Kelly Enright fills in for Conor Mercer today and speaks with Kathryn Ngapo, the co-chair of a Waiheke based organisation called Save Kennedy Point. SKP has organised a fundraiser to raise awareness of the decision by Auckland Council approving a marina at Kennedy Point. SKP believes it is detrimental to the history and culture of that area as well as extremely negative effects on the marine eco system.
Joel talks to James Shaw for the first time this year. They discussed his trip to Waitangi and how the Labour Party had not yet admitted that Māori sovereignty was never ceded to the crown. They also discussed the inclusion of questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in the 2023 census and the importance of gathering statistics on rainbow communities.
Today on the Green Desk, Conor caught up with Dr Regina Eisert of the Universit of Canterbury's Gateway Antarctica programme. Reinga has just returned from a summer spent in Antarctica monitoring the patterns of Killer Whales, and shares her experiences of the project.
On todays Green Desk, Producer Jack Marshall had a chat with Sam Gibson from Goodnature, a organisation which has created a self-resetting trap, with an aim to stop biodiversity decline throughout New Zealand, which humanely kills pests at the same time. Jack spoke to Sam about frogs, traps and all our wonderful New Zealand nature.
On the Green Desk producer Jack Marshall speaks to Kevin Hackwell - the Chief Conservation Adviser for forest and bird about an increase in DOC’s funding
Climate Change Minister James Shaw joins Reuben again this week to discuss the Declaration for Ambition on climate change signed by 23 nations, including New Zealand, promising to boost climate targets by 2020 and calling on other nations to follow suit. They also talk about the country wide roadshow set up by the Ministry for the Environment to discuss the Zero Carbon BIll with the public and to take submissions.
James Shaw speaks to Lillian Hanly about the establishment of a Te Kāhui Māori Wai, a group tasked with solving freshwater problems. Wire Worry Week is looking at whenua as a legal entity and we talk about where the government stands in terms of ensuring protections around wai as taonga. James also touches on the presence of Canadian alt-right speakers who ended up cancelling their speaking event.
This week Sam takes a look at The Kinks sixth studio album "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society." Released in 1968, on this album the band began exploring more traditional English themes in what was a concept album of sorts looking at a time long gone in English society.
For our Green Party segment today Jemima spoke with Green Party MP and Education Spokesperson, Chlöe Swarbrick. They discussed the Green Party's commitment to ensuring Te Reo Māori is a core curriculum in schools by 2025 and what the Education Amendment Bill could mean for student and teacher representation on education institution councils.
This week’s Green Desk focuses on the state of our fishing industry in New Zealand. Mitchell talks to the executive director of Greenpeace Russel Norman about the governments feeble attempts to advocate for sustainable fishing, rather letting bias politicians and big-time corporations control what goes on in our oceans and what goes through our parliament. Mitchell begins by asking about the damning report that was released in 2016 which brought light to the issue.
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