This week with Marama Fox we discuss livability issues, including how the Māori Party would end homelessness, solve the housing crisis and the argument for a living wage.
The Māori Party has been a vocal advocate for addressing inequalities in the health system’s treatment of Māori.
Producer Mack spoke to co-leader Marama Fox about her priorities in the area, what she would do about cannabis reform, and a candidate caught up in a controversy over election bribes.
This week India spoke to Marama Fox about the Maori Party’s approach to tax policy and their issues with Labour’s water tax, as well as her thoughts on last night’s leaders debate.
Following their partnership with the One Pacific Party, the Māori Party are proposing a new visa category for climate change refugees from the Pacific.
The Māori Party announced the policy last week, alongside an one-off amnesty for Pacific overstayers.
The new refugee status stands alongside the party’s other climate change policies of planting 100,000 hectares of forest over 10 years and subsidising solar panels in the regions and poorer communities.
Co-leader Marama Fox told reporter Mack Smith the threat of climate change was no longer on the horizon.
National’s facing criticism over its proposed military camp scheme for dealing with serious young offenders.
Prime Minister Bill English announced the policy on Sunday, promising to send up to 50 young offenders each year to a new training facility at Waiouru military camp.
Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox told reporter Mack Smith the plan won’t help to address problems with youth crime.
With two Green MPs rebelling from the party, reporter Mack Smith spoke to to Maori co-leader Marama Fox about her thoughts and reactions on the recent backlash directed at Green co-leader Metiria Turei’s admission that she lied to Work and Income.
This week with Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox we discuss Andrew Little stepping down as Labour's leader and Jacinda Ardern taking his place, with Kelvin Davis as her deputy.
The Māori Party says the government is failing to address the issue of homelessness.
The comments come after a Yale University study placed New Zealand at the top of a list of developed countries with the most homeless.
Social Housing Minister Amy Adams told RNZ the 40,000 homeless found in the study weren’t accurate because measurements varied from country to country and she placed the number at closer to 4,000.
However, Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox says New Zealand’s own figures support the Yale study and show 24,000 homeless in Auckland alone.