Podcasts about Marama Davidson

The Green Party is calling on the government to condemn the capture of a civilian yacht carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. Co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Corin Dann.

At the time of preparing this show Craig Renney and the CTU have been banned by Treasury to attend the budget lock up for the first time ever. Along with other third party, non-media groups such as the TPU, Business NZ and the NZ Initiative have also been banned. The company that makes BHN applied for access to the lock up and we'll tell you the whole sordid story tonight after 9pmMarama Davidson joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk the Green Party Alternative Budget. The Green Party is proposing an "income guarantee" that would give everyone who is out of work at least $395 a week, and to completely overhaul the Working for Families scheme. It is one of the announcements in its alternative Budget revealed this morning.=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social

This week, Paula's guest is Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson, who last month returned to work after treatment for breast cancer. She discusses the turbulent period for her party and how her diagnosis and treatment clashed with all of this, and she gives insights into how she got through it all - including getting advice from Nikki Kaye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Helen Clark, Marama Davidson and Sunny Kaushal.

For their weekly catch up with the Green Party, Oto spoke to Ricardo Menendez March about ongoing protests at lake Rotokākahi, Stats NZs recent child poverty report, and Marama Davidson's Consumer Guarantees Right to Repair Amendment Bill. For this week's Get Action! Oto spoke to Glenn Barclay, Chairperson of Tax Justice Aotearoa and the better taxes coalition, about a campaign of his calling for tax reform in Aotearoa. Amani spoke to Associate Clinical and Medical Health Sciences Professor at the University of Auckland, Stephen Howie, about the current widespread suffering and death around the globe due to a lack of medical oxygen supply. And she also spoke to Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and International Business at the University of Auckland, Brent Burmester, on why he thinks the coalition government's recently revised Active Investor Plus visa, in his words, “misses the mark.” And, Last week, Producer Sasha spoke to the author of ‘Weaponizing Civilian Protection: Counterinsurgency and Collateral Damage in Afghanistan,' and  Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, Dr Thomas Gregory, about the ‘unnecessary' civilian casualties from the recent Afghanistan war.

Marama Davidson, after time off for cancer treatment, is back at Parliament and is already busy with her members bill that would require manufacturers to make repair parts and information available to consumers. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Pat gets an exclusive interview with Green Co-leader Marama Davidson on her return to politics and celebrating Waitangi. Bishop has singled the beginning of National's plan to sell off govt assets, starting with KO housing. Luxon on Breakfast this morning, giving his usual talking points on why he won't be making an appearance at Waitangi this year ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ ================================= Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ Follow us on Bluesky Pat @patbrittenden.bsky.social Chewie @chewienz.bsky.social Emily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social Magenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social

Eight months after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has returned to politics. Davidson spoke to Corin Dann.

Tim Jago, former President of the Act Party, had his name suppression lifted over the weekend. Questions remain about how Act leadership, including David Seymour, handled the accusations. Marama Davidson makes a return to Parliament at the start of Waitangi Week. Cameras were welcome to the historical Te Tii Marae for the first time in 5 years as the celebration begin. Elon Musk's fingers in the American Government pie continue to cause damage to the country, and he is not remorseful ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ ================================= Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ Follow us on Bluesky Pat @patbrittenden.bsky.social Chewie @chewienz.bsky.social Emily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social Magenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says she's looking forward to Waitangi as her first engagement.

