For our weekly catchup with the National Party's Dr Shane Reti, Nicholas asked about the new Government's plans to repeal Fair pay agreement legislation.
The previous Government had passed the legislation that would allow a negotion to be triggered if 10% of a workforce ageed to beginning the fair pay process.
The interview begins with a question about why the Government chose repealling fair Pay Agreement legislation as a priority.
The new Government's commitment to repealing the Fair Pay Agreement legislation has been met by staunch opposition.
The legislation would have provided employees from a certain sector the ability to trigger negotiations on industry minimums.
Leaked Cabinet papers show that the ne Government recieved advice warning that repealling the legislation would have disproportinate effects on Māori, Women and Young people.
Nicholas spoke to Union negotiator Hamish McCraken about the negatives of repealling the legisalation.
Thousands of protestors took to the motorways December 5th, in protest against the recent policies announced by the new government. ACT Party leader David Seymour critiscised these actions, calling the tuesday events "diverse theatrics".
On our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Lou spoke to Simon Court about David Seymour's response to the hikoi, and ACT's stance on the policies announced, such as the scrapping of the Māori Health Authority, restoring referendums for Māori wards and minimising Māori language use in public services.
Lou then enquired about ACT renewing their call for the removal of the Human Rights Commission as well as alternative measures proposed to safeguard and promote human rights in New Zealand.
Finally, Lou enquired about ACT's stance towards the climate change issues following Aotearoa's new climate minister participating in COP28, 2023's United Nations Climate Change Conference held at Expo City, Dubai.
Penelope Noir chats about airplane outfits and dress codes on Fashun.AJA dials in to talk about her new single, True Love, which has a wonderful accompanying video. Suri does a huge 2023 roundup on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!
According to research published on the 6th of December, the accurate percentage of vegetarians in New Zealand is more likely to be two percent than the almost 20 percent previously cited in market research.
According to this study:
93 percent of New Zealand eat red meat;
2.89 percent do not eat red meat, but eat seafood and poultry;
1.4 percent are pescatarians,
and 2 percent are true vegetarians.
In this interview, Lou speaks to Dr Kathryn Bradbury from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Population Health about the conclusions of this research.
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