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The National Party with Denise Lee: 25th of January, 2019

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

National MP, Denise Lee joined Laura Kvigstad to discuss the news on National. They discussed Nationals stance on recreational cannabis, National's criticism of kiwi build and the primary school in Auckland that is stopping school donations, asking government to back them.

Fire & Emergency Services with Rhys Jones: 25th of January 2019

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

Rhys Jones of the Fire and Emergency Services New Zealand talks with Louis Laws about workplace culture.

Pania Newton on Protecting Ihumatao: 25th of January 2019

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

The Wire with Laura: 25th of January, 2019

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

First up, National MP, Denise Lee talks about nationals stance on recreational cannabis, national's criticism of kiwi build and the primary school in Auckland that is stopping school donations, asking government to back them.

Then, Producer, Louis Laws spoke with Rhys Jones of Fire and Emergency Services about recent reports bulling and harassment amongst firefighters.

After that, Lillian Hanley talks to Laura O'Connell Rapira from Action Station about the recent survey on cannabis legalisation.

Next, Pania Newton of SOUL, Saving Our Unique Lands, speaks on the reclamation festival happening in march.

And Final, Minister of Maori Development, Nanaia Mahuta speaks on the Rātana meeting yesterday.

Legalizing Cannabis with Laura O'Connell Rapira: 25th of January, 2019

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

Action Station released a recent survey from the public on recreational cannabis legalisation. MP, Andrew Little made the announcement that a referendum would be held prior to the 2020 election, prompting Action Station to release the results. 

The survey shows a great deal of support for legalisation. Laura O'Connell Rapira spoke with Lillian Hanley to discuss more about the results and reasoning that respondants gave for their answers. 

Celebrating Rātana with Nanaia Mahuta: 25th of January, 2019

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

The annual meeting for Rātana occured yesterday where people including governmental delegation come together in celebration of  the founder of Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s birthday.

It’s one of the events that helps to kick of the political year and is an important for affirming government obligation to Maori people and the people of Rātana faith. 

Minister of Maori Development who attended the event, Nanaia Mahuta joined Laura Kvigstad to discuss the day's importance and how she found yesterday's celebration. 

This day in history: 24th January, 2019

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Thu 24 Jan 2019

This day in history takes us back to 1943 for the Casablanca Conference, and features an aside about the murder of an Italian-American radical activist around the same time.

Our House; A look into Housing, Urban Development and Public Engagement in planning: January 24, 2019

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Thu 24 Jan 2019

The first part of a look into Housing, Urban Development and Public Engagement in planning. Today, we have contributions from Housing Minister Phil Twyford, Opposition Spokesperson Judith Collins and Auckland Action Against Poverty Coordinator Ricardo Menéndez March on Kiwibuild, affordable housing and future reforms. 

The Wire with Oscar, Grace and Ben; January 24, 2019

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Thu 24 Jan 2019

The full podcast of The Wire. Today, we look into housing with Minister Phil Twyford, MP Judith Collins and AAAP's Ricardo Menéndez March. The Community Garden talks to Auckland Library of Tools and This Day in History returns to 1943. Listen in to find out more. 

I/W w/ Fossil Free UoA: January 23, 2019

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Wed 23 Jan 2019

Isaac Ottley and Wednesday Davis are part of the Fossil Free University of Auckland group here on campus. It is part of the wider 350 movement looking to unite people around climate change solutions. 350 Aotearoa hopes to grow climate action in NZ. Fossil Free UoA formed in 2015 with 350s support and their aim is to have the University completely divest from fossil fuels. Newsroom reported this week that coal-fired generated energy from Genesis Energy’s Huntly station was the highest in the December quarter in more than five years. Genesis said “conditions in the market were “unprecedented” given the unusually low lake inflows for that time of the year and reduced production from the Pohokura gas field”. Essentially, tight gas supplies last year and NZ’s reliance on the flexibility of Genesis to run it’s dual fuel units when required, meant they had to burn a lot more coal than usual. Isaac is the President of Fossil Free UoA, and Wednesday is the Treasurer. Their campaign has been going on for a while, and Lillian Hanly wasn’t entirely sure what the group did behind the scenes of public demonstrations at the university calling for divestment but had also heard there had been some movement within the University’s Council in looking into this issue. Lillian spoke with Isaac and Wednesday to find out more, they talked extensively about the wider issue regarding divestment and fossil fuels themselves.