Podcasts about Manurewa

Nearly 50 years ago, Jack Hobbs began working on transforming some farmland in Manurewa into what is now Auckland Botanic Gardens. 

An Auckland charity is desperately appealing for help from the public following a report of serious dog abuse at a park late last week. The animal, which was on a leash, was filmed at Wattle Downs South Park in Manurewa.The graphic video shows the dog being struck several times and is obviously injured before it is then thrown into the air by its owner. Christine Breen is the founder of Chained Dog Awareness. She was sent the disturbing video and is now calling for the public's help to track down the dog and its owner. Breen spoke to Lisa Owen.

A massive wakeup call or a hatchet job? Associate professor of politics Lara Greaves breaks down the inquiry into Manurewa Marae and the data collection.

Stats boss has fallen on his sword over the handling of confidential personal data. Automatic pay rises for public servants under review. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said the government will aim to spend two percent of GDP on defence. Is it doable? LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Te Pāti Māori is calling a report into the handling of data at a marae linked to its candidate a 'hatchet job.' The report found Stats NZ raised concerns about conflict of interest and privacy risks at Manurewa marae - but those concerns were ignored. Health NZ and the Ministry of Health had no safeguards in place at all. Accusations the party misused the data are still being investigated. Political Reporter Russell Palmer has more.

The head of StatsNZ is falling on his sword, after a long-awaited inquiry found the agency failed to put adequate safeguards in place to ensure Census information collected at Manurewa marae was not misused. Political reporter Giles Dexter has more.

The Privacy Commissioner will now investigate whether Census and Covid-19 vaccination data shared with Manurewa Marae was misused for election purposes. Waipareira Trust and president of Te Pāti Māori John Tamihere spoke to Corin Dann.

An inquiry released on Tuesday found StatsNZ and the Ministry of Health failed to put adequate safeguards in place to protect the information they shared. Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The head of the Public Service Sector says the Government needs to do better with Kiwis' data. A report into claims Covid and Census data were misused during the 2023 election has been released today. It highlights significant shortcomings at Stats NZ and Health NZ - and concluded the agencies failed to ensure data provided to third-party providers was kept confidential. Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this isn't a good look for the wider public service sector. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new standard for Government agencies handling data will be set after today's bombshell report. The Public Service Commission has released a report detailing failures by Stats NZ, Health NZ and the Ministry of Health. It's after allegations surfaced in June that Census and Covid vaccination data was inappropriately used at Manurewa Marae. It's highlighted a lack of safeguards - even when concerns were raised within Stats NZ, whose acting head is now stepping down. It found agencies also failed to address conflicts-of-interest by providers working with Covid data. Commissioner Sir Brian Roche says contracting requirements for third-parties will change. "We are just being clear about the duty of care required on people who access public money to discharge services." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An industrial worker is in critical condition and two others are injured after being struck by several sheets of marble in south Auckland today. The hired labourers were unloading a shipping container in Manurewa when disaster struck. Felix Walton spoke to witnesses at the scene. A warning, some of the details in his report are distressing.

Te Pāti Māori says the Electoral Commission should not have apologised for using Manurewa marae as a voting place. Political reporter Russell Palmer spoke to co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer about the Public Service Commission's subsequent inquiry.

The Electoral Commission admits a polling booth shouldn't have operated at a Marae run by a candidate. The Public Service Commission is investigating claims Manurewa Marae misused Census data for Te Pati Māori's election campaign. Its winning candidate for the Tamaki Makaurau electorate - Takutai Tarsh Kemp - was Marae chief executive at the time. Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls unpacks the controversy further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Green thumbed thieves have done ten thousands of dollars of damage at Auckland botanic gardens in the last financial year.The beautiful gardens sprawl across 64 hectares in Manurewa, and include a native forest and thousands of plants. But over the past two years, there's been an increase in costly plant theft and vandalism. Barbara Wheeler the Botanic Gardens Curator, spoke to Lisa Owen.

