Today on the show, Tracey talks to Ximena about New Zealand First’s call for a binding referendum on repealing the ‘anti-smacking’ law, ten-years-on from its emergence.
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei joins Wire host Amanda Jane Robinson to talk about contesting National's Nick Smith for the Nelson seat in this year's election and NZ First's call for a binding referendum on the anti-smacking law ten years after former Green MP Sue Bradford's bill was made into law.
Today on the show, Tracey talks to Ximena about New Zealand First’s call for a binding referendum on repealing the ‘anti-smacking’ law ten-years-on from its emergence.
Violence against Asian people has largely gone unreported in places like the United States. This changed this week with the murder of eight people, including six Asian-American workers in Atlanta. What are the roots of these crimes? What is the nature of hate crimes against Asian people during COVID? Why have these crimes increased? Doug Becker speaks with Brian Levin.
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Heidi talks to Tokerau Wilson about his show Wheke Fortress at Audio Foundation. The show featured sonic workshops such as "Demystifying Musical Equipment" and a comics/storytelling one, "Outside the Frame".
Tom talked to Clare Gemima about her forays into the Brooklyn's the "Other Art Fair", and living in New York as an artist.
E whai ake nei, coming up on the first (!!) Various Artists of 2024!
Liam chats to Keciano Tiufuva about his new solo exhibition opening tomorrow at Wheke Fortress.
Frances speaks to Pauline Autet of Contemporary HUM about their current Boosted campaign.
She'll also speak with photographer Kate van der Drift about Water Marks, currently on show at 23 locations around Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Historically political leaders and the citizens of the United States had turned toward a civil service after being fed up with the spoils system and other problems arising from private companies running those services. With the return to privatizing government services, Jon Michaels suggests the US is facing a deeper problem.in the form of a potential constitutional coup. Maria Armoudian spoke with Michaels about his new book “Constitutional Coup: Privatization’s Threat to the American Republic.
Doctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, Paula Larsson, has written an article titled The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements. Paula is currently researching the history of vaccination, and in this article writes about how vaccinations came to be, where anti-vaxx movements stemmed from, and what the repercussions of these movements mean for our future health and safety.
With the Government urging everyone in Aotearoa to get the vaccine, Zazi thought it would be interesting to talk to Paula Larsson about anti-vaxx movements. Yesterday afternoon they discussed Paula’s insights, as well as her views, on the racism within anti-vaxx organisations.
Zazi began by asking Paula to talk about her research, and how she came to write her article.