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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2026 · 54 MIN

Infrastructure: How we need to change our choices

from Q+A with Jack Tame · host Q+A with Jack Tame

Infrastructure: How we need to change our choices Te Waihanga Infrastructure Commission CEO Geoff Cooper joins Q+A to lay out the details of a sweeping new report into how New Zealand chooses to build and maintain infrastructure, with major recommendations that could make politicians uncomfortable. Human rights expert: Putting pressure on Israel, Iran, China Former executive director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth speaks to Q+A about his decades of work protecting human rights, and how different types of pressure can be applied to governments that violate them. Professor Margaret Mutu: What democracy can learn from Māori decision-making More than a decade after it was first published, Auckland University Professor Margaret Mutu has released an updated edition of The State of Māori Rights. In an extended interview, she discusses the current political moment, and how consensus-based democracy could be a greater influence on how politics is practiced in New Zealand. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

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