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Auckland Council Emergency Budget: 16th June 2020

 Auckland Council Emergency Budget: 16th June 2020 Auckland Council Emergency Budget: 16th June 2020, 16.17 MB
Tue 16 Jun 2020

Justin Wong talked to Green MP and local government spokesperson Chloe Swarbrick about Auckland Council's decision emergency budget.

Maori Media Reform: 16th June 2020

 Maori Media Reform: 16th June 2020 Maori Media Reform: 16th June 2020, 39.41 MB
Tue 16 Jun 2020

Justin Wong talked to Te Whakaruruhau o Nga Reo Irirangi Maori chairperson Peter Lucas Jones about Te Ao Pāpāho, the government's proposals for Maori media reform.

The Wire with Justin: June 16, 2020

 The Wire with Justin: June 16, 2020 The Wire with Justin: June 16, 2020, 105.1 MB
Tue 16 Jun 2020

International Desk reports on the conviction of Fillipina journalist Maria Reesa for "cyber libel".

Justin Wong spoke to Green MP Chloe Swarbrick on Auckland Council's emergency budget.

On Community Garden, Bronwyn Wilde talked to artist and curator Sophie Jeram about the distinction between public space and common space.

Justin also discussed with Peter-Lucas Jones of Te Whakaruruhau o Nga Reo Irirangi Maori about the government's proposal to reform Maori media.

Justin's International Desk: June 16th, 2020

Justin's International Desk: June 16th, 2020 Justin's International Desk: June 16th, 2020 , 17.21 MB
Tue 16 Jun 2020

Fillipina journalist and media owner Maria Reesa has been found guilty of "cyber libel" and could face up to 6 years in prison.  

Common Space vs Public Space with Sophie Jeram: June 16, 2020

Common Space vs Public Space with Sophie Jeram: June 16, 2020 Common Space vs Public Space with Sophie Jeram: June 16, 2020 , 34.55 MB
Tue 16 Jun 2020

Bronwyn spoke to Sophie Jeram, an artist and curator from Letting Space and Urban Dream Brokerage who is is also working towards a PhD in Landscape Architecture on the commoning of land. She spoke about the distinction between pulblic and common space, as well as her personal experience creating such projects since 1993.  Most recently, Sophie has been part of the Vogelmorn Community Group, which started in a converted bowling club, and served as a case study for the interview. 

Last week Sophie spoke as part of an international webinar hosted by the Journal of Public where speakers from a number of countries and disciplines webinar discussed the way we interact in public space in the current and post COVID-19 conditions. This formed basis for the beginning of the interview. 

 

Water Storage and Clean Water w/ Marnie Prickett: June 15th, 2020

 Water Storage and Clean Water w/ Marnie Prickett: June 15th, 2020 Water Storage and Clean Water w/ Marnie Prickett: June 15th, 2020, 30.46 MB
Mon 15 Jun 2020

On the 30th of April the government put out a release stating that 37.3 million will be out towards water storage in Northland, which choose clean water NZ, a campaign pushing for better water policy, opposes this investment. They feel the science is not there is not enough scientific backing and that clean water is a higher priority. I talked to Marnie Prickett, one of Choose Clean water NZ's organisers, and started off by asking why the government has decided to invest in water storage.

Black Lives Matter Rally Recap: June 15, 2020

Black Lives Matter Rally Recap: June 15, 2020 Black Lives Matter Rally Recap: June 15, 2020 , 24.79 MB
Mon 15 Jun 2020

Zoë Larsen Cumming recaps Sunday the 14th of June's Black Lives Matter rally in Auckland. 

Jonathan Orpin-Dowell on the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act: Friday the 12th of June

 Jonathan Orpin-Dowell on the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act: Friday the 12th of June Jonathan Orpin-Dowell on the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act: Friday the 12th of June, 19.12 MB
Fri 12 Jun 2020

It’s nearly been a month since The COVID-19 Public Health Response Act passed in Parliament. "Passed under urgency, the Act enables orders imposing the most profound peacetime restrictions ever made to the rights and personal freedoms of all New Zealanders."

This is a statement from the New Zealand Law Society, who released a press statement last Wednesday, recommending changes to amendments in the legislation, which need additional safeguarding. 

The Wire's Producer Louis Laws spoke with Jonathan Orpin-Dowell, a barrister & a member of the NZLS Law Reform Committee, who spoke on the Response Act, & the amendments the Law Society is recommending...

Forest & Bird on the Emergency Budget: Friday, the 12th of June

 Forest & Bird on the Emergency Budget: Friday, the 12th of June Forest & Bird on the Emergency Budget: Friday, the 12th of June, 7.1 MB
Fri 12 Jun 2020

Forest & Bird is calling on Aucklanders to tell their council to reinstate protection for nature in this year’s budget.

The Auckland Council’s ‘Emergency Budget’ more than halves the Environmental Services capital expenditure budget, dropping support for pest control, the kauri dieback programme, and planting, among other things.

Forest & Bird’s Auckland Regional Manager, Nick Beveridge, says “our natural world is in crisis” & “these are things we must act on now”. Producer Louis Laws spoke with him this morning on the Auckland Councils proposal ...

 

The Wire with Jemima: June 12, 2020

 The Wire with Jemima: June 12, 2020 The Wire with Jemima: June 12, 2020, 99.61 MB
Fri 12 Jun 2020

On the Wire today, Louis Laws speaks with Jonathan Orpin-Dowell from the New Zealand Law Society on safeguarding Emergency COVID-19 legislation.

Jemima has been investigating the commercialisation of social and political movements and culture in response to the Black Lives Matter Movement. She speaks to Dr Neal Curtis, a media professor at the University of Auckland, about effect of social media on political movements and social media activism.

Louis talks to Nick Beveridge from Forest and Bird about the cuts made to Auckland Council's funding for Environmental Services.

Sam talks to Meka Whaitiri about the governments intentions regarding to Oranga Tamariki and whether the values of Te Ao Māori ought to be better included in the Ministry's legislation.