We spend a lot of time talking about alcohol harm, and yet we tend to do very little about it. Therefore, it is good to see Auckland Council has stuck to its guns and persisted in what they believe is a game changer for some communities.    After an 8-year court battle with supermarkets, Auckland Council looks set to place a ban on selling booze after 9pm in supermarkets and bottle stores in Auckland by December. Also on the cards is a two-year freeze on new liquor stores in the central city and 23 other areas with high alcohol-related harm and crime.  At the end of the day, how you drink is up to the individual. It is your health and your responsibility. But as a society, we all pay the price. Alcohol impacts our health and our mental wellbeing. It's a factor in family violence, and crime, and creates unsafe communities and roads.  It adds to the workload of police, and emergency departments. We know the benefits to reducing alcohol harm.    So good on the Auckland Council for taking some responsibility. The aim of this Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) is to minimize alcohol-related harm in communities while balancing fair and reasonable requirements for businesses. So, you can still buy your alcohol, you might have to be a bit better organised, but if it is making it less available in communities that are seeing the brunt of the harm, then I say let's give it a go.  Do we really need more than 100 liquor stores in South Auckland?  There are about 18 in the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board area, 18 in Manurewa, 29 in Ōtara-Papatoetoe, and 40 in Maungakiekie-Tāmaki. Sounds like enough to me. Gosh don't you wish we'd been more proactive around vape stores? ...  Those working in this space are calling it a game-changer. Dr Grant Hewison, a lawyer who works on alcohol issues with two community groups in South Auckland, said the policy would lead to significant improvements in alcohol-related harm.  He believes that shifting the closing time regarding the sale of alcohol at supermarkets and liquor stores from 11 pm to 9pm will prevent pre-loading with cheaper alcohol outside licensed premises.    Manurewa- Papakura ward councilor Angela Dalton said on Breakfast TV this morning “easy access to alcohol is not helping our people who are really in distress from addiction and that goes across any age, any culture, it's nondiscriminatory but it's certainly impacting our kids.    She went on to say the area has a young population, and children are walking past liquor outlets daily. She believes it's subliminal messaging and they might be going home to places that are fueled by alcohol. She believes if we can calm that, this is going to be better off for everyone.      The new rules mean:  Supermarkets and bottle stores cannot sell alcohol after 9pm (the cut-off is 11pm now).  Bars, restaurants and other on-licences cannot sell alcohol later than 4am in the central city and 3am elsewhere.  Applications for new bottle stores in the central city and 23 other areas will be rejected for two years unless they meet a very high threshold.  Sports clubs and RSAs can sell alcohol no later than 1am.  No change for liquor licences for festivals and events. They will continue to be assessed by the district licencing committee.  I can work around this – it doesn't need to be an issue for me – but if it helps other people and other communities, I am happy to deal with a small inconvenience of fewer sales hours.  You?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Eleven agencies were summoned for a meeting on Friday to discuss “action” to address a series of allegations involving Manurewa marae and Te Pāti Māori, the most serious of which is misuse of census data ahead of the last election, at which TPM's Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp – then CEO of the marae – defeated Labour's Peeni Henare by just 42 votes. Kemp and John Tamihere, president of TPM, strenuously reject the allegations and “baseless innuendo”. Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire convene their own summit in an attempt to get their heads around the claims and counter-claims, and why they're so serious. Plus: The enduring newsline for Nicola Willis's debut budget was meant to be tax cuts and a tightening of belts. Instead it's something else: a failure to deliver promised funding to 13 cancer drugs. We assess the severity of the backlash, the response, and the reception to the 2024 budget more broadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fascinating interview on the Mike Hosking breakfast this morning, with the lawyer acting on behalf of former workers at Auckland's Manurewa marae, where it is alleged that private information was improperly accessed to help with election campaigning.   Now these are really, really serious allegations and it is just so important to note that Te Pāti Māori and John Tamihere have denied all allegations of wrongdoing so far. At the moment we have Stats New Zealand investigating, the police are investigating as well. Health New Zealand is involved and now the privacy commissioner is considering what, if any steps to take.   But I for one think it's probably reached a point with this issue where a broader inquiry can be justified. Not only to restore public confidence in the census and in election processes, but also for Te Pāti Māori and for John Tamihere to have the opportunity to be publicly cleared of wrongdoing.   You see, there are several issues with this. We have, for starters, several interrelated allegations - which are in themselves a little confusing and a little murky. We have a government department that is investigating, while a legal representative for some of the workers at the centre of these allegations says that another government department, the MSD, has acted improperly. And I think that having won the Government Department essentially investigating another department's role risks perceptions when it comes around a lack of independence, at least in the eyes of some voters.   It's interesting, Christopher Luxon says he's not ruling out a public inquiry, but at the same time he probably needs to be pretty careful to be seen not to be using (as yet unproven) allegations for political advantage. So he suggests the current processes need to be seen through. But I think we probably need something broader. I think we need something broader, something with clear terms of reference, something as transparent as possible. Because it is in the best interests of the voting public, but also the best interests of clearing those who say they've done absolutely nothing wrong.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Te Pāti Māori is facing allegations that personal information collected by a Manurewa marae during Covid immunisations was used for political campaigning.  The marae was also controversially used as a polling booth in last year's general election.  Te Pāti Māori has denied the allegations.  Taxpayers Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, told Jack Tame “At the end of the day, this information isn't in the government's hands.”  Williams said “The Census is such a core function of government – and public must have confidence that the data is protected.”  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government is facing calls for a wide-ranging inquiry after claims that Manurewa Marae misused census data to help Te Pāti Māori's election campaign. Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington associate professor in political science Lara Greaves spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Over $20 million in Pokie machine profits were recorded last December in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe, Manurewa and Mangere-Ōtāhuhu local board areas of Auckland.  Producer Ezra spoke to Senior Lecturer of Education at the University of Auckland, Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia, about the impact these figures highlighted of gaming machines in South Auckland.

