Recently, the government legalised their practice of clawing back welfare money from people who receive an ACC claim, leaving thousands of people in debt to the Ministry of Social Development, (MSD).
Last week, we also saw mixed messaging from the government over Iran. One such case saw the Prime Minister claim that those affected by the crisis would receive automatic visa coverage, contradicting his immigration minister.
Finally, a review of the Clean Vehicle Standard could be the final nail in the coffin of the previous Labour government's policies to build an electric vehicle market in New Zealand if the current government chooses to repeal the policy that fines importers who do not also bring in a high enough ratio of electric vehicles.
For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Green Party’s response to the government's messaging on Iran, and the review of the clean vehicle standard, but began by talking about the legislation permitting the clawing back of welfare support from ACC recipients.
Laura speaks to Julia Oceanchild a recent participant in the Para Kore (Waste Free) programme about their mission to help marae and community groups reach zero waste.
This week with Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox we discuss the case for a mental health funding boost and the recommendations made in the People's Mental Health Report.
Ahead of International Tiger Day on Saturday, the World Wildlife Fund is raising awareness for tiger conservation worldwide.
A United Nations report from last year shows tiger species have faced a 97 percent decline in population over the past century and some subspecies have already gone extinct due to animal poaching and trafficking.
Reporter Jack Marshall spoke to WWF Cambodia’s Rohit Singh, who is part of the WWF Tigers Alive Initiative there.
Reporter Sam Smith spoke to political commentator Bryce Edwards about the latest Colmar Brunton poll results. The result was bad news for Labour whop received their lowest rating in over twenty years, but good news for the Greens who received their highest.
The goal is to create a New Zeland attraction with the equivalent magnetism as Big Ben or the Sydney Opera House, albiet a natural one.
The concept of the Eden Project is based off the original popular tourist attraction in Cornwall, England which opened in 2001.
Producer Jack Marshall spoke with an Eden Project trustee, Professor David Simmons, about revitalising Christchurch's red zone with greenery and water.
India speaks to Julie Anne Genter, who will hold one of the newly announced ministerial spots for the Green Party, and asking about her reaction to last week’s result, and what's happened since.
Recently the Government has announced a housing stocktake report with the intention of collecting data on housing issues such as the rental market and homelessness. Joel talked to James about this, as well his views on whether we should be selling the state-owned television station TVNZ.
Chlöe came in studio to have a chat about spending her summer in Spain, reading Bernie Sanders book, upcoming politics in 2018, and what her thoughts are on The National Party's bill which would enforce compulsory second language teaching in school.
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