Sherry continues her report on Banter Gebang, South East Asia’s largest landfill and home to 3,000 families. She visit the landfill as part of her journalism placement in Indonesia, Jakarta over the summer. This week, she talks to Resa Boenard, the founder of BGBJ, the school on Bantar Gebang. Ibu Rastinah, one of the women who work at the plastic sorting companies on the landfill, and the children of the class she helped out with.
Sherry Zhang talks to James Fuller, CEO and Co-founder of HNRY (Henry), a tax agency specialising om supporting self-employers on how the wage subsidy for COVID-19 works, other external costs such as rent, and how tax, acc and kiwisaver payments are working during this time.
Year 13 Student Millicent Dickenson has launched a petition on ActionStation to call for subsidies on degrees that lead to jobs in the mental health sector.
This comes after recent data showed New Zealand desperately needs 643 new mental health staff as our mental health crisis worsens. Caeden spoke to Millicent about why this proposed solution is so important to implement, and started by asking if it’s one of the best policies to tackle this crisis.
Warning this story discusses youth mental health and has mentions of suicide.
Dr. Maria reviews the latest instalment in the Godzilla franchise, Shin Godzilla. With an origin story that now references the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, what else can the 31st iteration of the beloved lizard narrative bring to the table?
The Gang of Four with Renee.
Featuring a random Friday evening selection, including Bob Mould, the late Roberta Flack, a bit of Aphex Twin and the Kiwi Classic Throwback. (Hint: they're playing their final shows soon!)
Yesterday was an historic day for Australia. The postal survey vote for marriage equality returned an overwhelming 61% yes vote, so now a bill can make its way through the senate and Australia can experience marriage reform, something new Zealand achieved four years ago. I spoke earlier with Labour MP Louisa Wall who wrote the New Zealand bill, about marriage equality, and the road thus far in both New Zealand and Australia.
Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter, Reia Guess, and played 2 hours of music by singer songwriters and dreampop artists from the Asian diaspora.
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