Tāmaki Makurau's rail network is undergoing a major rebuild, which will see rail lines across the city temporarily close over the coming years.
These services are expected to be replaced by buses.
Three regional transport agencies, including Auckland Transport are calling on immigration minister Michael Wood to urgently review immigration settings to address the country's bus driver shortage.
News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Louisa Jones from First Union who is concerned that failure to address existing conditions for bus drivers could discourage people from using public transport.
It was announced this week that Auckland’s rail network is undergoing a rebuild, which will see major rail lines temporarily close. Buses are expected to replace these services, but AT and other transport agencies are urging Immigration and Transport Minister Michael Wood to allow bus driver shortages to be filled by overseas workers. News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Auckland Transport Metro Services Manager Derek Koper.
Last week, the government announced that they’d be scrapping same-day election enrolments, alongside a number of other changes to electoral laws.
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said that current electoral laws were “placing too much strain on the system” and increased the time needed for the vote count.
Earlier this week, the Climate Change Commission released its annual monitoring report on emissions reductions, which showed that Aotearoa New Zealand was on track to meeting its first emissions budget for the period of 2022-2025, but not towards meeting future budgets around the 2050 period.
And the Greens recently launched a petition calling on Rail Minister Winston Peters to reinstate passenger rail services across the country.
For our weekly catchup with the Green party, Oto spoke with MP Ricardo Menendez-March to get the party’s take on all of these issues.
Jess is back and plays new tracks by Ty Segall, Homeshake, Toro y Moi and many more. She talks about Coyote (Dunedin) and Hybrid Rose (Wellington) for Main Centered. Dalyan RD also joins Jess in the studio for Long Player.
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New tracks by Slow Dive, Future Islands, Arca, Fazerdaze and many more. Jess talks about Kayleb Duckett (Wellington) and Kelvin Hurts (Christchurch). Auckland band, Pixels, talk about their Toons EP for Long Player.
Recently on Long Player we spoke to Blame Thrower about their split EP, so we thought we'd flip the record and catch up with Mt Maunganui duo Grown Downz to talk about their side of the split.
Some of our faveourite moments from this year's Long Player series, including highlights from Mo Muse, Bailey Wiley, Carnivorous Plant Society, Green Grove and more.
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