Ayana spoke with NFDHH Chief Executive Natasha Gallardo about the first ever world report on hearing loss, the findings, preventable actions we can take, and what it's like living with hearing loss.
Host of the Friday Wire, Zoë Larsen Cumming, speaks to the New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner, Meng Foon, about Covid-specific racism. Particularly, the rise in Anti-Asian hate crimes abroad, and discrimination against Tangata Whenua and Asian-New Zealanders in Aotearoa.
Zoë Larsen Cumming speaks to the director of the 2021 Auckland Fringe Festival, Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho, about its history, its purpose, and how its been affected by COVID-19.
Soilsafe Aotearoa is an intersectional research programme run by social and environmental scientists at the University of Auckland in partnership with researchers at Geological and Nuclear Sciences and Macquarie University.
The research seeks to understand community social values and highlight the importance of healthy soils through free soil testing, a soil values questionnaire and community projects.
I talked first to Dr Melanie Kah and then to Dr Emma Sharp about their research.
Today the Helen Clark Foundation released a poll which found 69 percent of respondents would prefer legalisation or decriminalisation of cannabis over total criminalisation. Lyric spoke with Snadra Murray from Make It Legal NZ about these figures, fears around cannabis corporate harm, and more.
The East-West Link road is yet to be built but has already been criticised by a number of groups. Forest and Bird have criticised the proposal for its detrimental effect on the environment. James Tapp spoke to Matt Lowrie from Greater Auckland to learn more.
Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little about the government not hitting its targets on measle vaccines, extending medicinal cannabis, and a potential Green Party bill to decriminalize cannabis use.
Producer George Easton spoke to Auckland University Student Association President Anamika Harirajh about mental health program and support for students.
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