New Zealand is nominally a secular country, meaning the government and its ministries do not bind themselves to any particular religion. As a result, state-run schools are legally banned from enforcing one religion on their students - but a loophole in the law means state schools can invite local missionaries onto the premises to conduct religious instruction during classtime. Producer Dan talks to David Hines, spokesperson for the Secular Education Network, a group campaigning to remove the current legal loophole.
Dan Shanan, director of the Doc Edge festival, spoke to us about taking the festival online this year and the just-announced programme of films that will be screened this year. Tune in to find out more!
This week on the Thursday Wire, Milly spoke to Dan Hikuroa from the University of Auckland about the very exciting first Matariki public holiday that will take place on the 14th July 2023.
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