Kainga Ora, New Zealand’s state housing provider has been subject to deep cuts under the current coalition Government. Current housing demand demonstrates that nationally nearly 30,000 houses are required. However, most developments that were in Kainga Ora’s pipeline have since been cancelled with the most recent cut coming in Whanganui where 138 planned houses have now been cut down to 7.
This comes at the same time as the Government is trying to stimulate a sluggish housing market by offering tax incentives to property owners, lowering interest rates and opening up New Zealand’s housing market to overseas investors. This in the hopes that private developers and the market can cater to high levels of demand.
Producer Sanat talked to Vanessa Cole from the Public Housing futures campaign, a group that is trying to halt the deep cuts that are currently being experienced by Kainga Ora.
The University Advisory Group headed up by Sir Peter Gluckman made more than 60 recommendations to improve the fragmentation, poor governance and funding woes of the university sector. Sitting above them all was a ‘highest priority’ call to set up a standalone government agency to administer separate strategy and funding for universities. The Government has said no.
Producer Sanat spoke to the Tertiary Education Union’s spokesperson Sandra Grey about the Government’s response to this report and whether it will change the Tertiary Education Sector fundamentally to respond to the persistent challenges that have affected New Zealand’s Universities.
Over the weekend, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in Eastern Afghanistan.
The death toll has passed at least 1400, with another 3000 injured and 500,000 impacted.
Wire Host Caeden spoke to Associate Professor in Disaster Resilience at the University of Newcastle, Iftekhar Ahmed, about the earthquakes and the challenges with the disaster response.
ata mārie my faggots and trannies this is morning glory with liv featuring mostly aotearoa music and i even played some vinyl what the frick frack!!! free palestine always, free congo, free sudan, free yourself, free aotearoa from this embarrassing cuck govt and kōrero māori always. gud riddance!!! love u all babes, liv xx
Playlist
Ngāi Tahu - Poutini
Geneva AM - Pikipiki feat. Samara Alofa, Hawkins, Rewi McLay, Mara TK
Crystal Chen - Love Letter prod. Kenny Sterling
Mim Jensen - Germaphobe
Wiri Donna - In My Chambers
JessB - Drop Nuts Feat. Rubi Du
Mel Parsons - Be Here Now
Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
Goya - Bulldozer
King Kapisi - Screems From Da Old Plantation
GoldLink - Meditation ft. Jazmine Sullivan & Kaytranada
Earlier this week, the government announced that overseas-investors with a New Zealand investor residence visa would now be allowed to purchase homes in Aotearoa.
Under the new law changes, foreign investors will be eligible to purchase a home worth $5 million or more, which Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says would “encourage more investment to grow the economy.”
Also this week, more than 36,000 nurses across the motu have been on strike following a year of failed negotiations between NZNO and Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ over nurse staffing and fair pay.
And the Greens recently launched a members bill that would protect those calling for medical assistance while dealing with a drug overdose from criminal prosecution.
For our weekly catchup with the Green Party, Oto spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March to discuss all these issues.
This week, more than 36,000 Nurses Organisation members will be going on strike following months of failed negotiations with Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand.
The ongoing concerns amongst striking nurses are nurse wages and understaffing in hospitals across Aotearoa.
Health Minister Simeon Brown directly condemned NZNO’s decision to organise this strikes this week, saying that the strikes would delay more than 13,000 elective surgeries and appointments. However, NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku and other nurses joining the strike said that the health minister’s comments were out of touch with the situation on the ground for nurses, that understaffing was putting both nurse and patient health at risk and that both Simeon Brown and Health NZ had neglected nurse needs and their calls for proportionate wage increases for some time.
Wednesday Wire Host Oto spike to Nuku about this topic.
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