Over $20 million in Pokie machine profits were recorded last December in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe, Manurewa and Mangere-Ōtāhuhu local board areas of Auckland.  Producer Ezra spoke to Senior Lecturer of Education at the University of Auckland, Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia, about the impact these figures highlighted of gaming machines in South Auckland.

The Police Minister says he's deeply concerned about the ages of robbers plundering Auckland jewellery stores. In the past two weeks, at least five aggravated robberies have spanned Auckland - at Westgate, Newmarket, Onehunga and Manurewa. Minister Mark Mitchell says in the most recent incident, the robbers were aged between nine and fourteen. He says plans for youth military academies are a big part of their response. "That's going to be targeted at those worst recidivist violent youth offenders, because at the end of the day,  we want to invest in these young people and try to get them back on the right track." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sport is joy.    In the newspaper life's tragedies are on the front page, the triumphs on the back.    Sport comes with its share of grief and drama, it certainly isn't exempt from the drivers of regular news, by and large though, it's a place of celebration.    The best story of the week has come from the heart and soul of New Zealand sport - grassroots rugby. And rugby needs it. It's a sport that has attracted plenty of ire from the media and the public over the years as it slowly loses its grip on being the dominant sport here.   Player numbers are lagging, there's a disconnect between the union and the unions, it's sinking in a financial mire, there's increasing concern around the safety of the sport, an ever-present debate around the lawbook and the miserable sight of empty super stadiums motu wide. It's not in the best shape.   Now this.    It's small. It's hardly headline news. It won't be picked up on by international media but it is significant and uplifting.    Based on the success Manurewa club rugby have had, Counties Manukau has launched a wonderful scheme.    They're removing junior rugby fees.    11 of their 17 clubs have signed up for the initiative which is being essentially underwritten by the Silver Lake money picked up by Counties.   Manurewa's explosion of numbers over the last 3 years point to this as a way forward for the code, from 187 juniors to 438. Plenty of unions should now be keeping a close eye on this.     Counties is making change where it is most keenly felt, the back pocket.    Counties is looking after the families during a cost of living calamity.   Counties is looking after the grassroots.   Water the dirt, flowers last for you.   That'll do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The closure notice for South Auckland's most popular Cafe is being met with frustration from its owners and customers. The Hill House Cafe in Manurewa is famous for its cinnamon buns, which were voted Auckland's most delicious by the Urban List. But the council owned heritage building it occupies needs work done, meaning a forced closure. But the details, as Leonard Powell reports, are not so clear.

The closure notice for South Auckland's most popular Cafe is being met with frustration from its owners and customers. The Hill House Cafe in Manurewa is famous for its cinnamon buns, which were voted Auckland's most delicious by the Urban List. But the council owned heritage building it occupies needs work done, meaning a forced closure. But the details, as Leonard Powell reports, are not so clear.

Tyrell Karaka from Manurewa, South Auckland shares his story of redemption. He grew up around criminal activity, drugs and violence, but also excelled in rugby league. Eventually he found himself addicted to drugs and in and out of prison. After serving his most recent prison sentence he has now been out for 3 years. He shares the struggles of changing this life for the better, and how it it has not been an easy journey.

