Lyric Waiwiri-Smith does a live interview with Rose Stewart, Family Planning's national nurse advisor, to break down some common myths and stigmatisations surrounding cervical cancer.
Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little about Pharmac reportedly stopping blanket funding drugs for kid's cancer, comments made by National leader Judith Collins on health sector reforms, and Labour insisting changing a motion condemning 'genocide' in China's Xinjiang province to 'human rights abuse'.
International Desk reports on the developments in Chad after President Idriss Deby was killed and the country is ruled by a military transitional council. Justin was joined by SOAS University PHD student Moudwe Daga to talk about what caused the conflict and the future for the Central African country.
Reporter Aneeka Moheed spoke to Uyghur Solidarity's Sam Vincent about the government's refusal to call the human rights abuses in the Chinese province of Xinjiang a 'genocide'.
Bronwyn speaks to Auckland Councillor Pippa Coom about the improvements to Waihorotiu Valley (Queen St) and the controversy surrounding the Marina at Kennedy Point and its impacts on local kororā (little blue penguins). They began by speaking about the Western Springs Pine Native Bush Restoration project.
Felix spoke to Green co-leader James Shaw about their Reasonable Rent campaign, the elimination of exclusive patents for Covid-19 vaccines, and their new petition to remove the newly implemented wage suppression rules.
This morning Police Minister Poto Williams and Justice Minister Kris Faafoi announced major plans to crack down on firearm ownership by "high risk criminals", specifically looking at gang members. Lyric spoke to National MP Simeon Brown to get his thoughts on the announcement.
Members of New Zealand's Ethiopian community gathered in Wellington today to hand over a petition to encourage the government to formally recognise atrocities against the Amhara ethnic community in Ethiopia. Lyric spoke with Degu Geddebo, one of the campaigners, to find out what's happening in Ethiopia and why acknowledge matters.
This week on Tomorrow's World, Isla and Stella investigate the science side of video sharing app TikTok. They discuss whether TikTok is a trustworthy information source, debunk some mistruths and approve some actually accurate science videos.
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