The Bradbury Group with Rawiri Waititi, Arena Williams, Dita de Boni and Professor Susan St John
Welcome to the new weekly Political Podcast, The Bradbury Group, proudly sponsored by Waatea News (Journalism you can trust) live 8pm Tuesday’s on ROVA, Youtube, SkyTV and Waatea’s main Facebook page.
Each week we will interview a Political Party Leader 1 on 1 live and then open the debate up to a panel of pundits, politicians and political commentators for fierce debate.
Fourth Estate media is dying, The Bradbury Group will fight back.
On this weeks show: Māori Party co-Leader Rawiri Waititi 1 on 1 in 10.
Political Panel:
- Labour Party MP for Manurewa, Arena Williams
- Auckland Business Editor for The Post, Dita De Boni
- Child poverty campaigner, Associate Prof. Susan St John
TOPICS TONIGHT:
- Issue 1: What does the punishment handed out to the Maori Party MPs say about the state of Democracy in NZ?
- Issue 2: The NBR 2025 Rich list vs the 500 000 kiwis needing food banks each month
- and Issue 3 tonight: Greta Thunberg, Trump invading California and the future of protest
What a kind way to share.
I’m looking forward to tonight’s korero.
I wonder if you’ll have time to cover this interesting little titbit of breaking news x The Guardian.
This might end up being mildly embarrassing for our world-famous climate-killing coalition. It might also be a bit inconvenient for our “100% Pure” bs exporters and tourism businesses.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/new-zealand-government-sued-over-dangerously-inadequate-emissions-reduction-plan-ntwnfb
“ Hundreds of top environment lawyers are suing the New Zealand government over what they say is its “dangerously inadequate” plan to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050.
It is the first time the country’s emissions reduction plan has faced litigation, and the lawyers believe it is the first case globally that challenges the use of forestry to offset emissions.
Lawyers for Climate Action NZ and the Environmental Law Initiative – two groups representing more than 300 lawyers – filed judicial review proceedings against the government in Wellington’s high court on Tuesday.
The groups have provided the Guardian with first access to the claim, which argues the government has abandoned dozens of tools to tackle emissions, failed to adequately consult the public, and too heavily relies on high-risk carbon capture strategies such as forestry.
The government’s plan was “fundamentally unambitious” and a “dangerous regression” for the country, Jessica Palairet, the president of Lawyers for Climate Action NZ told the Guardian.”
Arena Williams for PM and Finance Minister
in partnership with Barbara Edmonds – NZ needs both of these of women in power and protected from the powerful and whiney titty babies now!
add Swarbrick, Davidson and Ngarewa Packer in for good measure.
I like this Marama 2025 style.