I don't Karl Le Quesne the guy who runs the Electoral Commission.   He seems like a serious sort of man who takes his job seriously which is the kind of person I quite like.   So I have nothing against him, but he has to lose his job over the stuff ups this election.   There have been too many stuff ups:    The problem getting getting the Easy Vote cards out before the election.   The computers system crashed for a while on election day.   They lost an entire box of votes in the final count.   15 seats ended up having wrong final counts.   And finally, they thought it was a good idea to put a voting booth in a marae in Manurewa where the CEO of the marae was running for parliament and won the seat and is now an MP.   If you were generous, and most of us are, you could probably excuse a few counting errors and and a computer system crashing because mistakes happen. But this many mistakes is too many, and there is no excuse for putting the voting booth in the marae.   Sure, Karl wasn't personally counting the votes and running the computer system so you might think it's harsh for him to lose his job.   But here's why he has to: standards, and Karl should be made an example of to the rest of the public service.  Because it is getting sloppy all over the place   Stats NZ stuffed up two censuses in a row, the Electoral Commission stuffed up the election, Adrian Orr stuffed up inflation, Pharmac's CEO got busted writing snarky emails about a journalist cum patient advocate, and today the NZQA stuffed up the NCEA level 1 English exam when the online system couldn't handle 20,000 students and slowed down so badly 10% of them couldn't do it online.  We have a right to expect our public servants to do their jobs to a certain standard and if they don't there should be consequences.    If the incoming government wants to tidy up the public service and get them operating anywhere near the same standard as businesses up and down this country they have the perfect way to send a message.    Start by holding the boss of the Electoral Commission responsible for a job badly done. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Electoral Commission is investigating concerns raised over a voting place at Manurewa Marae, where Te Pāti Māori's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Takutai Tarsh Kemp also serves as chief executive. Kemp won the electorate by just four votes over the incumbent Labour MP Peeni Henare, in what has ended up as the tightest race in the country. A recount is underway  And there have been complaints that food given to voters at the Manurewa Marae may constitute "treating", an offence under the electoral law.  Electoral law expert Graeme Edgeler spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The number of people beating the crowds and advanced voting is lagging behind this time last election. But it's still early days, and in the South Auckland electorates of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu and Manurewa, lots of young people are planning to join the ranks of first-time voters. Although some of them say a little incentive couldn't hurt. Reporter Tom Taylor and camera operator Nick Monro have this report.

It was too good an opportunity to pass up.  Auckland Council has spent more than $12 million expanding its Botanical Gardens.   It's bought 1.6 hectares, the size of two soccer pitches, on Hill Road in Manurewa.   More than 10 million dollars of the purchase price will be funded by debt.  Manurewa-Papakura Ward Councillor, Daniel Newman, says he lobbied hard for the purchase.   He knows money's tight, but this was the only time they could buy this particular parcel of land.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A claim safety outside Auckland schools will be a postcode lottery under an Auckland Transport plan. The AT school speed limits proposal is open for consultation until next Monday. Auckland University Population Professor Alistair Woodward says the plan leaves some areas worse off - with fewer speed limits. He rates Kaipatiki, Howick and Orakei the most dangerous areas, and Waiheke, Manurewa and Mangere-Otahuhu the three safest. Woodward says people should submit feedback if they want it changed. "Read to find out what is being proposed for their schools, to submit to Auckland Transport." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Locals in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland are rallying around the families of the two men shot dead in the city's CBD last week. Solomona Tootoo from Manurewa, and Tupuga Sipiliano, from Wattle Downs, were both workers at the construction site where their colleague Matu Reid opened fire. Both men who died were in their forties, and their friends and whanau are devastated. Manurewa local board chair Glenn Murphy spoke to Corin Dann.

The Pacific Island community in Auckland is grieving the loss of the two men shot dead at a downtown construction site last week. Solomona Tootoo and Tupuga Sipiliano have been named as the victims of Matu Reid, who also died. The two construction workers, both in their forties, lived in Manurewa and Wattle Downs. Former Auckland city councillor, Green Party candidate and Pacific Island advocate Efeso Collins spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The Education Ministry's latest figures show just 34 percent of Pasifika students attended school regularly in term four last year, half what it was at the same time a year earlier. Overall, just over half of pupils attended school regularly in the final term of 2022, slightly up from the term prior. Grant McMillan is the principal of James Cook High School in Manurewa, and he told Corin Dann this year has so far seen higher attendance despite disruptions from the January floods.

The government has revealed plans to lower class sizes at primary and intermediate school levels. Ratios will go from one teacher to 29 students to one to 28, for years 4 to 8. That means an extra 320 full time jobs to achieve the target by the begining of 2025. The Education Minister hopes the move will halt the downward trend in achievement in maths, reading and writing in those year groups. Shirley Maihi, principal of Finlayson park School in Manurewa, talks to Lisa Owen.

The Principal of New Zealand's largest primary school says the Government's announcement on class sizes is ludicrous. Years 4 to 8 students will have one less classmate, with the teacher student ratio dropping to one teacher to 28 students by 2025. Shirley Maihi of Manurewa's Finlayson Park School told Tim Dower it's not going to effect any change at all. She says it needed to be a bigger step, as bringing it down by one student in two years isn't going to help children's learning. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Numbers in Auckland high schools are dwindling with more students swapping study for full-time work before they've finished their qualifications. Years of pandemic-related disruptions have left some students so far behind they've lost motivation to catch up, and are instead choosing to enter the workforce early. A fifth of year thirteens have already dropped out of James Cook High School in Manurewa. Its principal Grant McMillan spoke to Susie Ferguson.

