A new survey of 150 community pharmacists in Aotearoa has found that government prescription fees contribute to serious health issues and cause significant community distress.
News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Gemma Perry, a Community Pharmacy owner in Te Awamutu.
Perry is a member of the Prescription Access Initiative, a group working to enact change around copayments about this.
She started by asking Perry why removing prescription fees for medication is necessary.
This month, Auckland Council's Governing Body is considering whether to accept a report that recommends delaying planning for a new Central Library because the project does not have sufficient cost/benefit at this time. Instead it recommends continuing with the current much-loved library for the short to medium term. Satisfaction levels from users sit at around 95% and feedback from Waitemata residents in the Annual Budget consultation put maintaining library services and hours at the top of their priorities along with community and arts and cultural facilities and programmes. Dr Alex Bonham spoke to Associate Professor Linda Tyler, the convenor of Museums and Cultural Heritage of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland about the evolving role of libraries and cultural institutions.
It's Monday and its the first day of NZ Music Month 2023! Peter comes live to us from a bus and Tyler Baikie takes us to the dark past of the old internet.
Frances Chan records a special show live from Tokyo with music fiend and ex-80s indie rocker Nik Sliwerski. She plays Japanese artists; he plays some banging jazz-bending tunes.
Setlist:
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Dance
Jiri.Ceiver - Y Cool
United Future Organisation – Loud Minority
Mark de Clive-Lowe, Shigeto, Melanie Charles – Strings
Cesaria Evora (remix by Chateau Flight) – Petit Pays
Takuya Kuroda – Time Coil
WheelUP & Sam Interface – Copacetic
Kyoto Jazz Massive – Get it Together
SunPalace (remix by Moodyman) – Rude Movements
Andy Bey – Riverman
Nautilus – Kudu
Hyperactive Leslie – Rebond
Soil & Pimp Sessions – Before the Dawn
Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwartz – Kammermusik
Yusuke Shima – Philly’s Dance
Flanger – Lata
Jimi Tenor – Outta Space
Floating Points -– Peroration Six
Makaya McCraven – A Slice of the Top