A conversation with Michael Duignan (director) and Ben Wall (lead actor) from The Paragon, an intriguing, Kiwi-made film that makes the absolute most of a small resource pool. Whakarongo mai nei!
The Green Party has agreed to support the Government's Anti-terrorism bill, after they said they would oppose it. Stewart talks to the party's justice spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman to find out what changed their stance on the bill.
Following protests against anti-Asian hate in New Zealand and the states, Jade decided to talk to Auckland protest organiser and Yale University Covid-19 public health researcher Steph Tan, and then Asian American activists Christian Oh and Nicholas Lepham on the increase in anti-Asian racism in America.
The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand is calling for anti-lockdown protestors to stop misuing the Holocaust and the Star of David. At anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination rallies New Zealand’s Covid-19 restrictions and vaccination mandates have been compared to the Holocaust by protestors. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston interviews the Chair of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand Deborah Hart about why this comparison is insensitive and wrong. They discuss how the inclusion of Holocaust related terms in anti-lockdown protests have impacted New Zealand's Jewish community and why the right to protest does not give you the right to appropriate the industrialised genocide of six million Jews.
A protest against an anti co-governance speech in Ōrewa has gained national attention over the weekend.
Julian Batchelor has been on tour across the country, sparking frequent protests over his anti-co governance rhetoric and spread of what critics say is harmful misinformation.
Caeden Tipler spoke to Samah Huriwai-Seger, an activist with the Aotearoa Liberation League about the lead-up to and her impression of the protest.
Caeden also spoke to Jake Law, a Hibiscus and Bays Local Board member, who was present at the rally in Ōrewa on Saturday.
Co-Governance has been a buzzword used by political parties in the lead-up to this year's election, and cinfusion around the term has allowed the spread of disinformation about Māori rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The Disinformation Project has recently published a report, Race and Rage: Examining rising anti-Māori racism and white supremacist ideologies in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Nicholas spoke to Nicole Skews-Poole from the Disinformation project about the report findings and a rise in anti-Māori sentiment.