The Wire with Max

Caeden speaks to Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni about renewed calls to review how dating impacts benefits, and Tāmaki Makaurau a year on from the flooding.

They also speak to Tuhi-Ao Bailey (Taranaki, Te Atiawa, Ngati Mutunga) about Climate Justice Taranaki’s case at the Waitangi Tribunal.

And they speak to Executive Director of Greenpeace Russel Norman about the government’s environmental protection policies.

Beth speaks to Counsellor for Manukau, Lotu Fuli, about Wayne Brown’s ruling that all work on projects funded by the Regional Fuel Tax are to be stopped, following the scrapping of the tax by the National Party.

She also speaks to Head of Campaigns for Greenpeace Aotearoa, Amanda Larssen, about the Supreme Court’s ruling that Northland iwi leader Mike Smith (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) has the right to sue seven big polluters in Aotearoa New Zealand, including Fonterra.

Castor speaks to Lecturer of Emergency Management at Massey University’s Joint Center for Disaster Research, Doctor Lauren Vinnell about the term “one in one hundred year event.”

This week on the Wednesday Wire;

Oto speaks to Eru Kapa-Kingi from the University of Auckland, to talk about the next national hui in Heretaunga.

Nicholas speaks to Professor Lisa Te Moregna, co-hair of theHealth Coalition about the potential defunding of Ka Ora Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme.

Sofia speaks to Nicki Wakefield Ngā Mahinga o Ngāti Kahu o Torongare about their current petition to protect sacred Onoke Pā

Oto also spoke Craig Renney, from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, to talk about public service cuts and their impacts on the growing population. 

This week the coalition government unveiled their new 36 point action plan.

The Green Party have been active critics of the new plan, with Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick calling the 36 point plan vague, immeasurable and untethered from reality and evidence.

Nicholas spoke to Greens MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Government’s action plan.

On the 3rd of July, submissions closed for the government’s Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, which would change the relationship between landlords and their tenants. The bill is aimed at addressing the current housing crisis and availability of rentals. Particularly, it does this by reintroducing the 90 day no-cause termination for periodic tenancies, which the government claims will allow landlords to take on tenants they perceive to be a risk. 

The proposed changes have been criticised by renters rights advocates, who say the changes further tip the power imbalance between landlords and tenants. Particularly, tenants could experience terminations for little to no reason, sometimes with notice of as little as six weeks. 

In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire host Castor spoke to MP Sam Uffindell about the bill and how it could impact tenants, especially in the currently turbulent rental market.