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Government to introduce bill criminalising stalking by the end of 2024 w/ Chair of the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children, Leonie Morris: 1st July, 2024

Last week, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced he would introduce a bill to parliament that would officially make stalking illegal by the end of the year. 

The announcement comes after an open letter and petition with more than 21,000 signatures called for the government to introduce anti-stalking legislation.

The movement to criminalise stalking was ignited after the murder of 21-year old Farzana Yaqubi in 2022, who was stalked for several weeks leading up to her death, and was effectively ignored by New Zealand police as there are currently no laws criminalising stalking. 

Wire host Sofia Roger Williams spoke to the Chair of the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children, Leonie Morris, to discuss why the government has brought the introduction of the bill forward, prevention measures, and indications of what the bill might look like.

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Public sector job cuts, military-style academies for youth offenders, and the Māori wards bill w/ ACT's Laura Trask: 1st July, 2024

For our weekly catch up with the ACT party, Wire host Sofia Roger Williams spoke with ACT MP Laura Trask. She started the interview asking about the over 6000 public service roles that have already gone, or are expected to go. 

With the number expected to continue to climb, last week ACT Party leader David Seymour said he thinks the government has still not slashed enough public service roles. 

Additionally, she asked Laura about the government introducing a new Young Serious Offender declaration in an effort to reduce youth offending. 

This could see some serious youth offenders being sent to a military style academy, or bootcamp, which have been met by criticism for their failure to address root causes of youth offending. 

Lastly, she asked her about the parliamentary select committee recommending last week that the Māori wards bill go ahead. 

The bill, which would reverse changes made to increase Māori representation in local government by reverting the Māori ward rules to restore the referendum mechanism, has also been met with criticism, namely with the Waitangi Tribunal saying it breaches Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

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The Abuse in Care Inquiry and this week in Parliament w/ Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni: 25 July, 2024

Yesterday the Abuse in Care Inquiry was released to the public. It came with a set of formal recommendations, including a suggestion for a formal apology from the government, compensation, and new legislation to do with mandatory reporting. 

Labour Leader Chris Hipkins also acknowledged Labour’s role in beginning the inquiry and their response to the 2021 interim report, stating, “We didn't do enough and the ball now falls to you and your government.” He added that “this must be bigger than politics.”

And Data released last week showed the number of benefit sanctions being issued by the government is up 50% compared to this time last year. This has been met with criticism but the Minister for Social Development says the sanctions are because the government is serious about getting people into work.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden asks about both of these topics, as well as a bill that was dumped yesterday because the Minister failed to turn up to its first reading. 

They started by asking about the number of benefit sanctions.

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Freak the Sheep: 24th April, 2024
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Freak The Sheep 1st May, 2024
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Freak the Sheep: 22nd May, 2024
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Weekly Catchup w/ the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez-March: 31 July, 2024

Earlier this week, a number of leaders în the Green party’s Pasifika Greens group announced their resignation. The now former MPs, namely: Marie Laufiso, Alofa Aiono, and Vasemaca (vah-seh-mah-tha) Tavola released issued a joint letter saying that they felt culturally disempowered by the party’s treatment of former MP Darleen Tana, who they say was treated too harshly during while under investigation for allegations of migrant worker exploitation at her husband’s business.

The resigning MPs also said that they were not properly convened with or reached out to by Green Party leaders following the passing of late-MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins, a prominent Pasifika member of the Greens and representative of the Pasifika community of Tamaki Makaurau.

For their weekly catch up, Oto spoke to Green party MP Ricardo Menendez-March about the resignation and statements made by the Pasifika Greens members. 

They also had a chat about the government’s changes to child poverty reduction targets and the Green Party's open call to the government on behalf of renters.

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Underfunding and overcrowding in Aoteaora’s health system w/ Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, Sarah Dalton: 1st August, 2024

The health system in Aotearoa has experienced issues of overcrowding and underfunding since before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. While the current government campaigned last year on increasing funding to the health sector, most of this funding went to Pharmac and providing new cancer drugs.

Despite staff shortages in the health sector, the government has continually criticised what they claim is an overspend and poor budgeting. The new health commissioner, Lester Levy, went as far to describe the system as ‘bloated’, with similar criticisms from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in his descriptions of ‘fourteen layers of bureaucracy.’ 

Tuesday Wire host Castor spoke to the executive director of the association of salaried medical specialists, Sarah Dalton, about staffing issues in the health sector and how the government can address them.

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Ending the ban on genetic modification and genetic engineering outside the lab w/ Principal Scientist at Plant & Food Research and Professor at the University of Auckland, Dr Andy Allan: 15th August, 2024

This week the government announced it is moving forward on overhauling restrictions on the use of gene editing and other genetic technologies in New Zealand - establishing a dedicated gene tech regulator before 2026.

The law will be based on similar legislation in Australia - the Australian Gene Technology Act 2000 - while taking a ‘hybrid approach’ to regulation with applications assessed under a risk framework. 

With legislation expected to go through parliament by the end of 2024, it will remove regulatory hurdles that have been in place for the last 30 years on developing genetic technology beyond the lab.

Producer Sofia spoke to Principal Scientist at Plant & Food Research and Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, Dr Andy Allan, about this announcement and whether he welcomes the change.

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New commissioner controversy and funding for drunk driving tests w/ the National Party’s Katie Nimon: 20th August, 2024

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith recently confirmed the new Human Rights and Race Relations Commissioners: Dr Stephen Rainbow and Dr Melissa Derby. Following the announcement, the two were met with controversy for previous discriminatory comments.

Dr Rainbow had previously criticised the platforming of transgender activist Shaneel Lal, and expressed anti-Palestine views. Dr Melissa Derby has similarly expressed anti-transgender views at events. 

In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Katie Nimon, Wire host Castor asked about the appointment of these two individuals and the alignment of their views with the government. 

The government also recently announced one point three billion dollars of funding to address drink and drug driving. While the funding is appreciated by the NZ Police Association, there are worries that there aren’t enough police officers to meet the new targets. 

Castor discussed each of these issues with Katie in their weekly catchup.