NZ First and the ACT Party shocked the House this week by voting in favour of Green MP Teanau Tuiono’s member’s bill that could restore the right to NZ citizenship for some Samoans. NZ First MP and Customs Minister Casey Costello joined #PacificMornings to discuss why her party is supporting the bill. #CaseyCostello #NZFirst #SamoanNZCitizenshipBill

Auckland University senior law lecturer Fuimaono Dylan Afaso joined #PacificMornings to talk about the recent Designing Our Constitution conference and his views on the current state of race relations in New Zealand. #AucklandUniversity #LawLecturer #ConstitutionConference #RaceRelations #CriticalRaceStudies

After years on the social housing waitlist, Pacific families in Flaxmere, Hasting in the Hawke’s Bay, have been moving into their new homes since March, thanks to a $7 million development project called Punavaiola, which means Spring of Living Water. Dr Karamia Muller, the director of Māori and Pacific Housing Research Centre at the University of Auckland joined #PacificMornings to discuss why Pacific-initiated housing projects are important to meet the needs of Pacific families.