Saturday, 5 September 2015, 10:32 am Press Release: The Nation
This weekend on The Nation...
As the
world faces the worst refugee crisis since World War Two we
ask if New Zealand is doing enough. We’ll speak to the Red
Cross’ Stephen Ryan from Hungary, the frontline of the
crisis in Europe. And then we’ll cross to the UNHCR in
Geneva to talk about how it got this bad and what NZ should
be doing.
Then, John Key says we should focus on the
“outstanding” job we do with new refugees rather than
increasing our quota. So Nicola Kean talks to refugees and
support organisations about whether we really are doing such
a good job once they arrive.
And five years after
the first devastating Christchurch earthquake, Torben Akel
investigates the progress of the CBD rebuild through the
eyes of people who know the city best – its past three
mayors.
We’ll discuss all this a more with our
panel: Former Labour MP and union organiser Darien Fenton,
former Act leader Jamie Whyte, and Metro editor Simon
Wilson.
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