The Green Party had a rough time in 2024, dealing with their fair share of scandals and tragedies. From Darleen Tana's dramatic exit and Golriz Ghahraman's shoplifting scandal, to the death of Efeso Collins and Marama Davidson's cancer diagnosis. Co-Leader Chlöe Swarbrick told Tim Beveridge that it's been tough. “I do spend a lot of time reflecting on the actions that I take, and whether I'm the best person to be doing this job,” she said. “I can tell you that I feel confident that we've done the best that we possibly could with those circumstances, with our values being the guiding star.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's worse than somebody who doesn't give a s*** about poor people and victims of domestic violence? Somebody who says they care about them, spends billions of dollars in vain trying to fix it and actually makes the problem worse. At the weekend, Minister Karen Chhour launched the family violence action plan, which is basically a re-do of a 25-year plan that her predecessor, Marama Davidson, launched during her three years in office. And we all know the prevailing narrative - nobody cares about the poor and the downtrodden quite like the Greens. So, they had these two very important portfolios in the last Government - homelessness and family violence. People are already trolling poor Karen over her plan, but let's take a look back at the Greens' results, shall we? And remember - in the three years prior to the Greens, it was Labour in charge. So, fellow travellers, homelessness in the Census from 2023 - which is when Labour was booted out of office - those people living in severely deprived housing was up 2.1 percent, an extra 13,000 Kiwis. So that's a big fat F for fail. Family violence - in June 2023, the numbers tell us 177,000 family harm investigations were recorded by the New Zealand police. That's a 49 percent increase on 2017. So that's a big fat Fail with a capital F. So the minister who supposedly cared more about these issues than any other, from a party who cares more deeply than any other, took our most vulnerable backwards. All that, despite being part of the highest-spending Government in this country's history, who doubled our national debt to GDP ratio and pumped hundreds of millions extra in dollars into wellbeing initiatives - and wrote a 25-year plan. What is that, anyway? What major company do you know writes a 25-year plan? It's nonsense. 10 at most, yes, but 25? Here's a prediction - by the time this plan turns 25, nobody in Parliament will remember it. The dust collected on it so thick, you could probably house the homeless underneath it. The point here is, just because somebody tells you they care more about something, it doesn't mean it's true. And most importantly - it doesn't mean they can turn care and compassion into action. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Green Party reached a significant milestone this weekend, off the back of a tough year for the party. It's been a year full of controversy following the arrest of Golriz Ghahraman, the referral of Julie Anne Genter to the Privileges Committee and the Darleen Tana saga that ended with the Greens using the Waka-Jumping law to oust her. The Party's also had to deal with leadership changes following James Shaw's retirement - but the sudden death of Efeso Collins and co-leader Marama Davidson stepping aside following a breast cancer diagnosis have also impacted the Greens. NZ Herald political reporter Adam Pearse says co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick is determined to move forward - as the party has big plans for 2025. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Greens are taking time to have a proper discussion about Darleen Tana. Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick says the party will hold a meeting on September 1 to decide whether to invoke the waka-jumping rule. She and fellow co-leader Marama Davidson have written to Tana reiterating their request for her to stand down. NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan says not all delegates have been able to come to the AGM in Christchurch. "I think one of the reasons why they're scheduling it in a month's time is for party members from all over the country to discuss what they'd like to have happen." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A leaked report from the investigation into allegations former Green MP Darleen Tana was involved in migrant exploitation reveals the difficulties the investigator encountered and why it took more than 100 days to complete. The report also claims Tana's husband, who is implicated in the allegations, gave evidence that “tended to obfuscate rather than elucidate”, which was one of the key difficulties holding up the investigation, and that Tana's evidence “evidence shifted over the investigation”. It comes after Tana resigned from the party and Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says she feels “utterly betrayed” and lied to by Tana, claiming the report proves the MP's actions fell short of expectations. Tana denies the report shows she was involved in migrant exploitation and claims the party had already made its decision regardless of the report's content. The allegations relate to Tana's husband Christian Hoff-Nielsen's bicycle company, in which claims of missing pay formed a complaint to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). Hoff-Nielsen has denied the allegations. A section of investigator Rachel Burt's report, leaked to Newstalk ZB's Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive show, outlined the objective to ascertain whether Tana – who was reportedly involved in her husband's business – was “operationally involved in E-Cycles NZ when the breaches of employment standards or conditions are alleged to have taken place”. Burt admitted the investigation had been “complicated” as she could not compel witnesses to speak to her or direct what documents she could receive. “Consequently, in this investigation, I was presented by some witnesses with seemingly selective or partial information, and by others with information that was voluminous and relevance unclear,” the leaked report said. She identified key difficulties being the two complainants not wanting to meet her “at the outset” and only providing certain documents and people she deemed relevant not wanting to be interviewed. Burt also found Hoff-Nielsen had not provided a “coherent or consistent verbal account” and his evidence “tended to obfuscate rather than elucidate”. Christian Hoff-Nielsen, husband of Darleen Tana. Photo / Jason Oxenham “[Tana's] evidence shifted over the investigation with different explanations as to why that was so, requiring significant cross-referencing to earlier accounts and documentation to come to findings.” She added that a representative of a complainant also sent her 500 pages of “new and relevant” information just as she was finalising her draft report. “Consequently the investigation process took longer than anticipated, and coming to findings as required time-consuming and considered analysis.” Both Swarbrick and co-leader Marama Davidson had previously expressed frustration that the investigation had dragged on, lasting 114 days before Swarbrick spoke to media on Monday. Tana has been contacted for comment. In a statement, Green Party whip Ricardo Menéndez March said he would not provide comment on the report's contents until “all named parties have been consulted with”. Adam Pearse is a political reporter in the NZ Herald Press Gallery team, based at Parliament. He has worked for NZME since 2018, covering sport and health for the Northern Advocate in Whangārei before moving to the NZ Herald in Auckland, covering Covid-19 and crime. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marama Davidson will soon take leave while undergoing treatment - but plans to return to Parliament and her leadership role in about 4 months later this year, Craig McCulloch reports.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson's four month departure from parliament for cancer treatment is the latest in a series of bad news events for her party. Former Green Party MP Sue Bradford spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson says she's feeling grateful that her breast cancer will be treated - and she has the care and support to focus on it.  Davidson will work up until Matariki, before a partial mastectomy next month and further treatment.  Breast Cancer Foundation Chief Executive Ah-Leen Rayner told Heather du Plessis-Allan “We take it for granted in metropolitan areas that screening is readily accessible.”  Rayner said that for people living rurally - if you miss mobile-unit screenings, some may have to travel up to three hours.  She said "It's not equitable in terms of access." LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Monday, 17 June 2024, it has been an embarrassing start to the Prime Minister's trip to Japan - after the Defence Force plane carrying the delegation broke down. Political Correspondent Jason Walls speaks to Heather from the centre of the drama - and later in the show Heather asks Finance Minister Nicola Willis whether it's time to buy a new plane.    Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson has revealed she's been diagnosed with breastcancer. Ah-Leen Rayner from the Breast Cancer Foundation says she hopes more women will get themselves checked as a result of the news.  Plus the Huddle debates the Government's new plans to allow granny flats to be built without a building consent.  Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rachel speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about recent polling, AUKUS discussions, and goings on in the education sector. 

