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The government’s new transport budget w/ Senior lecturer of Urban Planning Dr. Timothy Welch: 3rd September, 2024

The government’s new transport budget w/ Senior lecturer of Urban Planning Dr. Timothy Welch: 3rd September, 2024 Timothy Welch: 3rd September, 2024, 10.22 MB
Tue 3 Sep 2024

The government announced its transport budget yesterday, a record 32.9 billion dollars, mostly going towards the campaign promise of ‘roads of national significance’. This focus on large highway projects has led the government to pull funding from other areas, such as public transport, walking, and cycling.

Wire host Castor spoke to Senior lecturer of Urban planning at the University of Auckland, Doctor Timothy Welch, about the government’s funding allocation and its potential impact on congestion and the environment.

NZ Ranking Poorly in Child Poverty Statistics w/ Staff Researcher for Child Poverty Action Group, Harry Yu Shi: 3 September, 2024

NZ Ranking Poorly in Child Poverty Statistics w/ Staff Researcher for Child Poverty Action Group, Harry Yu Shi: 3 September, 2024 NZ Ranking Poorly in Child Poverty Statistics w/ Staff Researcher for Child Poverty Action Group, Harry Yu Shi: 3 September, 2024, 6.81 MB
Tue 3 Sep 2024

The latest poverty report, authored by the Ministry of Social Development Principal Advisor, Bryan Perry, shows New Zealand is behind regarding child poverty statistics, when compared with European nations.

News and Editorial Director, Joel, speaks to Staff Researcher for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Harry Yu Shi, about the findings of the report, and what policy proposals CPAG have outlined to mitigate the statistics.

The Wire w/ Castor: 3rd September, 2024

The Wire w/ Castor: 3rd September, 2024 The Wire w/ Castor: 3rd September, 2024, 108.17 MB
Tue 3 Sep 2024

This week on the Tuesday Wire... 

For Dear Science this week, we chatted with our expert Doctor Cushla McGoverin about bats with glowing toes, glue sealing wounds inside the body, and new technology to make green and yellow lasers. 

In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Castor spoke to MP Katie Nimon about the death of Kiingi Tuheitia, Candace Owens potentially visiting Aotearoa, and the government’s second draft emissions reduction plan. 

They also spoke to Doctor Timothy Welch about the government’s recently announced transport funding allocation. 

With the return of the Green Desk, Jack Marshall talked to Sophie Journee from the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust about the waterways in an Auckland golf course. 

And News and Editorial Director, Joel Armstrong, spoke to Staff Researcher at Child Poverty Action Group, Harry Yu Shi, about a recent report showing Aotearoa has poor child poverty statistics compared to European countries.

Amendments to Proposed Gang Patch Legislation w/ Convenor for the New Zealand Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Chris Macklin: 2 September, 2024

Amendments to Proposed Gang Patch Legislation w/ Convenor for the New Zealand Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Chris Macklin: 2 September, 2024 Amendments to Proposed Gang Patch Legislation w/ Convenor for the New Zealand Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Chris Macklin: 2 September, 2024, 6.52 MB
Mon 2 Sep 2024

Recently, the government has amended gang legislation that would allow police officers to enter private properties of repeat offenders showcasing emblems, patches, and insignia.

The New Zealand Law Society sent an open letter, sent by the society’s vice president, David Campbell, outlining their concerns for the proposal.

The concerns raised include how gang insignia is identified, which if the clause is taken literally, could be interpreted as printed reproductions of logos, which could make it illegal to own newspapers or certain books with gang insignia in it, increasing in the risk of someone to be criminally liable around someone in possession of gang memorabilia, concerns that the amendment will have detrimental effects to communities and whānau in which gang members reside in, as well as infringing on rights protected by the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.

News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to the Convenor for the New Zealand Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Chris Macklin, about the committee’s open letter and the ethics of the amendment.

Calls for Candice Owens' Visa into New Zealand to be Denied w/ Co-Founder of Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation, Justine Sachs: 2 September, 2024

Calls for Candice Owens' Visa into New Zealand to be Denied w/ Co-Founder of Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation, Justine Sachs: 2 September, 2024 Calls for Candice Owens' Visa into New Zealand to be Denied w/ Co-Founder of Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation, Justine Sachs: 2 September, 2024, 6.29 MB
Mon 2 Sep 2024

Calls have been made to deny the visa of far-right figure, Candace Owens, from visiting New Zealand as a part of her scheduled speaking tour at the end of the year.

Owens, who has a history of Islamophobia, homophobia, and anti-semetism, recently, on recent videos uploaded to her YouTube channel, questioned key elements of the Holocaust, such as the well-documented human experiments conducted by Nazi doctor, Josef Mengele as “bizzare propaganda,” calling the Holocaust “an ethnic cleansing that almost took place”.


News and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Co-Founder of Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation, Justine Sachs, on calls for far-right figure and Holocaust denier, Candice Owens.

The Wire w/ Joel: 2 September, 2024

The Wire w/ Joel: 2 September, 2024 The Wire w/ Joel: 2 September, 2024, 58.34 MB
Mon 2 Sep 2024

For our weekly catch up, Producer Evie talks to the ACT Party’s Simon Court about more cuts to the health sector and the government’s solutions to the ‘energy crisis’.

News and Editorial Director, and Monday Host, Joel, speaks to Convenor for the New Zealand Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Chris Macklin, about the government's new amendments to gang patch legislation.