A forensic anthropologist believes answers could come from the DNA of the remains of two children, whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland. The remains were found in the contents of a storage unit, won in an online auction and taken to a Manurewa home last Thursday. New Zealand Police are working with Interpol and overseas agencies as part of the investigation, and it's believed some family of the children may still be in New Zealand. It's believed the bodies had been in the unit for three to four years and they were aged between five and 10 when they died. Otago University's Dr Angela Clark told Heather du Plessis-Allan DNA from the remains can be used to establish the ages, and links to family members. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police in New Zealand are investigating after human remains were found among the contents of an abandoned storage unit that was won at auction. A Manurewa family – who are not believed by authorities to be involved in the alleged crime – were shocked to discover human remains in a suitcase that was delivered to their house among the items they won. Monkeypox continues to spread across the globe with cases jumping by 20% over the last week, according to the World Health Organization. Governor Gavin Newsom will be visiting Fresno County to unveil a new plan focusing on helping children who are struggling with their mental health in California. Writer Sam Harris said any “left-wing conspiracy” to prevent former President Donald Trump's reelection is “warranted” during an interview released Wednesday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aucklanders are trying to come to terms with the horrific discovery of the remains of two young children near Manurewa. Police have confirmed the bodies of two children aged between 5 and ten years old were found in two suitcases bought at a storage unit auction. Jonty Dine reports.

A world first forest pre-school is about to open in Manurewa. The project began in 2019 and will finally open its doors next month. To talk about the unique space and the enrolments to date, Chrysalis founder, Dr Darius Singh talks to Wallace.

Manurewa community icon Shirley Maihi is the country's oldest school principal. At 80, she leads decile one Finlayson Park School, championing bi-lingual education and social wellbeing initiatives, including being an early adopter of offering free breakfasts and lunches.

I can tell you now, the Government's plan to lump congestion charging on Aucklanders is not going to be popular. From the hints being dropped, it sounds like the Government might announce this congestion charge next Monday. The cost might be 3.50 each way, so if you're traveling both in and out of the city daily, that's $7 a day, $35 a week. And they could bring it in from 2025, but might be leaning towards doing it as early as next year. Now as I say, I don't think this is going to be popular. There's a poll up on the Herald and 75% of voters don't support it. Don't write that off as an untrustworthy opt-in poll too quickly. It almost perfectly mirrors what people told the Select Committee when it was considering congestion charging last year: 70% of people said no. I think we all know a congestion charge is inevitable – if only because we've talked about it for so long it's got to happen eventually. But the devil is in the detail and there are a thousand ways this already unpopular idea could get even more unpopular. For a start, the cost. We are in a cost-of-living crisis right now where people are already struggling to afford to pay the bills. It's hardly a flash time to be telling them you're adding to their costs. $35 a week might not sound like a lot to some, but to others, that's their weekly fruit and veggie bill. And it's on top of the regional fuel tax and the petrol excise tax. And it's inflationary. You pop that on the weekly cost of a plumber working around the city and that plumber will just pass that on to clients. I think we can accept a congestion charge might work in the CBD because there are alternative public transport options. But take a look at the map on the Herald showing where this might expand in years to come. We're talking about areas as far afield as Massey, Albany and Manurewa. How would you feel about copping a congestion charge every time you drive from New Lynn to visit granny in Massey? Happy to catch the bus instead? Is there a regular, reliable bus for you to take? Half price bus fares aren't going to help you much if the bus doesn't turn up. It's going to take a hell of a sales job to make another tax on people popular, especially when it's already unpopular, especially when budgets are already stretched. 

Auckland Council has endorsed the business case for a $306 million dollar plan to construct cycleways in the city. It means construction will now be sped up, but the topic is still proving divisive, with 13 councillors in favour of the plan, three against and seven abstaining. Among those at odds were the two Manurewa-Papakura Ward councillors, Angela Dalton and Daniel Newman - she was for and he against. They spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Long-serving Labour MP Louisa Wall is retiring from politics. Her achievements in Parliament have been praised across the political spectrum - most notably fighting to legalise same-sex marriage. That legislation came into effect in 2013. However, her 14 year parliamentary career has not been without controversy - most recently her battle against her own party - over the Labour candidacy selection for the Manurewa seat. Emma Hatton reports.

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