On What's Up with Marama Davidson, Rachel speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about recent polling, AUKUS discussions, and goings on in the education sector. The Bard of Bollix chats orangutans and Roman dodecahedrons on The Mind Trench. We listen to a conversation with Blonde Redhead about their upcoming show in Aotearoa. Joseph Harper of the What Now team is dialling in to chat about Lil Gigs,the segment with wonderful Aotearoa musicians performing in kids spaces for New Zealand Music Month. Justine Sachs helps the listeners wade through employment relations and union queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!

That was some outstanding rage from Julie Anne Genter, wasn't it? It probably won't surprise you to hear she's not at work today, she's working from home - I would be too, if that was me caught on that camera. The Greens have launched a disciplinary process, but I'm not expecting much from that, given how relaxed they seem to have been in the past about dealing with allegations against their MPs. Also, multiple parties in Parliament have now complained to the Speaker, and Gerry Brownlee will make a decision next week on whether he refers this to the Privileges Committee. Frankly, I think he's going to have to, don't you?  Because that was pretty outrageous behaviour. I mean in most professional workplaces, if you went up to a colleague, got your face about 30cm from them, yelled at them while waving a document in their face and then waved your hands repeatedly, I reckon you'd get a written warning - or a verbal warning at the very least. But it would be on your record, wouldn't it?  If you flipped the roles, if that was National's Matt Doocey marching over to Julie Anne Genter and yelling in her face instead of the other way around, there would be calls for all hell to rain down on him. Now obviously, let's deal with reality, let's not pretend women are held to the same standard as men when it comes to threatening behaviour. They aren't - and that's generally because women are not as much of a physical threat to men as the other way around. Rightly or wrongly, that's just how the world works. And I reckon that will colour the judgement of this particular case. But even for a woman, that was pretty wild, wasn't it? That was pretty cooked. Anyway, interestingly, Greens co-leader Marama Davidson was repeatedly asked today if she knows of other instances where Julie Anne Genter has lost her temper - and she didn't really answer the question, so draw your own conclusions from it. But she was probably asked because Julie Anne does have a bit of a short fuse. She's very passionate about her portfolio, she can get cross pretty easily about it. She walked out of a 1News interview three years ago - when you're with her one-on-one discussing transport, she gets quite shouty, even in public. To her credit, I like the fact that she's passionate about transport. It's good to have people who actually care about the things that they're in charge of. But unfortunately for her Parliament, like most workplaces now, has standards. And if we don't want blokes to be doing this to ladies in the House, we shouldn't have the ladies doing this to blokes in the House, should we? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Green Party says Minister Chris Bishop is gaslighting people about opportunities for public input on projects under the Fast Track Bill. Green Party leader Marama Davidson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The co-leader of the Green Party speaks with Rachel about the fast track consents bill, public sector cuts by the government and Winston Peters' speech to the UN about Gaza.

