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Last week, the Treaty Principles Bill passed it’s first reading in Parliament.

Following this, Te Pāti Māori MP, Hana Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke, initiated a haka in protest, being joined by other members of the party, as well as other MPs from opposition parties such as Labour and the Green Party. On top of this, members of the gallery also performed the haka. This resulted in Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, pausing Parliament for an hour, with Hana Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke, being named by the speaker for ‘disorderly conduct’

For our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Tom Rutherford, News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to him about the bill passing its first reading, and the subsequent haka in protest.

They also spoke to him about Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, indicating the country is still considering joining Pillar two of the AUKUS agreement.

Facial recognition has been on the rise within technology, and so has our dependency on said technology. However, concerns have been raised with such risks regarding this.

Producer Yesenia spoke to Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, Alex Sims, on the concerns facial recognition has posed for today's technology, and the various alternatives people can use with dealing with sensitive information online.

This week on the Monday Wire...

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to Global Innovator, Matt Hart, about grappling with moving back home, in a new segment beginning on the show.

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Joel also speaks to Simon Court about the hīkoi mō te tiriti, the Treaty Principles Bill passing its first reading, and the haka protesting this.

Producer Yesenia speaks to Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, Alex Sims, about the concerns regarding facial recognition.

Joel speaks to Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at the University of Canterbury, Sally Gaw, about a study published in Science discussing global plastic waste.

And Yesenia speaks to Child Poverty Action group Researcher Harry Yu Shi about newly released statistics showing there is currently 99,000 New Zealand children in persistent poverty.

Whakarongo mai!

Last week Donald Trump and the Republican Party won a decisive victory in the United States election, taking both the presidency and the senate. Over the past week the Republicans have also taken the house of representatives, and president-elect Donald Trump has announced some key cabinet appointments. Wire Host Caeden speaks to Andre Fa’aoso about these developments.

They also speak to political commentator, Tom Unger, about the mood on the ground in Washington D.C. as well as how Kamala Harris and the Democrats have responded to the election over the past week.