Friday Faceoff with Greg O'Connor and Ben Thomas

This week for Friday Faceoff, Nick Mills is joined by Labour MP for Ōhāriu Greg O'Connor and Political Commentator Ben Thomas. Our panel faceoff over the future of Wellington. As 8700 jobs cuts are coming the public sector's way Wellington needs to swerve. O'Connor and Thomas analyse the cuts, how we got here and how we can bounce back as a city. And they debate Nicola Willis' suggestion much of these roles will be replaced by AI. How do they use it and do we actually have the AI infrastructure and capabilities to do similar tasks to these public services.  Then onto the social housing reform announced yesterday. Is it fair to suggest a time limit for those in the homes? Onto the arrests made in corrections, our panel dive into the reasons and issues in our correct system that have allowed this to happen. Also on the agenda is the Moa Point report, trust in the Wellington council, the unofficial "WCC Rich List", and their hots and nots for the week.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.