First up on the show we have a little mention of the announcement this morning that the government may loan money to the Auckland Council to help buy back Ihumātao from Fletcher.
We have Tuwhenuaroa speaking to Tupuna Maunga Authority Chair Paul Majurey about the removal of exotic trees on Owairaka maunga.
We have Oscar speaking to Chris Glaudel, Deputy Chief Executive for Community Housing Aotearoa.
We have Green Desk as usual and Mitchell speaks to Sam Hunter about the Tomato Pill - a male fertility pill.
And finally Dhannun speaks with Cathy from the Māori Mindfulness group about wellbeing through Māori values.
On the Monday Wire, we have our weekly chat with Green party co-leader James Shaw, on the emissions trading scheme and housing crisis. Senior researcher at the Institute for Governance and Public Policy at Victoria University Dr Mike Joy critiques the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme Bill and environmental policies. We talk to genderqueer clown and theatre performer Ania Upstill on the performance of gender identities, and have Citizen's Commission on Human Rights New Zealand director Mike Feriss, speaking about a recent report released by the UN urging investigation into torture at Lake Alice, a former psychiatric hospital.
Wellington City Council has announced a major project with a private developer to provide affordable housing in the city for nurses and teachers. It's understood this is the first of its kind here in New Zealand, but the rental cap type model is certainly not new in the rest of the world, but the Council and partner developer The Wellington Company have announced more projects in the future that will continue the concept. Wellington councillor Fleur Fitzsimons is in charge of the portfolio and Lillian Hanly speaks to her to find out more about the Council's hopes for 'rent stabilisation' in Wellington.
On Dear Science with AUT's Marcus Jones we are talking about a new virus that is spreading at an alarming rate, ozone-depleting gases that are heating up the Arctic, and an "agricultural revolution" in the UK.
Lillian speaks with Wellington councillor Fleur Fitzsimons about the city’s housing project that will see nurses and teachers in affordable homes.
Felix speaks with Unite Union's Mike Treen about a group of Chinese workers who were left jobless after their overseas employment agency lied to them about their visas.
And Lillian gives a mini update as to what is happening at Ihumātao with an agreement very close on the horizon.
This morning The Salvation Army released their annual state of the nation report. The report identifies changes in five major areas, being child welfare, work and income, crime and punishment, social hazards, and housing. I spoke with Social Policy Director Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Huston about each of these areas and the changes identified within the report.
Peter Crampton is a Professor at Kōhatu, the Centre for Hauora Māori at the University of Otago. They have recently released the updated Deprivation Index following the latest Census results. This year includes a factor on damp and mouldy housing. Lillian Hanly spoke with Peter about what this means and started by asking what the Deprivation Index actually is.
Lillian reports on the UN housing rights report released about Aotearoa; Mary-Margaret asks Z Energy about their app’s new carbon offsetting option, and then asks Generation Zero about their criticism that this puts an onus on consumers; Sam speaks to Associate Professor Yoram Barak about research concerning suicide rates among older generations in Aotearoa; and Mary-Margaret catches up with Justice Minister Andrew Little about right to silence laws and what reaching a settlement with Moriori means for the future
Yesterday, the government made the announcement that social services and community groups will get $27 million to continue providing services as New Zealand begins its lockdown, or rāhui.
Up to $16 million will go to supporting people at risk through uncertain circumstances and respond to increased demand. $6 million will go to disability community participation providers and $4.8 million to community-led solutions to support local resilience.
One such solution is coming out of the University of Otago; hand sanitiser produced in-house and in record time by the School of Pharmacy's senior lecturer and his team of research students.
I spoke with Dr. Shyamal Das, the senior lecturer behind the initiative. He specialises in respiratory drug delivery around lung diseases & infections, & hopes to continue his work & help out in this pandemic...
Mary-Margaret speaks to the Drug Foundation’s Ben Birk about drug safety during the rāhui.
We will hear from Labour’s Andrew Little once again about price gouging, police dispersals and those in their twenties that seem to be the most likely to spread the virus.
Rachel reports on the Covid-19 situation in the United States.
Mary-Margaret will have her weekly catch up with Radio Adelaide’s Zoe Kounadis.
Lillian speaks with Action Station about a housing petition being delivered to Parliament tonight via zoom.
Izzy speaks to Jane Wrightson about withdrawing your kiwisaver at this time.
Action Station will be delivering a 95,000 signature strong petition to parliament tonight via Zoom.
Kassie Hartendorp is a community organiser at Action Station, Lillian Hanly spoke with her this morning and asked her to give us an idea of the current situation around access to housing.
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