Last week the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care was released. It revealed that at least 250,000 people were affected by abuse in Aotearoa’s state care system from 1950 to 1999.
Now the Government must move forward with redress, saying they will be issuing apologies to victims and survivors.
For our weekly catch up producer Evie spoke to the ACT Party’s Simon Court about how this redress will be approached, and how the government will ensure the system will avoid such dire outcomes in the future.
We also talked about the government moving to overturn the court appeal on the Marine and Coastal Area Act.
The government recently announced proposed changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act, which, among other changes, would require iwi to prove continuous and uninterrupted occupation of a coastal area since 1840 to make a claim. The proposed changes were reviewed by the Waitangi Tribunal, and the resulting report was released yesterday. In their weekly catchup, Wire host Castor asked Katie Nimon about the government’s reaction to criticisms in the report.
They also asked about the government’s policies on Māori wards. Last year the National Party campaigned on putting Māori wards to referendums, with the goal of ‘restoring democracy’. Since asking councils to vote on the issue, all but two of Aotearoa’s local councils have voted to retain their wards. Local government minister Simeon Brown has expressed some discontent at this response, implying that the government may push for binding referendums.
Wire host Castor spoke to National’s Katie Nimon about these issues in their weekly catchup, starting with the Marine and Coastal Area Act.
Former bFM newsteamers Mandus Örarbäck and Caitlin McIlhagga (now General Manager) report on the decision to declare Ihumātao a Special Housing Area.
Given the escalation following the serving of an eviction notice one month ago, we thought we'd repost the first piece 95bFM News ever did on the issue.
This week Maria reviews the complete collection of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - television anthologies of the great auteur's TV work before he moved into making films. Thanks to Madman!
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