Join Ollie and James as they wade through the bullshit and bollocks that is the news, in the last edition of the groundbreaking hit segment -The Week That Was. Thanks for listening.
Lately there has been a lot of attention surrounding the impact of fireworks on animals. James talks to Allison Vaughn from the SPCA about this and started off by asking about why fireworks should be banned.
This week (9-15 November) it is Road Safety Week 2020. BRAKE, the road safety charity, is campaigning for everyone to #STEP UP for safer streets. Jemima Huston speaks to BRAKE Director Caroline Perry about the campaign and why it is important that we dedicate a week to road safety initatives.
Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little on the recent primary care nurses strikes, new vaping laws, how to distribute the new COVID-19 vaccine, and the Prime Minister's comments on Monday that the Government would not change benefits by Christmas.
Karanama Ruru spoke to Dr Rowan Light, a history professor at the University of Auckland, about how New Zealanders have historically remembered the past, and how that has effected how Kiwis view Aotearoas past today.
Poland has seen a slew of protests following a court decision to further restrict the country's already limited abortion laws. Zoë speaks to Terry Bellamak, president of Abortion Law Reform Aotearoa New Zealand, who explains the situation over there and speaks about abortion laws.
Jemima Huston talks to Lynette Sadleir, a Paediatric Neurologist and Professor at the University of Otago, Wellington, about a internation study New Zealand is taking part of to determine the genetic origins of stuttering.
Karanama Ruru chats to Nick Thomson, Director of the Commission for Financial Capability, about their free financial education programme called Sorted in Schools being implemented in schools across Aotearoa.
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