The Climate Adaptation Inquiry, Roads of Regional Significance and Defence Boosting w The Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez March
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Last Thursday, parliament agreed on a motion to establish a cross-party inquiry on how Aotearoa can better adapt to more frequent and severe weather events, continuing from an inquiry launched by former Green Party co-Leader James Shaw under the previous labour government.  For their weekly chat, Oto spoke to Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez March to discuss the party’s thoughts on the launch of the inquiry.  They also had a chat about the Roads of Regional Significance project, as well as the recent funding boost to the New Zealand Defence Force.
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