In the wake of Aucklands recent severe weather events, Milly speaks to Asaad Shamseldin from Auckland University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering about the Auckland Stormwater System and why it has failed in some areas, as well as the plans for the city's stormwater going forward.
The impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle have continued to be a major priority for the New Zealand Government, as they are likely to continue to be for the foreseeable future.
Recent photographs and examinations have revealed just how bad the extent of the damage has been, with areas in the west coast of Auckland and east coast of the North Island drastically affected.
The government's plan is slowly being solidified and outlined, as discussed by defence minister Andrew Little in his chat with Tuva’a Clifton this morning.
Aotearoa is currently dealing with the devastating effects of two consecutive extreme weather events—flooding followed by a cyclone.
This week, News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins asked Karen about the government’s initial cyclone emergency support, which includes funding for people, businesses, and councils affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, emergency repairs to get essential transport networks operating again, and appointing lead cyclone recovery ministers for affected areas and Grant Robertson as the lead Cyclone Recovery Minister.
Then, she asked Chhour about Auckland Pride’s calls for gender-affirming healthcare to be more accessible for Irawhiti and trans people.
For their weekly interview, News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to ACT’s Karen Chhour about the Health NZ chair being sacked, the government's tourism workforce plans, and School Strike 4 Climate.
Drag Queens Erika and CoCo Flash from Rainbow Storytime NZ discuss the importance of drag storytime events in Aotearoa.
For Action Station, Producer Daniel Teunissen speaks to the Area Manager of the Citizens Advice Bureau Auckland City, Kate Anderson, about Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s proposal to cut its funding for the service.
Our Europe correspondent Cameron Adams reported on the 'Art is a Weapon' festival in Berlin.
And Daniel interviewed Paul Callister, from the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, about why restoring long-distance passenger rail should be a part of Aotearoa's strategy to lower its climate emissions.
Andre Fa’aoso speaks to Associate Professor Susan St John about the 2023 Budget and how it falls short in addressing family poverty, hardship and food insecurity.
Emilia chats to James Shaw in our weekly chat with the Green Party co-leader, this week they chat about the 140 million dollar subsidy for NZ Steel, they reflect on last week’s budget, and they chat about the Green Party’s candidate list ahead of the general election.
On the Green Desk Jack Marshall talks to Tai Lohrer from the University of Auckland about marine conservation areas.
Arno spoke to two E Tu union representatives, firstly Joe Gallagher about new funding to reduce carbon emissions at Glenbrook steel mill
And then Rachel Mackintosh about E Tu’s view on the 2023/2024 budget.
Alex, spoke to Pam Ford from Tataki Auckland Unlimited about the role the economic agency plays in the region.
This month bFM’s water reporter Marnie Prickett discussed a recent report released by the ministry for the environment titled ‘Lessons Learnt’, which highlighted the issues around water management in the Ashburton Lakes area of the South Island. Marnie also spoke about a report she worked on titled ‘water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change’. Marnie began by discussing this report.
Last Week primary school teachers reached a settlement with the Government regarding pay equity issues.
As a part of this agreement there will be increases in teachers salaries, extra classroom release time and lump sum payments to combat the cost of living crisis .
Nicholas spoke to Liam Rutherford who is a council member for the New Zealand Education Institute and current teacher about the benefits of pay offer agreement as well as the areas in which further improvements need to be made.
To try minimise levels of youth vaping, the government has announced new regulations last week. These restrictions include regulating vape flavour descriptions, areas where vape stores can be constructed, and also regulating disposable vapes.
To learn more about what these policy changes might do to help curb youth vaping, and uncover what more needs to be done, Andre Fa’aoso spoke to Janet Hoek, Senior Professor at the University of Otago, Wellington and co-director of ASPIRE25.
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