The Government has decided to allow oil drilling in 35.5 percent of the North Island’s Maui dolphin sanctuary, as well as along the shores of picturesque Lake Te Anau and Fiordland National Park. The Green Party announced on Wednesday that this will create major risks for New Zealand’s clean, green tourism brand, as well as putting the already endangered Maui Dolphins at risk. Earlier this week, Producer Jess Smith spoke to Green Party spokesperson Gareth Hughes to find out more about the issue, and began by asking about the government’s announcement yesterday.
The Greens are being described by a number of political commentators as being in a state of chaos after two MPs resigned in protest of Metiria Turei’s past fraudulent activity. The Turei debate has divided many voters, with some loyally standing behind Turei, and others saying they will no longer be voting for the Greens. However, has the conversation around the Green Party crisis and Metiria Turei not being fit to be a leader distracted from some of the broader systemic issues with how beneficiaries are looked at and treated within New Zealand? Ximena speaks to Canterbury University’s Bronwyn Hayward and Victoria University’s Claire Timperley to find out.
Today on the Greendesk Bronnie spoke to representatives from School Strikes for Climate New Zealand about their online strike event this Friday. May 15th will be the fourth time New Zealand youths will strike, inspired by Swedish teengager GretaThunberg’s “Friday’s for Future” movement. Coco Lovatt from Avondale College and Oli Morphew from Wellington Girls’ College were both involved with the historical strikes last September which saw 170,000 people take to the streets nationwide.
You can join the online strike this Friday May 15th by going along to their Facebook event. They are also encouraging people to sign their open letter to the government to adopt a Green Covid Response, and also the Greenpeace petition to the same effect.
95bFM's Election Coverage plan is back on as New Zealand leads up to the October 17 election. This week's theme is housing, and Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews the Green Party co-leader James Shaw on the party's housing policies.
Today on Green Desk, Joel Armstrong spoke to Professor Craig Stevens from NIWA and the University of Auckland about the state of Aotearoa's marine environment.
Wire producer Rosetta spoke to Bill McKay, senior lecturer at the University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning, regarding the Green Party's recently announced Pledge to Renters. They discussed what the pledge involves, gaps the policy is missing, and where the pledge leaves young voters in the upcoming election.
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