The Nation 2 June 2012
June 2nd, 2012 at 7:57 pm by Kokila PatelSimon Shepherd is filling in for Rachel who is overseas.
1. Colin James will review the political week
2. Simon is live with Green Leader Russel Norman as the Greens hold their annual conference this weekend.
3. Shelley Nahr reports on how the Statistics Department has sexed itself up.
4. Bill Ryan from the Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Government on what Stats has done.
5. On the 50th anniversary of Samoan Independence we have excerpts from Marina McCartney’s short film, “Milk and Honey”. Marina joins us to talk about the 1970s dawn raids on Samoan overstayers in Auckland which inspired the film.
6. Our media panel — Brian Edwards and Bill Ralston on the Press Council, media regulation and foreign correspondents.Broadcast Saturday 9.30 am, repeated on Sunday at 8.30 pm
June 2nd, 2012 at 8:29 pm
The Norman interview was interesting. Here’s a report and transcript: Greens might approve some mining
The possible mining tiptoe seems a bit like the possible coalition with National, “the door is open” to mining but it’s another “highly unlikely”.
And on possible portfolios:
Vote:Simon So you do want to be Finance Minister?
Russel Well whether it’s Finance Minister or whether it’s one of the other economic portfolios, we’ll obviously have that discussion.
June 2nd, 2012 at 9:51 pm
Simon is live with the green leader. Fuck i bet that will be the highlight of his life. The Melons offer nothing to this country except communism. Doctor Woo ( Doctor because he likes to be referred as a doctor and woo because of his polices require a magic wand , he just can’t time travel )
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