On the 17th of October, the Green party will be holding a Special General Meeting to discuss whether or not to use the Waka-Jumping Legislation to oust former MP Darleen Tana from Parliament, after a party-led investigation found that Tana had been involved in incidents of migrant worker exploitation at her husband’s business.
The announcement comes a week after Justice David Johnstone ruled out a high court bid by Tana attempting to call off a previous meeting by the Greens and alleging that her eviction from the party, and investigation into her migrant worker exploitation allegations, were unlawful.
For their weekly catchup, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March about the upcoming Special General Meeting and the party’s current standpoint on using the Waka jumping legislation to evict Darleen Tana from Parliament.
They also had a Kōrero about Minister of Finance Nicola Willis clamping down on work from home arrangements in the public sector, as well as Minister for Social Development Louise Upston rejecting suggestions for a $3 billion investment to fix child poverty.
For The Green Desk this week, Lilly speaks with Keshav Krishna who is going to set up Solar Panels in the Himalayas. His GoFundMe campaign can be found here.
An independent panel was appointed by the Minister of Justice in May to lead a review of Aotearoa’s electoral law.
The independent electoral review will look at election rules such as the voting age and overseas voting funding of political parties.
The panel is looking for people to share their thoughts on what could make our electoral system better before it makes its final recommendations to the Government at the end of 2023.
Host, Jessica spoke to Victoria University student and disability advocate Alice Mander, about what the panel is expected to discuss and who they want to hear from.
This week, Conor talks about the recent earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. We talk about where the island is, who lives there, how it makes its money and why Indonesia's disaster recovery process is not fulfilling the needs of survivors
Dr. Maria reviews the latest instalment in the Godzilla franchise, Shin Godzilla. With an origin story that now references the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, what else can the 31st iteration of the beloved lizard narrative bring to the table?
A new oversight panel for the recently launched International Science Council Covid-19 Scenarios Project has been announced.
The panel will report on possible Covid-19 scenarios, and choices for governments, agencies, and citizens.
I interviewed Sir Peter Gluckman, the President-elect of the International Science Council, about the panel and the importance of international collaboration.
We started by discussing the purpose of the panel and who is involved.
Yesterday was an historic day for Australia. The postal survey vote for marriage equality returned an overwhelming 61% yes vote, so now a bill can make its way through the senate and Australia can experience marriage reform, something new Zealand achieved four years ago. I spoke earlier with Labour MP Louisa Wall who wrote the New Zealand bill, about marriage equality, and the road thus far in both New Zealand and Australia.
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