Lucinda Bennett brings us the infamous Girl Dinner rhetoric, otherwise known as guilty pleasures, picky dinner, or as one listener suggests, 'Bad Dad Dinner'. Whakarongo mai nei!
The government recently announced a partnership with BlackRock, an American multinational investment company. BlackRock will invest two billion dollars into green energy, aiming to achieve one hundred percent renewable energy.
Olivia spoke to Climate Justice Taranaki researcher, Catherine Cheung, about their concerns with this deal and possible alternatives.
Concerns have been raised that Aotearoa’s social welfare system has problematic aspects that contribute to hardship, such as the continuation of repayable grants that are taken from people’s benefit, which advocates say are already too low.
Olivia spoke to Auckland Law School’s Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Equity, Hanna Wilberg, about the issues with our current system and where people can go for help.
News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Labour’s Andrew Little about New Zealand’s first National Security Strategy, the proposed Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill, and reports that complaints of migrant exploitation have increased under Labour.
For City Counselling, councillor for Waitākere Shane Henderson spoke about the State of the City Report comparing Auckland to nine other cities globally and the government's plans for 19 new marine protection areas for the Hauraki Gulf.
World Vision Advocacy Campaigns and Communications Manager Morgan Theakston discussed the government's proposed legislation to address modern slavery and supply chain exploitation.
Producer Olivia talked to Climate Justice Taranaki researcher, Catherine Cheung, about the recently announced BlackRock green energy investment deal.
She also spoke to Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Equity at the University of Auckland Law School, Hanna Wilberg, about issues with our social welfare system.
For their regular catch up News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Labour’s Andrew Little about New Zealand’s first National Security Strategy to address new security threats facing Aotearoa, criticism of the proposed Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill, and reports that complaints of migrant exploitation have increased sixfold under Labour.
Last week the government announced it was working on legislation to address modern slavery.
World Vision and Tearfund previously put out an open letter to the government calling for this.
For Get Action! News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to World Vision Advocacy Campaigns and Communications Manager Morgan Theakston about the government's proposed legislation and why it is important to address supply chain exploitation.
This week on City Counselling News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to councillor for Waitākere Shane Henderson about a recently released 'state of the city' report comparing Auckland to nine cities globally.
She also asked him about the government's plans for 19 new marine protection areas for the Hauraki Gulf, which would nearly triple the area currently covered.
A fun selection of music today... Sam delves into some deep house from Butter Sessions' 2016 compilation Domestic Documents Vol. 1 - a lucky find from Real Groovy! As well as some Dunedin Sound, with Fazed on a Pony - who played a lovely show on Saturday at Whammy Backroom. See you all next week!
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