On What's Up with Marama Davidson, the co-leader of the Green Party speaks with Rachel about the fast track consents bill, public sector cuts by the government and Winston Peters' speech to the UN about Gaza. Rob Bollix takes us through The Mind Trench, discussing bacteria-created-faux-leather-shoes. Yes. Dbldbl is in the studio to talk about their new track Fakey featuring Randa and out via Sunreturn today. Human Resource chats about his new EP, The Slouch. Salene is back for A Room Of One's Own to help you wade through the renting landscape. Whakarongo mai nei!

I watched an interview the other week with Marama Davidson.  It came after the elevation of Chloe Swarbrick to the leadership. Davidson wasn't at the press conference, Chloe told us, because it turns out she had Covid.  In watching the interview, although Covid ridden, Davidson looked and sounded perfectly well, although she was isolating, which is what we do, isn't it?    Well, some of us do. A friend of the kids had Covid the other day and hopped on a plane, the way I am sure many people do, and have done, for ages.  But the power of the narrative is still on display by some because we were convinced, or have convinced ourselves, that Covid, although affecting the vast majority of us in exactly the same way as any other flu-like, viral type condition, is different.  And one of the outworkings of getting Covid is some people ended up with what has become known as long Covid. Now, the research out this week from Queensland's Chief Health Officer is that long Covid does exist, but we need to stop calling it that.  Because, to use their words, it creates unnecessary fear and it's probably harmful. In other words, we have freaked ourselves out needlessly.  They studied more than 5000 people and found similar functional limitations a year after the event as they found with those who had seasonal flu or other respiratory illnesses.  In other words, it didn't matter what you had, some people still felt the effects 12 months on, the same way it didn't matter what you had at the time of infection, it still hit you the same way.  You might have lost your sense of smell, or you might not have. You might have been fatigued, or you might not have been.  But the fact you could take a swab and get a red line gave us all a chance to say "oh it's Covid, I'll isolate" for whatever the current rules were.  If it wasn't Covid we reacted completely differently, the same way we had our entire lives until Covid came along, got a massive Government backed tag and reputation and messed with our sense of common sense.  We turned it, because we were allowed to, if not told to, into a “thing”.  Well, slowly, as common-sense returns and a slightly more real-world perspective evolves and the test results come in, we can increasingly see this period as some sort of out-of-body experience where we let fear play far too great a role. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suspended Green MP Darleen Tana says she intends to cooperate fully with an investigation after allegations emerged of migrant exploitation at her husband's company.  “I welcome an investigation and intend to cooperate fully, and I will not be commenting further,” Tana, who held the party's small business portfolio, told the Herald in a statement.  Tana is the third Green MP in less than a year to run into trouble, following in the footsteps of Elizabeth Kerekere, who quit the party last year amidst bullying allegations, and Golriz Ghahraman, who resigned after allegations emerged of her shoplifting.  Green Party MP Darleen Tana has been suspended amid allegations she is linked to migrant exploitation at her husband's company.  A statement from Green Party leader Marama Davidson and Chloe Swarbrick earlier today said Tana was suspended on Thursday afternoon because the allegations raised a conflict of interest with her small business portfolio.  The claims first came to light on February 1 when Tana informed the party a complaint had been made to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) by a worker at her husband Christian Hoff-Neilsen's business, E-Bikes NZ.  Tana was suspended after it became apparent she may have previously been aware of the allegations.  A spokesperson for the Green Party said they are conducting an internal investigation to determine what Tana knew about the allegations relating to her husband's business.  The party has appointed an independent expert workplace investigator and barrister to establish the facts.  Christian Hoff-Nielsen, who founded the E-Bikes NZ chain, denied all allegations when speaking to the Herald this morning from his store in Auckland's Newmarket.  Hoff-Nielsen said he had not spoken to the worker “at all” and had worked for him for “mere months”.  “He's just pumping it up,” he said, insinuating the claims are a cash grab. Christian Hoff-Neilsen, husband of Darleen Tana, denied all allegations when speaking to the Herald this morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham.  He said being stood down has been “really hard” on Tana.  “She's not here and she's got nothing to do with this,” Hoff-Nielsen said.  Hoff-Nielsen said Tana is now at home, but would not say whether that was in Auckland or Wellington.  “When we go home, we talk about what families talk about … some employees present at work is not relevant.”  He denied the worker was ever paid with cash, was owed any money, and that Tana oversaw him working for cash during a first day trial.  Davidson and Swarbrick fronted morning media to respond to the allegations. Davidson acknowledged to RNZ that the incident showed the party was going through tough times.  Swarbrick told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking they are “deeply serious allegations”.  Rachel Maher is an Auckland-based reporter who covers breaking news. She has worked for the Herald since 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Green Party has suspended one of its MPs, Darleen Tana, after she was linked to alleged migrant exploitation by her husband's company. A Green Party spokesperson has confirmed Ms Tana was suspended yesterday. Green Co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Corin Dann  

