Rachel talks to Anna Marshall about her fundraising exhibition 'Art for Education' for the Malala Fund – an organisation which helps facilitate the education of girls in war-torn areas.
This week, our resident Greendesk producer Jack Marshall learnt about the pressure that climate change puts on coastal areas in particular. He spoke to Professor Ilan Noy, Chair in the Economics of Disasters & Professor of Economics at Victoria University. Noy and his co authors have released a paper looking at how the Earthquake commission is already tackling the damage caused by climate change. To start, Noy gave an overview of what exactly their paper has looked at.
Ben talks to the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation about where we are at with abortion reform and which model put forward by the law commission they like best. Mary-Margaret asks one of the women behind I Am Eva - the first New Zealand period panty brand - about their launch. In international news, Conor looks at the flipside of brexit: the countries trying to enter the European Union. For the Green Desk this week, Jack talks with Newsroom’s Eloise Gibson about the future of Antartic’s marine protected areas. And finally, Leonard is back with another lovely little everyday people clip.
Stewart's taking over the Tuesday Wire and things managed to actually go to plan? He's alone in the studio but the show's still packed full of content:
With tomorrow’s all important Brexit vote, Stewart chats with our new European correspondent Mary-Margaret Slack who’s on the ground in the UK
Plus, Green Desk is back for another year: Mitch Fuller spoke to Hinewai Reserve Manager Hugh Wilson about the Hinewai Reserve, a regenerating area of native forest on the Banks Peninsula.
Then, National Party MP Nathan Guy speaks with Stewart about his new member’s bill calling for the contamination of food.
After that, Lillian Hanly speaks to the CEO of Surf Life Saving Northern Region about being safe in the water following a number of drownings that have occurred over the past couple weeks
Finally, Stewart runs through a few stories from the past week that you might not have heard, in The Weekly Five.
Welcome to Board Games, where we shall roll the dice on an array of local issues in our new weekly chat with the head of the Waitematā Local Board, Pippa Coom, and her support cast on the board.
Tune in from this week on to learn about every thing from what a local board actually does to what's happening in the waitemata electorate, from what's included in an area development plan to how you can get involved in local politics. Climb the ladders and get your local knowledge past go every tuesday wire with your hosts Oscar and Lisa!
Here is our first episode where we get to know the basics!
This week, we are joined by Pippa Coom to discuss all things local board and what is happening in the area at the moment in the run up to the local body elections!
A big thank you again to Pippa Coom for joining us!
Manukau ward councillor Efeso Collins and other South Auckland community members are calling for a return of youth worker funding after an increase in gang violence. Funding cuts to crime prevention programmes have left youth in the area severely lacking in mentors able to give them a healthy direction in life. Councillor Collins spoke to reporter William Boyd about the lack of support and the negative effects that has had on South Auckland. William started off by asking what youth workers do to help.
Recently, a group of 21 mental health experts signed an open letter to MPs detailing the facts and evidence regarding assisted dying and suicide rates.
95bFM explores the grey areas and uncertainties around the euthanasia debate that has divided the nation.
Reporter Rachel Simpson talks sci-fi futures, the precautionary principle, and the meaning of rights. She speaks to Dion Howard, who is a registered nurse and specialist youth mental health worker. They discuss the experience and point of view of professionals who see these issues first hand.
The Tree Council is a community based organisation that has been advocating for the values and protection of trees for more than thirty years. They announced this week their full support for the Tupuna Maunga Authority’s restoration plan for Owairaka maunga following protests against the removal of 345 exotic trees on the mountain. Lillian Hanly spoke with Chair of the Tree Council Sean Freeman who explained the restoration plan, saying it is part of the integrated management plan that applies to all the maunga of Tāmaki Makaurau. Part of that plan is to remove the exotic vegetation and reestablish native ecology as a way of bringing back native fauna to those maunga, and restore, repair and reinstate the relationship between mana whenua and these sacred areas. Lillian then started by asking what the Tree Council’s response was to the protests.
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