8 May 2019

The Panel with Fete Taito and Cindy Mitchener (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 8 May 2019

The Government has set out its plan to tackle climate change for the next 30 years in its Zero Carbon bill. New emissions targets have been set for all greenhose gases, except methane, to net zero by 2050. It has cross party support, but not all are convinced it is strong enough. Associate Professor Bronwyn Hayward from the University of Canterbury gives her thoughts on the bill. The Government has announced the details for the 2020 cannabis referendum, with voters facing a simple yes/no question based on draft legislation. The minimum age for buying and using will be 20 and they will be regulations for commercial supply and growth. Associate Professor Chris Wilkins is the leader of the drug research team at SHORE & Whariki Research Centre. He tells us what this will mean if passed.