The Green Party's proposed bill restoring the automatic citizenship rights for Samoans born between 1924 and 1949 passed its first reading in parliament last week.
Meanwhile, the recent Designing our Constitution 2024 conference shed light on the potential of Tiriti-based constitutional transformation to rectify historical injustices and present challenges faced by Māori and Pacific communities in New Zealand.
Producer Ezra spoke to Senior Lecturer of Law at The University of Auckland, Dylan Asafo about the legal implications of the Green's proposed bill and the potential for Tiriti-based Constitutional Reform.
After some time away from 95bFM, reporter Jack Marshall made his triumphant return to the bFM newsroom where he’s taking up his role as host of The Green Desk.
This week on the Green Desk, Jack goes spotlighting with Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust at an Auckland golf course to find nature thriving in its waterways.
This week on the Green Desk, Jack Marshall spoke with freshwater scientist Ian Kusabs about a breakthrough in monitoring kōura, New Zealand’s freshwater crayfish.
Kusabs, of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, is a busy man, working with The University of Waikato, iwi groups, and NIWA as a freshwater scientist.
This week Kusabs told the Green Desk about whakaweku, which are bundles of bracken fern, that have proved exceptional at monitoring kōura compared with other methods.
With the waiting list for state housing at an all time high and with the Government recently deciding to increase the maximum price for Kiwibuild homes, producer Jemima decided to speak with Ricardo Menendez March, the spokesperson for Auckland Action Against Poverty. They discussed how these issues would effect those who need state housing the most and what AAAP is doing to help those people.
This is another of our weekly segments, where Alex will speak with the Deputy Leader of the ACT Party, Brooke van Velden, discussing the hot political topics of today and tomorrow and how one of our most important minor parties feels about them.
Today, they discuss the housing crisis and how to boost housing supply.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party’s Carmel Sepuloni I ask about MPs getting a pay raise, recent polling results that showed an increase in support for Labour, and a new policy from Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka which would prioritise whānau with tamariki for social housing.
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