Evie speaks to Chief executive of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Paul Goulter about Te Whatu Ora offering voluntary redundancies.

Joel speaks to Co-Founder of Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation, Justine Sachs, about calls for far-right figure and Holocaust denier, Candice Owens’ visa to be denied entry to Aotearoa.

And Evie talks to Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper about Shane Jones slashing fishing levies by FIVE million dollars.

Te Whatu Ora’s voluntary redundancies w/ NZ Nurses Organisation Chief Executive Paul Goulter: 2 September, 2024

Te Whatu Ora’s voluntary redundancies w/ NZ Nurses Organisation Chief Executive Paul Goulter: 2 September, 2024 Te Whatu Ora’s voluntary redundancies w/ NZ Nurses Organisation Chief Executive Paul Goulter: 2 September, 2024, 22.2 MB
Mon 2 Sep 2024

Last week Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand announced they were offering voluntary redundancies to admin and advisory staff. This follows 268 roles already being cut from Te Whatu Ora’s commissioning team. 

The organisation has said that the “majority of their expenditure is on people costs, and Health NZ needs to review its size and structure.” Adding that “they are providing the opportunity for eligible staff to consider voluntary redundancy ahead of likely formal change consultation processes over the coming months.” 

However many health staff say a cut to admin will put more pressure on the already understaffed and overworked nurses, doctors and primary care workers. 

New Zealand Nurses Organisation Chief Executive Paul Goulter says Te Whatu Ora did not follow the correct consultation processes before arriving at the conclusion that there should be redundancies. 

He added that any reduction of staff will impact on the people who remain. Saying removal of supporting roles means that other staff must pick the work they’re doing, something he calls unacceptable. 

Producer Evie spoke to Goulter about Te Whatu Ora’s voluntary redundancies and the impacts they will have on other healthcare workers. 

Ocean and Fisheries minister Shane Jones’ cuts to fishing levies w/ Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper: 2 September, 2024

Ocean and Fisheries minister Shane Jones’ cuts to fishing levies w/ Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper: 2 September, 2024 Ocean and Fisheries minister Shane Jones’ cuts to fishing levies w/ Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper: 2 September, 2024, 20.31 MB
Mon 2 Sep 2024

Last week Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones announced that levies paid by the fishing industry will be slashed by nearly $5 million dollars. 

The levies are used to manage the environmental impacts of commercial fishing. This includes monitoring fish populations, making sure observers are on boats, and researching the impacts fishing is having on the wider ocean environment. 

The same day, Jones announced a bill that will extend coastal permits for marine farms by 20 years. 

It was opposed by Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori due to environmental concerns. Greenpeace says that Jones is prioritising private commercial gain over the wellbeing of the oceans. 

Producer Evie spoke to Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper about the changes made by Shane Jones and the potential environmental impacts they could have on our oceans.

 

Government’s plan to restore a tougher test for Māori customary title claims in the foreshore and seabed w/ Te Mata Law’s Harry Clatworthy (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi and Ngāti Uenuku-Kōpako): 29th August, 2024

Government’s plan to restore a tougher test for Māori customary title claims in the foreshore and seabed w/ Te Mata Law’s Harry Clatworthy (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi and Ngāti Uenuku-Kōpako): 29th August, 2024 Government’s plan to restore a tougher test for Māori customary title claims in the foreshore and seabed w/ Te Mata Law’s Harry Clatworthy (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi and Ngāti Uenuku-Kōpako): 29th August, 2024, 25.43 MB
Thu 29 Aug 2024

Earlier this year, Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith in a private meeting with Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones and seafood industry representatives discussed potential changes to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011, which is a piece of legislation that replaced the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. 

The Takutai Moana Act allows Māori to apply for certain customary rights over the foreshore and seabed under customary marine title. 

The government intends to change section 58 of the Act which currently requires an applicant group to prove they have "exclusively used and occupied it from 1840 to the present day without substantial interruption". The proposed changes would change the section 58 test to reduce the 100% of coastline subject to customary marine title to 5%.

As a result, an urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim into the government’s proposed changes to the Act had its hearings this week. 

This is the seventh urgent inquiry by the Tribunal into the coalition government’s policies. 

Producer Sofia spoke to lawyer at Te Mata Law, Harry Clatworthy (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi, and Ngāti Uenuku-Kōpako), about these proposed changes as well as the historical context of foreshore and seabed ownership in Aotearoa.

Changes to the Fast Track Bill w/ Greenpeace Aotearoa’s Programme Director, Niamh O’Flynn: 29th August, 2024

Changes to the Fast Track Bill w/ Greenpeace Aotearoa’s Programme Director, Niamh O’Flynn: 29th August, 2024 Changes to the Fast Track Bill w/ Greenpeace Aotearoa’s Programme Director, Niamh O’Flynn: 29th August, 2024, 10.45 MB
Thu 29 Aug 2024

On Sunday, the government announced changes to the Fast Track Bill. 

Of the most notable of the changes, the Bill will no longer give three ministers sign-off powers, having now delegated that responsibility to a panel of independent experts.

This comes after widespread public protest and submissions against the Bill. 

Although these changes mean less power will be concentrated in the hands of three ministers than had been previously proposed, environmental groups continue to criticise the bill, saying these changes are not enough. 

Producer Sofia spoke to Greenpeace Aotearoa’s Programme Director, Niamh O’Flynn, about these changes and Greenpeace’s response.