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State of Auckland City w/ Greater Auckland’s Matt Lowrie: 9 August, 2023

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Wed 9 Aug 2023

A recent report called ‘State of the City’ examines Auckland City in a global context, comparing it to developed cities in other countries. The report draws both comparisons and highlights potential areas of improvement. 

The report was commissioned by the Committee for Auckland, in partnership with Deloitte and Auckland Council’s economic and cultural agency Tātaki Auckland Unlimited. 

Arno spoke with Greater Auckland editor Matt Lowrie to find out more about the findings in the report. Arno started by asking how Matt viewed Auckland prior to reading the report.

 

Tax the Rich Protest and Tax Reform w/ Joe Carolan: 9th August, 2023

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Wed 9 Aug 2023

In the upcoming election there have been many discussions on all sides in regard to tax policy. A Newshub-Reid research poll in May found that a majority of Kiwi’s support implementing a wealth tax, although Labour, National and ACT have been reluctant to touch the subject with Labour still making no major tax reform announcements in the run-up to the election. 

Union’s in Tamaki Makaurau have become vocal and have organised a protest advocating for tax reform targeted at New Zealand’s wealthiest. To talk more about the protest that is happening next week, Andre Fa'aoso spoke to protest organiser with Unite Union Joe Carolan.

The Wire w/ Andre: 9 August, 2023

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Wed 9 Aug 2023

On The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday:

Andre Fa’aoso spoke to Professor Boyd Swinburn, co-chair of Health Coalition Aotearoa about political parties' positions on tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food policies and how they should weigh-in on voters' decision making come election day.

Andre Fa’aoso also spoke to Joe Carolan about a Tax the Rich protest that is being held in Tamaki Makaurau next Saturday.

Arno spoke to Greater Auckland’s Matt Lowrie about the new State of the City report. Arno also spoke to Sarah Helm from the NZ Drug Foundation about laced MDMA in the Hawke’s Bay area

Nicholas, spoke to Jessica Walker from ConsumerNZ about new Unit pricing regulations for supermarkets

This is the last Wednesday Wire with Andre as he heads off to America to begin his studies at Yale University, so enjoy!

Government's Latest pay Offer to PPTA w Acting President Chris Abercrombie: Tuesday, August 8 2023

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Wed 9 Aug 2023

The Government has just announced that they will honour an independent arbitration panel’s recommendations, regarding a pay offer agreement with the Post Primary Techer’s association. 

As part of the pay offer the base salary of secondary teachers will rise 14.5 per cent.

However, the latest offer will mean cuts to other parts of the ministry of Education's budget, including deferring planned school infrastructure projects.

Nicholas spoke to PPTA acting President Chris Abercrombie to discuss the association's thoughts on this pay offer.

 

Political parties on tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food w/ Professor Boyd Swinburn: 9 August, 2023

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Wed 9 Aug 2023

On Tuesday, Health Coalition Aotearoa held a forum in Wellington for political parties to front their health policies over tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food. Political parties present at the forum were Labour’s Ayeesha Verrall, the Green’s Chlöe Swarbrick and National’s Shane Reti to share their party’s policy positions. 

To talk more about how important parties’ health policies are in voters' decision making in the upcoming election, Andre Fa'aoso spoke to Professor Boyd Swinburn, co-chair of Health Coalition Aotearoa.

The Impact a National Government's Spending Would Have on Essential Workers w/ Etū's Rachel Mackintosh: 8 August, 2023

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Tue 8 Aug 2023

The National Party is yet to announce a full Fiscal Plan to account for spending they have promised if they win the election. Figures released by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions have shown a large gap between National's promised spending and the available budget, and workers unions such as Etū are fearing that funding cuts are in store for essential sectors. Rosetta spoke to Rachel Mackintosh, assistant national secretary for Etū, about these fears, and where this leaves working-class voters in the upcoming election.

Protecting Pasifika Communities under New Zealand Law w/ The Green Party's Teanau Tuiono: 8 August, 2023

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Tue 8 Aug 2023

Last week, Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono placed his Restoring Citizenship Removed by the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act of 1982 Bill in the parliamentary ballot. Rosetta had a chat to him about what the bill means for our Pasifika community, and what more needs to be done to amend dawn-raid injustices.

Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Kemp on Reforming Aotearoa's Tax System: 7 August, 2023

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Mon 7 Aug 2023

Te Pāti Māori have announced their tax policy for the election, seeking to modify income tax brackets to reduce the tax burden on low- and middle-income whānau, introduce a wealth tax, raise the company tax rate, introduce a land banking and vacant house tax, and crack down on tax evasion. 

Hanna spoke to Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Kemp about the proposed reforms, the social policies they could fund, enforcement, the critique that progressive tax reform would hurt the economy, and coalition negotiations when Labour is ruling out new taxes. 

The Wire w/ Spike: 7 August, 2023

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Mon 7 Aug 2023

On today's show:

Spike speaks to ACT's Karen Chhour about the party's new 2 rate tax policy along with the Green Party's free dental care policy, and 95bFM's Water Reporter Marnie Prickett on the new freshwater farm policy rollout, and the pushback it's receiving from farmers and agriculture industry groups.

Hanna speaks to Te Pāti Māori candidate Takutai Kemp about the party's proposed tax reforms and policy going into October's election.  

Caeden speaks to Urs Signer from Climate Justice Taranaki about their petition to stop oil and gas drilling in Taranaki.

Andre speaks to Otago professor Janet Hoak about the new WHO report on Aotearoa's "world leading" tobacco reduction policy, and the future of Smokefree 2025.

 

Banning onshore oil and gas drilling in Taranaki w/ Urs Signer: 7 August, 2023

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Mon 7 Aug 2023

3,000 people have signed a petition calling for the government to stop handing out oil and gas permits for onshore drilling in Taranaki.

The government is still handing out block offers on the 1565.5 km² onshore Taranaki land which allows drilling.

Caeden spoke to Urs Signer, member of Climate Justice Taranaki, on the support for the ban, the impact of drilling on communities in Taranaki, and why a ban is so important in the context of the current climate crisis.