Dr Lara Greaves gives us some Political Commentary about solidarity action across the motu headed by Te Pāti Māori, as well as first impressions of the government and their 100-day plan. Dan from DARTZ is chatting about their new single, Learning To Drive with Dad. On Greening Out, Jim tells us how to attract native butterflies to your garden this summer, and gives us an early spin of his new Jim Nothing track, out officially tomorrow. Natural Ange lets you know how to avoid end of year burnout and skin problems on account of this muggy summer. We recap your Top Ten. Whakarongo mai nei!
Zoë is back in the driver's seat! On What's Up with Marama Davidson, she speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about proposals from the government, and Chlöe Swarbrick as new co-leader of the Greens. The Bard of Bollix plays the tricks of the sphynx on us on The Mind Trench. Jordan Walker and Lusi Faiva chat about AIGA, a show from Touch Compass in the Auckland Arts Festival. Hun Lynch is in the studio to chat about her appearance on the Dungeon #13 lineup. Justine answers your union and employment questions on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!
Last week the Green Party’s Tamatha Paul made comments about police presence in Wellington, particularly how increased police activity made some feel unsafe. She also noted some discriminatory and harmful behaviour from police officers towards Wellington’s homeless population. These comments, presented at a panel hosted by the University of Canterbury’s Greens and Peace Action Ōtautahi, were Paul restating feedback she had received from her constituents in Wellington central.
The response to Tamatha Paul’s comments was extremely critical from all sides of the political spectrum, involving feedback such as “insane” from prime minister Christopher Luxon, “unwise” and “stupid” from Labour leader Chris Hipkins, and “just weird” from ACT leader David Seymour. The comments and their responses lead to a series of articles across all major New Zealand news networks.
In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire host Castor spoke to MP Tom Rutherford about the substance of Tamatha Paul’s comments and whether the seemingly disproportionate reaction is appropriate.
Producer Kelly chats to Renters United Spokesperson, Kate Day, on the recently launched "People's Review of Renting Campaign." The campaign, launched in partnership with ActionStation, aims to collate personal stories of house renters in the hopes of presenting a more comprehensive and relatable report to the government.
India visits Sanctuary Gardens Mahi Whenua, a community garden and food forest that faces an uncertain future, as Unitec - the owners of the land - look to create a new housing development.
Labour has announced it will be pushing through its Healthy Homes Bill to put stricter regulations on landlords. Lachlan spoke with National's Housing Spokesperson Michael Woodhouse about the bill and why his party won't be supporting it.
Lessons from Waitangi, tackling the housing crisis, investigating claims regarding New Zealand's behaviour in Afghanistan... it's almost as if three years aren't nearly enough, huh?
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