Sam Low, former Breakfast Food host and winner of Masterchef is in the studio talking about his new cookbook, Modern Chinese, hitting the shelves today. Whakarongo mai nei!
Climate change has been the hot topic that’s been on everyone’s minds and tongues. Theater maker Amber Liberté takes this discussion to the stage. “Our Modern Earth (Is a F*cking Mess)” is a piece of theatre and dance that indulges in the discourse of climate change through the eons that have passed by. The play goes through a visual transformative journey through the use of organic material (like leaves and branches) to more man-made or mechanical material (like plastic). With supporting entities like Generation Zero, the play attempts to make its audience members question the rapid nature of climate change.
This production will unfortunately not go ahead due to COVID-19, but will later be adapted into a film.
Kiran talks to Mikey about Solar Bones, Irish writer Mike McCormack's third novel and longlist selection for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Sitting outside of standard modes of punctuation, what did Kiran make of McCormack's poetic, ghost-led narrative?
Johanna just wants one more plug for HeadSand, but also reckons you should get out Woven Womxn, before karma gets us and Only Bones v1.0. She's also very grateful for the patron who gave her a pie last night, very grateful.
Jenna is beaming over one of the books shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2019 prize, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. The book has been translated from Polish and mixes your classic crime novel with thought-provoking ideas, injustice against marginalised people, animal rights, the hypocrisy of traditional religion, belief in predestination, getting away with murder and a few laughs, Jenna reckons.
Earlier today, the International Comparison of Modern Medicines published a report looking at the public funding of modern medicine in 20 OECD countries. The report showed that New Zealand was in desperate need of access to modern medicine. Patient Voices Aotearoa has long been campaigning for a double and triple in funding for access to modern medicine. The organisation presented their petition to parliament in May 2021, which called for immediate funding. Joe talks to Fiona Tolich from Patient Voice Aotearoa about this need for funding and why it’s so crucial amidst the current COVID environment.
Today, World Vision New Zealand is set to present a strong Modern Slavery Act to the Petition Committee. This comes following a petition which garnered thirty seven thousand signatures and support from over one hundred businesses. Joe speaks to Rebekah Armstrong, the Head of Advocacy and Justice for World Vision New Zealand about the Act and why transparency on the issue of Modern Slavery is so important.
To crack down on modern slavery, the government is working on legislation to hold large companies using exploitative labour accountable.
If implemented, this legislation would meet requirements to tackle modern slavery laid out in the EU and UK free trade agreements.
News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Deputy Prime Minister Sepuloni about this, and started off our interview by asking what we can expect from their response.
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