Earlier this week the City Rail Link reached a milestone, breaking through the end of its final tunnel.
The tunnel boring machine created space for the new rail system by breaking through fifteen metres of cement per day.
The machine was Named after Dame Whina Cooper, the Maori Rights activist who led the hikoi to parliament.
For this week’s segment of City Counselling, I had a chat with Shane Henderson about the City Rail Link milestone as well as the 2022 Mayoral conservation awards.
Earlier this week the City Rail Link reached a milestone, breaking through the end of its final tunnel.
The tunnel boring machine created space for the new rail system by breaking through fifteen metres of cement per day.
The machine was Named after Dame Whina Cooper, the Maori Rights activist who led the hikoi to parliament.
For this week’s segment of City Counselling, I had a chat with Shane Henderson about the City Rail Link milestone as well as the 2022 Mayoral conservation awards.
E whai ake nei, coming up on the Friday Wire, Liam had a chat with Christina Ammunson from Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori about the goal of having one million basic speakers of Te Reo in Aotearoa by 2040.
Casper continued his chats with mayoral Candidates, today, he spoke to Gary Brown.
Liam also spoke to Shane Henderson about the City Rail Link and the 2022 Mayoral Conservation awards for City Counselling.
David Liwei Shi had a chat with Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono about how a lack of mask mandates put vulnerable communities at risk.
And finally, Liam spoke with Felicia Low from the University of Auckland about perinatal mental distress.
The government's decision to lift most Covid-19 public health measures has raised concerns about the risks to vulnerable communities.
With a lack of mask restrictions and vaccination requirements in health systems, people who are immuno-compromised could be at much greater risk for having a negative reaction to Covid infection.
The Green Party in particular have been critical of the government's decision, highlighting how long covid and deaths from the disease continue to be prevalent.
To learn more, David Liwei Shi had a chat with the party's Teanau Toiono about the risks.
A recent report from the University of Auckland has been analysing mental health issues that can plague mothers and pregnant people before, during and after birth.
This highlights the intergenerational cycles of perinatal distress, and how it can cause health problems for the children themselves.
The research has also highlighted how Māori, Asian and Pasifika people are disproportionately affected by perinatal distress.
Liam spoke to Felicia Low, who worked on the study, about what Aotearoa needs to do to see maternal mental health better supported.
This is the full version of Casper’s interview with Auckland mayoral candidate Gary Brown, of which an abbreviated segment was played on the Friday Wire.
Gary Brown is the chairperson of the Hibiscus and Bays local board and is running on a centre-right platform that espouses back-to-basics common sense and community cooperation.
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