A lot has been happening in local government recently from Auckland Council discussing Congestion Charges to Wellington Council selling their Airport shares. National’s controversial Fast Track legislation may also impact local government’s control and capacity.

For City Counselling Wire Host Caeden talk about these topics with Councillor Shane Henderson.

The Government’s potential changes to the Intermediate and High School English Curriculums has been raising a lot of eyebrows with teachers, academics, and people in the Arts.

Discussions about representation and consistency have been key points talked about in relation to this process.

Wire Host Caeden talks about what we know about these changes and why they matter with the University of Auckland’s Dr Claudia Roza.

Jim chats garlic on Greening Out. Whakarongo mai nei!

Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary on the government's walking back of promised cancer drug funding, and agriculture being left out of ETS. 

On What's Up with Chris Hipkins, Rachel speaks to the leader of the opposition about the recent Budget and action against the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The Bard of Bollix chats Earth Stuff on The Mind Trench. Mads from HŌHĀ chats about their gig this Friday with U R A Tooth and Vegetable Machine Animal at Whammy Backroom. Justine answers your employment and union queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!

For their weekly catch-up, Wire Host Oto spoke to Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the recent March for Nature protests, changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme and the government spending $4 Billion on fixing potholes.

He also spoke to Eru Kapa-Kingi from the University of Auckland to discuss Te Pati Māori’s calls to establish a separate Māori parliament.

Wire producer Rawan spoke with Valerie Morse from Peace Action Wellington about the New Zealand defence force being part of US-led RIMPAC alongside several other countries including Israel.

She also spoke with Neeve O’flynn from Greenpeace Aotearoa about the government’s recent decision to take agriculture out of the Emision trading scheme.

Last Saturday, thousands gathered in Central Auckland for the 'March for Nature Rally' led by Greenpeace, to demonstrate their opposition towards the government’s Fast Track Approvals bill and other policies involving environmental conservation.

Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez-March was present at the rally, alongside many of his colleagues, and for their weekly chat, he and Oto discussed the implications of the rally and opposition to the government’s environmental policies. 

They also talked about the recently announced changes to the Emissions trading scheme, as well as the government’s decision to invest $4 billion dollars into a fund to repair potholes.

The Budget 2024 announcement was responded to with an outburst of protests across the motu, held in opposition to numerous aspects of the coalition government’s policies but largely focusing on the dissolution of organisations and funding dedicated to improving outcomes for Māori.

Preceding the budget announcement, Te Pāti Māori announced calls to establish a separate Māori parliament to protect the interests of Māori, based on the Kotahitanga movement originating in the 1800s. 

Oto spoke to Eru Kapa-Kingi, professional teaching fellow in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland and Vice-President of Te Pāti Māori, to talk about Kotahitanga, the Māori Parliament and what that might look like.

 Rachel speaks to the leader of the opposition about the recent Budget and action against the Fast Track Approvals Bill.

This weeks show sees Big J and Smashton mourn the loss of Gale from Coronation Street.... While announcing this weeks top 10.