Undercurrents
Listen to the latest episode of Public Interest's fortnightly current affairs show, Undercurrents. Since the coalition government took office in 2023, New Zealand has seen the most significant rollback of workers' rights in decades. Fair Pay Agreements have been scrapped, pay equity laws weakened, health and safety
Undercurrents
Watch the latest episode of Public Interest's fortnightly current affairs show, Undercurrents. Since taking office in 2023, the coalition government has rolled out a sweeping programme of tough-on-crime policies: increasing sentences, expanding police powers, building more prison beds – even tasking police with moving rough sleepers off
Undercurrents
Watch the latest episode of Public Interest's fortnightly current affairs show, Undercurrents. For a moment in 2019, it felt like something was changing. Around the world, millions took to the streets demanding climate action, including more than 170,000 students in New Zealand. At last, it felt like
Undercurrents
Watch the latest episode of Public Interest's fortnightly current affairs show, Undercurrents. If you’ve tried to see a doctor lately or spent hours in an overcrowded hospital waiting room, you’ve probably felt it already – something is going wrong with healthcare in New Zealand. Our system is
Undercurrents
Watch the second episode of Public Interest's fortnightly current affairs show, Undercurrents. It has been two months since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran, triggering an Iranian retaliation that has resulted in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key choke point in the
Undercurrents
Watch the first episode of Public Interest's fortnightly current affairs show, Undercurrents. Never before in New Zealand history has there been a one-term National government. Every time a National led government has been elected, it has gone on to win a second, third or even a fourth