as well as New Zealand’s responsibilities as a member state.
For their regular catch-up, Oto speak to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March about the party’s executive summary of the independent investigation into former MP Darleen Tana.
He spoke to Peter Reynolds, CEO of the New Zealand Disability Support Network to discuss staffing shortages in disability care in wake of the Disability Commissioners report on abuse in disabled care.
He spoke to Edward Elder, Professional Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland, to discuss the US general elections and the role of party branding in the potential outcome.
And he spoke to John Minto from Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa to discuss the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Sasha spoke to Gehan Gunasakera from the University of Auckland about last week’s Global IT outage and the data sovereignty implications that should be expected of tech companies.
And he spoke to Juressa Lee from Greenpeace about a recent study which confirms production of oxygen on the ocean floor from metallic nodules and the importance of ending sea mining.
On Wednesday the 17th of July, the government opened submissions on the second Emissions Reduction Plan.
The Emissions Reduction Plan outlines the steps the government intends to take to meet its emission budgets.
This second Emissions Reduction Plan will lay out the government’s climate plans from 2026-2030.
The plan includes initiatives such as setting a target of 10,000 electric vehicle chargers by 2030, investigating carbon capture and storage, and improving organic waste and landfill gas capture.
However, the draft has received criticism from climate experts for not being ambitious enough in it’s initiatives to reduce emissions.
Producer Josef spoke with Ralph Sims, Professor Emeritus of Sustainable Energy and Climate Mitigation at Massey University, about the draft plan and how he thinks the plan will impact Aotearoa’s emissions reduction efforts.
For more information on the plan and to have your say, you can go to consult.environment.govt.nz, submissions close on the 21st August 2024.
The final report from the abuse in state care inquiry is due to be published on July 24th at 4pm. The report will discuss historic and present issues of abuse in state care, particularly how it affects marginalised groups such as Māori, Pasifika, and disabled children and young people. The report will then provide a recommendation to parliament on potential policy or funding changes.
Additionally, last week, associate Health Minister and minister in charge of Pharmac, David Seymour, issued new instructions regarding the organisation’s focus. Particularly notable in the instructions were discussions of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, with Seymour
In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire host Castor spoke to MP Katie Nimon about the abuse in state care inquiry and the government's advice to Pharmac.
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