The Office of the Ombudsman has last week released its report on an unannounced inspection of Otago Corrections Facility from October 2020. Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand has highlighted serious concerns about ongoing human rights issues shown in this report.
Joe spoke to Lisa Woods, the Campaign Director at Amnesty International on the matter.
Justice Minister Kiritapu Allan has recently announced that she plans to reform New Zealand hate speech laws before next year's general election.
This comes after a royal commission report stemming from the christchurch terror attacks stated that New Zealand does not "provide a workable mechanism to deal with hate speech".
Amnesty International Aotearoa has called for stronger laws covering digital hate speech and a widening of which groups are covered.
However, the opposition has opposed these calls, with the ACT party stating they would overturn the changes if they went into power.
Liam spoke to Lisa Woods from Amnesty NZ about the laws, first asking for an overview of the current hate speech laws.
This morning, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child called out the failure of the New Zealand Government to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Referring to the current minimum age of criminal responsibility, the Committee stated clearly that the NZ Government is "just not getting children’s rights right".
Joe speaks to Lisa Woods, Campaigns Director for Amnesty International Aotearoa on this matter.
Telecom company One NZ, previously Vodafone, was recently acquired by investment management company Infratil, which under the backdrop of unionisation efforts, has started to downsize the company in order to maximise profits. The latest announcement from the CEO includes changes that might result in 10-20% of the workforce being made redundant.
Spike spoke to Unite Union Contact Center organiser Sam Burnside-Woods about unionisation at One NZ, work from home policies, and the ongoing redundancy waves.
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