This week on the Monday Wire Jemima speaks to Chlöe Swarbrick about the impact of the housing crisis on youth mental health. bFM reporter Oscar Perress speaks to Ricardo Menendez March from Auckland Action Againt Poverty about the Ministry of Social Development's recent report. Lachlan speaks with Minister of Police Stuart Nash about police pursuit procedure and bFM reporter Bevan Tucker speaks to People Against Prisons Aotearoa for their opinion on the topic. Chloe Ann King and Jessica Buchanan talk about Raise the Bar, a new hospitality workers union as part of a larger report on the conditions of hospitality coming in later weeks. Jemima talks to Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker about changes to the CPTPP. Finally, we have a chat about Auckland Anniversary Day and what that's all about.
The full podcast of The Wire. Today, we look into housing with Minister Phil Twyford, MP Judith Collins and AAAP's Ricardo Menéndez March. The Community Garden talks to Auckland Library of Tools and This Day in History returns to 1943. Listen in to find out more.
Too few New Zealanders have a sound understanding of what brought the Crown and Māori together in the 1840 Treaty, or of how the relationship played out over the following decades. That’s what the New Zealand History Teachers' Association think. They’ve launched a petition calling for the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would make compulsory the coherent teaching of our own past across appropriate year levels in our schools. Stewart Sowman-Lund spoke with the Assocation’s Chair, Graeme Ball, and started by asking him to explain his petition.
It's truly never going to be enough or actually even plausible to make right from what has happened before our time... all we can do is spread LOVE and believe in GOOD.
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To start the show off, we have a quick recap on Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s speech to the business community this morning at Eden Park
Then we discuss poor housing conditions through the lense of the government's recent announcement of a plan and a schedule for healthier homes, and the coincidental release of a report on the cost of unhealthy dwellings.
Lillian Hanly talks to our correspondent in Europe, Mary-Margaret Slack about the latest Brexit developments.
We keep it international and we head to Cuba for a report on this weekend’s vote on a new Constitution for the island.
On the Green Desk this week: Mitchell talks to Puna Wano-Bryant about the recently formed role of Kaitiaki Whenua Ranger under Te Kahui o Taranaki
We're breaking up the show a bit today, keeping things nice and diverse on your Friday Morning Glory show with Keria. Sadly, there's no Fancy New Band for this week, but check out those hot, hot tracks: Garden Centre, Don't do it, Neil, Tuffy, Tidal Rave, Melenas and Magic Factory. Oh my!! We're keeping it truly real this week, cheeeyaaa!! ~ ~ ~
Things are moving forward in bold steps for the land disputes in Ihumatao, the Stonefields Historic Reserve which was confiscated from Maori in 1863.
With Fletcher’s plan to develop housing units on 32 hectares of land, which is part of the rare cultural heritage landscape in Ihumatao, a petition was made against that move.
Now, Following the powerful and moving hikoi through Wellington streets on March the 12th to present their petition to Government, The Save Our Unique Landscape Campaign, the SOUL movement, will take the near 19,000-strong petition to Auckland Council on April the 9th, outside of Aotea Square.
Louis talks with SOUL co-founder and social activist Qiane Matata-Sipu, about the movement and their petition.
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