Green Party MP Darleen Tana has been suspended amid allegations she is linked to migrant exploitation at her husband's company.  Tana becomes the third Green MP in less than a year to run into trouble, following in the footsteps of Elizabeth Kerekere, who quit the party last year amidst bullying allegations, and Golriz Ghahraman, who resigned after allegations emerged of her shoplifting.  The party's co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick fronted morning media to respond to the allegations. Davidson acknowledged to RNZ the incident showed the party was going through tough times.  Swarbrick told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking they are “deeply serious allegations”.  A statement from Davidson and Swarbrick said Tana was suspended on Thursday afternoon because the allegations raised a conflict of interest with her small business portfolio.  The claims first came to light on February 1 when Tana informed the party a complaint had been made to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) by a worker at her husband's business, E-Bikes NZ.  “On February 9, the party was notified of a second complaint to the ERA,” the statement reads.  “These complaints included allegations against Ms Tana. Ms Tana has not been a director or shareholder of E Cycles NZ since 2019.”  She was suspended after it became apparent she may have previously been aware of the allegations.  An independent lawyer is conducting the investigation.  Both Tana and her husband have been approached for comment.  “Green MPs are expected to maintain high standards of public and private behaviour. To understand fully what Ms Tana knew, and when, we are appointing an independent lawyer to conduct an investigation into the matter. Ms Tana will stand aside from all caucus and parliamentary responsibilities until the matter is resolved,” the statement reads.  “We cannot comment on the specific allegations while the matter is waiting mediation and the independent investigation is ongoing.”  Speaking to Newstalk ZB, Swarbrick faced questions over whether the party had erred in not going public with Tana's suspension earlier.  Swarbrick said it was not useful for politicians to involve her opinions in the situation while an investigation is ongoing.  She would not say whether Tana had denied the allegations.  “On February the 1st, Darleen did notify the party of an allegation,” Swarbrick said.  “To avoid any conflict of interest, Darleen stepped down from her portfolios.”  On March 14, it became clear Tana may have known of the issues before she alerted the party, so that was when she was stood down, Swarbrick said.  “Yesterday it came to our attention that Darleen may have had prior knowledge of these allegations.”  Swarbrick called the situation “incredibly serious”.  “Of course there is a level of public scrutiny.”  Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking they are “deeply serious allegations”. Photo / Alex Burton  Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson told RNZ Tana was removed from the small business portfolio when the party was first made aware of the allegations on February 1.  Davidson defended not immediately standing down Tana saying they were not initially aware of her own alleged involvement or knowledge.  “The allegations are serious and we are taking this seriously.  “It was yesterday that it came to our attention that Ms Tana may have had some prior knowledge of the allegations, that is why we have appointed an independent investigation.”  Davidson said the public wasn't advised when Tana was removed from her portfolio because of the need to keep mediation matters private.  “The allegations are absolutely serious... We have long campaigned to ensure everyone that comes to Aotearoa to make their home is treated with compassion and kindness in the workplace.”  It's the latest in a string of incidents involving Green MPs and Davidson admitted the party was “going through some times.”  National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis told Newstalk ZB it was a matter for the Green Party.  ”It sounds a bit messy and, obviously, all of us condemn any form of migrant exploitation.”  Tana was elected in last year's election for the first time and is a member of the environment select committee.  Her portfolios include digitising government, media and communications, oceans and fisheries, overseas New Zealanders, science, innovation and technology, and small business and manufacturing.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zoë speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about proposed gun law changes from the government, a draft transport plan from the government and concerns about climate's place in it, and Chlöe Swarbrick as new co-leader of the Greens.

