Politics

New Zealand Vote Against Medicinal Cannabis

Posted on: Mon 5 Feb 2018

The New Zealand Green party’s medicinal cannabis bill failed to pass parliament, with 73 voting against and 47 in favour.

An Israeli legal rights group is suing two New Zealand activists for mental harm to teens missing out on Lorde’s cancelled Israeli concerts.

Prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has announced a target to halve child poverty within 10 years.

Our New Zealand correspondent, Pearl Little, joins Tom Mann to discuss these events further.

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