Aotearoa

It has really improved things there.

So look, if something's working, if we can see some practical examples of solutions, I think we should look at it here in Aotearoa as well.

We'd better catch people up if they remember you as a Greens MP.

I think perhaps last time or the time before that that we chatted to you, you were going up and down New Zealand in a caravan, as I recall, talking to people on the ground about their, I think, their hopes and desires for the country.

You've landed in the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.

What is that exactly? Yes, so I

got out of politics six years ago, and four years ago I was the founding director of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa, where a think and do tank was a big mission, which is to ask how can we get the economy working to deliver wellbeing for people with nature by default? We're part of a global network.

We've got hubs in 25 countries around the world.

Last year, the EU announced they were introducing rules to tag AI-generated tracks.

There are currently no laws in place here in Aotearoa, while a couple of local Kiwi musical professionals have launched Original Machine.

It checks submissions for AI authorship and gives out badges once the work is identified as human-made.

To tell us more about it, I'm joined in studio by Original Machine co-founder Tematera Smith.

Yes, of course they support that.

In fact, just last year, They did this little survey that they wanted and they said, if we were to legally regulate cannabis in Aotearoa, what kind of rules would you want to see around access, possession, use, regulations on supply and sharing, sales supply and sharing? How would you like to see them reinforced? Can I just give you a prediction that if on the 7th of November the government changes and the Greens are around the Cabinet table in any way with Chloe Amarama and a few other Green MPs, that legalisation of cannabis will happen very quickly.

Just mark that down, that's my prediction, that if the government changes and the Greens are in Cabinet, we will see the legalisation of cannabis before the term is over.

they're obsessed with it.

Why should those here who are enrolled in the Māori electorates vote

for the green candidates? This is intentional.

We know that the future of not just Aotearoa but worldwide leadership is brown and it's wahine.

Part of the cause...

As Aotearoa prepares for one of the strongest El Niño events on record, the Ministry for Primary Industries is urging lifestyle farmers to do the same, prepare.

MPI is reminding them of their animal welfare obligations no matter what the weather throws at them.

Its National Response Manager in Agriculture and Investment Services, Andrew Curtis, joins me now.

We're seeing children ostracised at school because of race.

This is not Aotearoa.

And again, if we think of the future we want, we want our kids to grow up in a New Zealand that is caring, welcoming, inclusive and diverse because it's actually good for all of us.

So I think the days of Winston's racism have got to end.

you pre-order? Or Raising Money for the Breast Cancer Cure

of Aotearoa Foundation.

Oh, cool.

That's really cool.

Nice.

Chef's kiss.

I know for us here in Aotearoa, going to a fish and chip shop on a Friday, and if you're exploring it in the middle of the week, you're living the life.

But going there, for me, it's always one of the best family excursions.

Let's do the win the name, win the game, Georgie FM Breakfast Awards.

What is the best social sports team name in Aotearoa? Can we go on the hunt to find

it this morning? Surely.

It is social sports season right now.

Let's chat that, of course.

You are coming to Aotearoa for the very first time.

Three incredible festivals.

No Days Off Festival, High Tide Festival and Parklands Festival.