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Rosetta and Milly catch up with Maddy Hakaraia De Young, festival director at Māoriland Film Festival - which kicks off next wiki in Ōtaki! Whakarongo mai nei.

As the US and Israel’s war on Iran continues, Iran has continued to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, blocking a fifth of the world’s oil trade. As oil supplies shrink and demand increases, prices have jumped across the world, including in Aotearoa. With fuel prices rising amidst a cost of living crisis, questions have been raised as to what the government has done to reduce prices for New Zealanders. 

This week has seen two groups, Lawyers for Climate Action and the Environmental Law Initiative taking the government to court over what they claim is an unlawful policy for tackling climate change. As the government continues to promote tree planting as a way to offset emissions, opponents say we should instead focus on emissions reductions.

Finally, this past week has also seen the report released from the second phase of the government’s COVID 19 inquiry, to strong responses from most of parliament. While the report’s findings were mostly balanced, with a mix of praise and critique for the government of the time, many politicians have seized it as fuel for their party’s agenda on the COVID response. 

For our weekly catchup with the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez March, News Director Castor asked him about each of these issues, beginning with cost of living.

Christian joins Rosetta and Milly for a very exciting This Is How We Brew It: live at the Tuesday Club for 95bFM Breakfast Club! They chat about the latest Papa New Guinea Kindeng single origin and all the excitement happening at 42 Airedale Street this morning. Whakarongo mai nei!

Thanks to eighthirty coffee roasters!

Last week, amid negotiations between the Public Service Commission and the NZEI Te Riu Roa union over pay for primary school teachers, the government moved to offer pay rises to primary school teachers on individual agreements. The move has been criticised by the union as undermining negotiations, but the government has defended the move as simply offering those teachers what the union has already turned down.

Last week also saw the release of Phase two of the Royal Comission Inquiry into the COVID-19 response. The results were, by and large, positive towards the response, but with key points of debate still remaining.

This week, Wire Host Alex spoke to National MP Ryan Hamilton about all of these topics, beginning by discussing the pay offer for Primary School Teachers.