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This week the Supreme Court determined that the voting age of 18 is inconsistent with the right in s19 of the Bill of Rights to be free from discrimination on the basis of age.
News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Brooke about the ACT party's stance on lowering the voting age, which for general elections, needs a 75% supermajority to become law.
They also discussed National's pledge to send serious youth offenders to military 'boot camps' if their party wins the next election.
Lawyers for Climate Action are calling for a Judicial Review of the Cabinet decision to ignore the advice of the Climate Commission when they set the price of carbon in the Emission Trading Scheme low to mitigate the impact on the cost of living. Alex Bonham talked to Grant Hewison, University of Auckland law lecturer and one of the lawyers involved about why they are taking the government to court.
For our regular catch up with Te Pati Māori, Rosetta spoke to Takutai Kemp about events that unfolded at Waitangi and Ratana.
She also spoke to co-director of Bioprotection Aotearoa and Professor at Lincoln University, Amanda Black, who is the lead author of a paper published in Science titled “Teach Indigenous knowledge alongside science”.
For our regular catch-up News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, spoke to ACT’s Simon Court, about ACT’s presence at Waitangi and their Treaty Principles bill.
And she spoke to Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland Law School, Eru Kapa-Kingi (Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi, Waikato-Tainui, and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), about his reflections on Waitangi.
The coalition government has announced a fast track consents bill, which would speed up the consenting process for significant regional and national projects, giving ministers decision-making power.
According to Minister for RMA Reform, Chris Bishop, the proposed law will be a “one-stop shop” for major infrastructure project approvals currently gained under the Resource Management Act.
The government has not ruled out whether the legislation will be used to approve mining, conservation, and wildlife projects.
For their weekly interview, News and Editorial Director, Jessica Hopkins, asked ACT’s Simon Court to defend the policy.
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.
This week Chris joins Milly in the studio along with Michael Balderstone, president of the Aussie Legalise Cannabis Party and the Nimbin Hemp Embassy, to talk all things green. From the Nimbin MardiGrass Festival to the differences in Cannabis law between Australia and New Zealand, insightful chat ensues in this edition of Marijuana Media, with special guests.
Joel spoke to Chante de Villiers, Event Coordinator for the University of Auckland's Rainbow Engineering Club, who are hosting a Rainbow Stein event, which being held in in collaboration with Rainbow Engineering, Science, Law, Business, Education and Social Work clubs, and Trans on Campus.
New Zealand is a first world country, and to be of such a presumption would require us to believe that electricity and heating should be basic right of life in our country. This, however, is not the case for all New Zealanders who endure power hardship, especially so during winter months. The cause for this is the privatisation of these power companies causing them to pursue money which in turn controls their policies and costs. Unfortunately a large portion of New Zealanders experience power hardship, which ultimately is a cumulative issue of inadequate housing on top of expensive rental prices. Sasha spoke to Jodi Gardner, professor of Law from the University of Auckland about power companies' unregulated control, as well as the problems lower and middle income New Zealanders face related to heating and electricity.
Jonny is joined by Isa Seow, a PhD candidate at the School of Computer Science. Isa discusses how the introduction of congestion charges in the busiest cities in Aotearoa may impact individual privacy and conflict with the Privacy Act. Listen back to learn about how the law needs to catch up to developments in surveillance technologies!
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