Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders. The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation New Zealand has released a patient handbook, which includes information about patient conditions, and recommendations for COPD treatments and managements.
Olivia spoke to Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ’s Education and Development Manager, Joanna Turner, about what COPD is, and steps people can take to prevent and mitigate it.
For our weekly catch up with the Green Party Rawan spoke with Green MP Ricardo Menendez March.
They spoke about the Greens record election results and what this will mean moving forward.
They also spoke about the Waiheke ferry services and the party’s campaign for subsidised transport especially with the new ferry service Island direct launching this week.
Rawan then asked about the Green Party’s support of Palestine and their involvement with recent Pro-Palestine marches.
Antony Lowenstein is a Jewish-Australian Journalist and Author who has reported on Palestine for many years and at the beginning of this year published a book titled the Palestine Laboratory.
The book looked at how Israel has been, for many years, testing military and surveillance equipment on Palestinians.
Rawan spoke to him months ago about the book and today they discussed the current Israel and Palestine conflict.
Rawan started off by asking him about his time living in occupied Palestine from 2016 to 2020 and what Palestine was like before October 7th.
They then discussed the content of his book and the way it links to the United States’ support of Israel.
They then talked about Western mainstream media coverage of the issue as well as his view on pro-Palestine marches as someone who is part of the jewish community.
Yesterday was World diabetes day, a day to raise awareness about diabetes and battle some of the stigma around the disease.
This morning Rawan spoke with Dr Anna Serlachius, senior lecturer of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, about a new research project looking at stigma and discrimination amongst those with diabetes.
Rawan asked her about the importance of world diabetes day, what her research found about diabetes stigma and what we and the health system can do to make it easier for those with diabetes.
Host Rawan spoke to Green Party MP, Ricardo Menendez March, about election results, Waiheke ferry services, and their attendance at pro Palestine marches.
She also spoke with author and journalist, Antony Loewenstein, about Palestine before the current war and Israel’s connections with the west.
And she chatted to Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, Dr Anna Serlachius, about discrimination against diabetes patients.
Producer Olivia spoke to ActionStation’s climate spokesperson, Pania Rei (Ngāti Toa Rangatira), about climate justice and the importance of including indigenous perspectives.
She also spoke to Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ Education and Development Manager, Joanna Turner, about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Rob Bollix talks space junk, peanut butter paste, and gives us a finish-it-yourself poem on The Mind Trench. Jazmine Mary and Robyn Wilson-Whiting are in the studio to talk about Gig for Gaza, which is on at Wine Cellar tonight. Shona McCullagh, the artistic director of Auckland Arts Festival is in to talk about the programme launch. Salene is in for A Room Of One's Own to help you with renting queries. Whakarongo mai nei!
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