Umesh, a researcher at the University of Auckland talks about the current situation in Sri Lanka and the issues the Tamil people have been facing since the end of the civil war. Families have been protesting missing their missing relatives that surrendered to the government towards the end of the war, Umesh goes on to talk about his research into characterizations of genocide in Sri Lanka and the Tamil struggle.
On today's Wire we talked to Education Minister Chris Hipkins about the new government's plans for schools.
Lachlan talked to ACT MP David Seymour about the End of Life Choice Bill as well as Renee Joubert from Euthanasia Free NZ and former Labour MP Maryan Street from the End of Life Choice Society.
Harry also had a chat with Gareth Morgan about the future of The Opportunities Party.
Finally we have regular feature This Day in History, which takes us back to 1971, and the massacre of Bangladeshi intellectuals by the Pakistani Army.
David Seymour's End of Life Bill passed its first reading last night by 76 votes to 44. Lachlan spoke with David about the bill. He then spoke with Renee Joubert from Euthanaisa Free New Zealand about why she is opposed to it. Finally, Maryan Street from the End of Life Choice Society of New Zealand speaks on why she supports the bill.
News director Lillian Hanly talks to Urs Signer who lives in Parihaka, and is a member of climate justice Taranaki.Signer talks about the impacts of removing new permits for offshore drilling and the ongoing impacts of onshore drilling
This week Reuben and James talk about the government putting a stop to offshore oil exploration permits which was originally a Green Party policy that the government has now adopted.
Reuben also asks James about the US, UK and France attacking Syria over the weekend in response to alleged chemical attacks. Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman also wrote an interesting piece about it on the Spinoff which is worth a read.
Clayton is with us, and what he lacks in baked goods this week, he makes up for in profound reviews of the glorious Happy End. But surely next time, right Clayton?
We're on the home stretch to the end of the year and, luckily, Natural Ange is here to help us get through. What would we do without you, Ange?! With solutions to manage that end-of-year-stress, Ange also covers the benefits of coffee (oooh yes), acne, dry feet and libido.
Paekākāriki based illustrator and animator Ned Wenlock is coming out with Tsunami, a 278 page graphic novel published by Earth's End.
This is the first book that Earths End has published since 2019, and goes through the story of Peter, a 12 year old boy in his last six weeks of high school.
Liam hard a chat with hm abut the grapahic novel on the show today. Whakarongo mai nei!
This week for our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Caeden speaks to Jan Tinetti, Labour spokesperson for Education and Women.
They ask about the dropping of the free lunches in schools programme, and Tinetti’s recent criticism of the Government announcing removals of health education guidelines in schools.
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