Zoë is back in the driver's seat! On What's Up with Marama Davidson, she speaks to the co-leader of the Green Party about proposals from the government, and Chlöe Swarbrick as new co-leader of the Greens. The Bard of Bollix plays the tricks of the sphynx on us on The Mind Trench. Jordan Walker and Lusi Faiva chat about AIGA, a show from Touch Compass in the Auckland Arts Festival. Hun Lynch is in the studio to chat about her appearance on the Dungeon #13 lineup. Justine answers your union and employment questions on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!

Chloe Swarbrick is raring to go in her new role as Green Party co-leader. She is taking over the reins from James Shaw - and will share the party's co-leadership with Marama Davidson. Swarbrick says her process will be about mobilising people and communities to understand their power to make change. She told Mike Hosking that the Government is basically pulling from the same playbook as it was in 1984. Swarbrick says we're confronted with the climate crisis and the greatest rates of wealth inequality. She says the party's immediate focus will be on the Government's harmful environmental policies and punching down on beneficiaries.   LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Green Party says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon appears fixated on punishing people on the lowest incomes. In a State of the Nation address over the weekend, Mr Luxon stressed the Government will be taking a tough stance on beneficiaries. Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says harsh sanctions on beneficiaries will only increase poverty. She spoke to Corin Dann.

Outgoing Green Party co-leader James Shaw says his next career steps remain uncertain.   He announced his resignation yesterday after almost nine years at the helm alongside Marama Davidson.   Shaw says he will stick around until a decision is made around his member's bill, which was pulled from the ballot last year.   He told Mike Hosking that he's not necessarily on board with speculation he'll be the next Climate Change Commissioner.    Shaw says he's uncomfortable with the idea of the commissioner being a former politician, because it's supposed to be independent.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Green Party says it is horrified at the Government's decision to deploy defence force staff to help target Houthi fighters attacking ships in the Red Sea. The deployment, which could run until the end of July, will support the military efforts led by the United States to protect commercial and merchant vessels. The attacks are disrupting supply lines and forcing ships to voyage thousands of kilometres further around Africa. The Government says the deployment continues New Zealand's long history of defending freedom of navigation both in the Middle East and closer to home. Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Corin Dann.

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman and her party's co-leaders have still not fronted on allegations the senior MP shoplifted from a high-end Auckland boutique. Last week co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson confirmed they became aware of an allegation involving Ms Ghahraman and Scotties Boutique on the 27th December - then were informed of a second incident on the 5th of January. RNZ political reporter Giles Dexter spoke with Charlotte Cook.

What's Up with Marama Davidson sees the co-leader of the Green Party speak to Rachel about the government's repealing of fair pay agreements, COP28, and activism as of late.

Now we have some more Christmas messages from our political party leaders. This time it's New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, followed by Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw.

For our weekly catch up with the Green Party, Rawan spoke with co-leader Marama Davidson about several topics that have been of concern recently.  The first topic was around COP28 which is currently being held in Dubai and is being attended by a few of Aotearoa's leaders including CLimate change minister Simon Watts and Green party co-leader James Shaw. Rawan asked about what the green party hopes to achieve and represent in this year's conference. They then spoke about the new government's plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and what this will mean for Aotearoa. Rawan also asked about the government's plans to scrap the fair pay agreement and the impact this will have on working kiwis.  Finally they spoke about Prime minister Christopher Luxon's statement this morning alongside Leaders form Canada and Australia which essentially called for a ceasefire in Gaza amidst the war with israel.

