This week on the Inside Parliament podcast Political Editor Jessica Mutch and Political Reporter Katie Bradford look at the large-scale airbag recall that has hit New Zealand.
Consumer Affairs Minister, Kris Faafoi said hundreds of thousands of vehicles on New Zealand roads have a potentially-dangerous airbag unit.
The compulsory recall affects 50,000 Takata airbag units installed in numerous car makes and models, with the units possibly exploding due to high humidity - but the risk of them doing so in New Zealand is extremely low.
Chief executive David Crawford said, "logistically it is a challenge - but we've been managing this recall on a voluntary basis for the last 2-3 years and not making as much progress as we wanted".
"The alpha-type [airbag] is just too risky to leave in the cars and the longer they are there the more risky they become."
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