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.
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.
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.
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
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