The co-leader of the Green Party speaks to Rachel about Chris Hipkins' call for a ceasefire, Pacific leaders calls for National to rethink offshore oil and gas exploration, as well as government formation negotiations. 

On What's Up with Marama Davidson, the co-leader of the Green Party speaks to Rachel about Chris Hipkins' call for a ceasefire, Pacific leaders calls for National to rethink offshore oil and gas exploration, as well as government formation negotiations. Rob Bollix takes us through a brief history of shoes on The Mind Trench. PollyHill and Samara Alofa are in the studio to perform some tracks from their new collaboration album AQUARIES, and chat about the release show this Saturday. Mel Parsons talks  about her new single Offer Down with an accompanying music video, from her forthcoming album. Justine answers your union and employment questions on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!

The Green Party has increased its party vote for the third election in a row and is now on track for more than 10-percent of the party vote.  With special votes still to count, the Greens look to have won an unprecedented three electorates -- Auckland Central, Wellington Central, and Rongotai  Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Māori leaders from the six leading political parties battled it out over race, health, climate change and employment in a debate on Thursday night.   The Hui's Māori Policy debate hosted by Julian Wilcox aimed to get each party to reveal what they would do for Māori if elected.  Taking part were Labour's Willie Jackson, National's Tama Potaka, the Greens' Marama Davidson, Act's Karen Chhour, New Zealand First's Shane Jones and Te Pāti Māori's Tākuta Ferris.   Jemima Huston reports. 

But they don't get any better for Labour's fortunes and National will need more than ACT if it wants to form the next government. That's according to the latest TVNZ Verian poll released just a few minutes ago. In the past week, Labour's slide has continiued. It's dropped one to just 26 percent. National is also down one to 36 percent. The drop in support for the major parties has gone to the Greens.. they're up one to 13 percent. And to NZ First. The party is also up one from last week.. it's cracked six percent.. ACT remains steady on 12 percent And Te Pati Maori is also down one to 2 percent. As for preferred Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins are steady on 23 percent. David Seymour is on five per cent and Winston Peters on four percent. Marama Davidson is up one per cent to 2 percent. Nicola Willis and Chloe Swarbrick are both down one to one per cent each. On those numbers, National would bring 45 MPs to Parliament, Labour would have 33, ACT 15 MPs and the Greens 17. NZ First would bring in eight MPs and Te Pati Maori just two. It would give National and ACT a combined 60 seats. Not enough to govern alone. The latest poll comes less than an hour before the second televised leaders debate. Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch joins Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6337901188112

The Green Party says the beneficiary policies announced by National and New Zealand First are heartless. Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Like a well-oiled - or perhaps solar powered machine, the Green Party co-leaders are used to working together - but not usually in the kitchen. In RNZ's new political series, Grilled - the top four polling political leaders make a meal of their choice, for our very own Charlotte Cook. In this episode the Green's James Shaw and Marama Davidson have a crack at the culinary arts.

The Green Party is pushing for a Healthy Ocean Act in the next three years if it is part of the next Government, saying without a healthy ocean, there is no healthy planet. The policy would see a third of New Zealand's ocean waters protected from fishing, mining and other destructive industries by 2030. The Greens would also introduce new legislation establishing an Ocean Commission, to work with iwi, hapū, councils, communities, and the public to advise the government on ocean policy, in the same way the Climate Change Commission advises on climate matters. Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Toby Manhire sits down with the co-leaders of the Green Party to discuss the successes and failures of the last six years, how they're approaching a crowded, antagonistic campaign, the electorate seats they're taking seriously and the great dance of rulings out and bottom lines. Plus: what was going through their heads as they stood a few metres away from Elizabeth Kerekere when she denounced an "epic failure of leadership" and the latest on the incident in which Davidson was struck by a motorcycle during the Posie Parker counter-protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night to build a 1,000 state houses in Auckland each year. Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins and Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson also agreed to do so. The debate, which had over 500 attendees, was hosted by a newly formed alliance of community organisations called Te Ohu Whakawhanaunga. Nina Santos chaired the meeting, and she joins us now.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says this election is the final chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, curb environmental degradation, and reduce inequality.  Following bruising internal ructions over the past year, they will need to use this weekend's AGM to redirect supporters' frustration over lack of climate action into an increased vote.  In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Giles Dexter sits down with Greens co-leader Marama Davidson ahead of the party's AGM this weekend.