Party People
80 episodes Last Updated: Aug 22, 24
Rowdier than the debating chamber at question time, Party People places a Māori lens on politics, politicians and their parties.
Episodes
Watch: In this new video investigation from the Mata Reports series by the Aotearoa Media Collective, Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee-Mather visit Kawerau and hear warnings about the fast-track legislation.
Kaipara District Councillor Pera Paniora speaks about her council’s decision to scrap its Māori ward, and commentators Hinurewa Te Hau and Meka Whaitiri discuss the latest in politics.
Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime discusses the opposition to 7AA and the Ngāpuhi hīkoi to Parliament, and Green MP Tamatha Paul shares her views on military boot camps.
Former Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson shares his views on the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill and Seymour's Pharmac Treaty directive. Then we're joined by panelists Hinurewa Te Hau and Dr. Lara Greaves.
Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka discusses the big challenges facing Māori and how the coalition government plans to address them.
Jun 25, 2024
Mata Season 2 | Episode 11: Carbon Overload
Green MP Teanau Tuiono on the failure of the latest carbon credits auction and what it means for our climate targets. Then Shane Te Pou and India Logan-Riley discuss the future of the ETS.
Dr. Shane Reti on the government's failure to fund 13 promised cancer treatments and what the budget means for Maori. Then patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland and health expert Dr. Rawiri McKree-Jansen share their views.
Te Pāti Māori leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi on their nationwide activation to disrupt Budget 2024 and commentators Dr Lara Greaves and Shane Te Pou discuss the latest in politics.
Tina Olsen-Ratana is a landowner who’s landless. For over a century, her whānau’s whenua has been caught in perpetual lease, which prevents them from utilising it. As New Zealanders debate the notion of ‘one law for all,’ we look at the intergenerational impact of the perpetual lease system on Māori landowners.
Whānau Ora chairperson Merepeka Raukawa-Tait on 7AA and the future of Whānau Ora under the coalition. Then Kiritapu Allan and Haimona Gray discuss the politics of toilets and tikanga, as well as what might be in the budget for Māori.