This week Zoë Larsen Cumming has a pretty broad chat with the Green Party co-leader James Shaw on the dairy industry, New Zealand’s waterways and their Farming For Future Plan. They also chat about the lack of Māori issues brought up in the first leaders debate, and why we only have debates with two party leaders when we have an MMP system. They also touch on how the world failed to meet a single target to stop the destruction of nature and why climate change is presented as a partisan issue. Big stuff! Check it out.
Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews Steve Abel, the unofficial leader of Save Canal Road Trees, an over 80 day long protest to save native trees from being cut down in Avondale. To find out more, head to https://saveourtrees.nz/
Zoë Larsen Cumming has her weekly chat with the Green Party co-leader James Shaw on the dairy industry, our water ways, the Farming for Future plan, debates under MMP, and international climate agreements.
Producer Aneeka Moheed interview Kevin Hackwell, chief conservation advisor for Forest&Bird, about the country's wallaby problem.
Then, Zoë interviews the unofficial leader of Save The Canal Road Trees, Steve Abel, on the 80 day long protest to save native trees from being cut down in Avondale.
Finally, Aneeka brings a report on the Jobs for Nature Programme.
This morning Aneeka was made aware of the wallaby problem in Aotearoa and speaks to Kevin Hackwell, chief conservation advisor for Forest&Bird about what needs to be done about this pest.
Aneeka brings us a report on the Department of Conservation's, Jobs for Nature Programme. Within the $1.3bn being invested in environmental work under the government's Covid-19 recovery plan, $200m is going towards this programme which will hopefully cement conservation efforts in Aotearoa as stimulate jobs for a growing number of Kiwis in struggling industries.
As part of 95bFM's election coverage, this week James Tapp talked to the leader of the TOP party, Geoff Simmons, about a range of their health policies. James and Geoff talk about their dental care policies, the proposed sugar tax, the public health system and the two referendums.