The Wire with Manny

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Labour’s Andrew Little about New Zealand’s first National Security Strategy, the proposed Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill, and reports that complaints of migrant exploitation have increased under Labour. 

For City Counselling, councillor for Waitākere Shane Henderson spoke about the State of the City Report comparing Auckland to nine other cities globally and the government's plans for 19 new marine protection areas for the Hauraki Gulf.

World Vision Advocacy Campaigns and Communications Manager Morgan Theakston discussed the government's proposed legislation to address modern slavery and supply chain exploitation. 

Producer Olivia talked to Climate Justice Taranaki researcher, Catherine Cheung, about the recently announced BlackRock green energy investment deal. 

She also spoke to Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Equity at the University of Auckland Law School, Hanna Wilberg, about issues with our social welfare system.

This year ConsumerNZ launched a campaign to rid our Supermarket shelves from “Dodgy Specials”.

The campaign asked for examples of misleading pricing in our supermarket aisles.

 The Labour Government has just announced new regulations around Unit Pricing that could help combat these “Dodgy Specials”

The regulations mean that all similar products will have to be displayed with a consistent unit price, making it easier to distinguish which products are cheaper by unit.

Nicholas spoke to Consumer NZ’s Jessica Walker about these new regulations, as well at ConsumerNZ’s campaign to rid New Zealand’s supermarket of quote “Dodgy Supermarket Specials”

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.

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.