The high court has decided the previous Government had not done enough to meet its obligations on climate change. Joel talked to Green MP Marama Davidson about this as well as Te Rā o Parihaka Billl. This bill, which was in the name of former Maori party MP Marama Fox, is calling for a national day of commemoration to recognise the Crown invasion of Parihaka on the November 5 1881.
On this week's Wire, Harry talks to Labour MP Louisa Wall about the Australian Marriage Equality referendum.
Lachlan talks to National MP Michael Woodhouse about the new government's Healthy Homes Bill.
Lachland also has a piece on a report into New Zealand's compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, talking to Children's Comissioner Andrew Beecroft, Jeni Cartwright from Child Poverty Action Group and the Human Rights Comission's David Rutherford.
Finally we have This Day in History, which takes us back to 1989, and the end of the Seperate Amenities Act in Aparthied South Africa.
On today's Wire we have Otago University Law Professor, Andrew Geddis, to talk about Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman's work for United Nations tribunals.
We've also got Labour Party MP Andrew Little to talk about recent revelations surrounding the GSCB, and there's also ACT MP David Seymour to talk about the government's changes to the Overseas Investment Office.
Finally there's This Day in History, for the second part of an earlier piece on the Arab-Israeli conflict. This week it's 1947 and the start of a civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
A recent study has been released on the conditions of prisons, looking at violence and the mistreatment of prisoners within the system.The study was released by the ombudsman's office and looked at the conditions faced in Christchurch men's prison, in particular understaffing and under-resourcing. Will Parsonson spoke to Victoria University lecturer and criminologist Liam Martin about the conditions within the prison system.
For the last anniversary albums of the year, Sam takes a look at the debut album from former NWA member Dr. Dre. Released in 1992, "The Chronic" is considered the album that helped popularize G-funk in the 90s and is now seen as one of the defining hip-hop albums of the decade.
Yesterday, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and the Schools Trustee Association announced that the report on a survey of children reflected a theme of racism in New Zealand schools. Jemima talked to the Children’s Commissioner, Andrew Becroft, about the survey’s themes and what it means for the future development of education. As well as quickly discussing the government’s new Child Poverty Reduction Bill and the recent announcement of the Royal Commision inquiry into abuse in state care.
Producer Laura talked with the creative director of the upcoming Production, Night of The Queer, James Luck. The production opened for Auckland’s Pride Festival to celebrate and support the LGBTQ Plus community.
Joel Thomas hosts The Wire with Mary-Margaret Slack, and Sam Smith this Monday in which:
Lillian Hanly talks to Auckland Uni law professor Andrew Eruiti about the royal commission into the treatment of children in state care.
Joel talks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about his time in Waitangi and the inclusion of gender identity and sexual orientation on the 2023 census.
Sam Smith runs through his findings of the newly released housing stocktake report ordered by the Government.
And Mary-Margaret Slack talks to tax consultant Terry Baucher about the taxing of cryptocurrencies.
The Government has confirmed the establishment of a four-member ministerial advisory group to investigate the establishment of a Public Media Funding Commission. The Labour Government has placed public broadcasting as a top priority for them this term especially when it comes to how public media is funded. Minister Claire Curran says a well-resourced public media is necessary to tell our stories and inform our democracy and that she wants to be sure we have the right framework for a resilient and sustainable New Zealand broadcasting system. Sam Smith spoke to the minister about the new advisory group and the state of public media.
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