In the final part of a series on the new privacy law to come into effect on December 1st this year, producer James Tapp talks to Liz MacPherson, the assistant privacy commissioner. Last week we heard from Gehan Gunasekara, a privacy law expert, about what is being added to the privacy law, while this week we are talking about how New Zealanders perceive our laws. In a survey released just after the new privacy act was passed, it showed TWO THIRDS of New Zealanders wanted more privacy regulation among a number of other statistics which James discusses with MacPherson. James starts off by asking about what New Zealanders want in terms of privacy law.
Dr Suliana Mone is a lecturer at Auckland Law School whose research focuses on international law, human rights, women's rights, and Pacific law. She is especially focused upon exploring the resistance to adopting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in the Kingdom of Tonga. Dr Suliana Mone hops on Ready Steady Learn to discuss the changes in the law relating to Human Rights and the environment in the Pacific Islands, as well as the impact and longstanding complications caused by the imposition of colonialist laws in these nations.
This week new Smokefree 2025 law will take effect. The law aims to protect children under the age of 18 by banning smoking and vaping inside cars either moving or parked. This latest move is part of the government’s commitment to ensuring that by 2025 fewer than 5% of New Zealanders will be smokers or what is more commonly known as Aotearoa's Smokefree 2025 goal.
News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to ASH New Zealand Director Deborah Hart about the new law. They discuss the how the law came to be, why the inclusion of vaping in the ban is confusing, and whether the Smokefree 2025 goal is realistic.
ASH NZ is the leading independent smokefree campaign organisation in New Zealand whose work in supporting policy makers and leading a social campaign aims to reach the Smokefree 2025 goal.
The Court of Appeal has heard a Court Case which would consider if Sexual Orientation should be considered under our hate speech laws.
Wire Host Caeden spoke to Rainbow Spokesperson for Tika Tangata the Human Rights Commission Prudence Walker about this Court Case and what more needs to be done to protect LGBTQ+ communities under hate speech laws.
They also spoke to Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa CEO Paul Thistoll about the mahi being done to include LGBTQ+ communities under hate speech laws by community groups, as well as the scope of what the Hate Speech Laws would cover.
Today on your bFM Breakfast: Keria's in the drivers seat this cruisy Monday morning; Pennie pops in to talk about Missy Elliot and her iconic outfits; Jenna's got a big book to review this morning; and Justine helps us with all your union questions. Happy Monday!
It's Donny Hathaway's birthday, and it's 50 years since to the day since the release of Billy Cobham "Spectrum" a legendary Jazz Fusion masterpiece. Coopa Blue unloads some precious PVC on us too! Click the button...
Sam Smith and Jess Smith revisit some of the best interviews from Tuesday Wire this year. They revisit the place of record stores in the digital age, the legitimacy of law, actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand's journey learning te reo, education funding changes, and the petition to get a day of commemoration for the New Zealand wars. We also have our final chat with Māori party co-leader Marama Fox for the year.
95bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson speaks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about some of Prime Minister Bill English's comments over the past weekend regarding abortion law reform and potentially shortening jail sentences for prisoners who pass literacy programmes.
AUT Pacific Media Centre's Kendall Hutt speaks with host of The Wire Amanda Jane Robinson about a study on how journalists cover climate change, free speech in the case of Indonesia's blasphemy law, and Timor Leste journalists facing jail for defamation over criticising the Prime Minister.
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