Mary-Margaret has her weekly catch up with Andrew Little and aks him all about what went wrong during the Second Parliamentary reading of the abortion bill; Rachel talks to Andrea Black about the impact of coronavirus on the gig economy; we learn about governmental response to the virus and have a conversation about consistently funding robust health systems with Radio Adelaide’s Zoe Kounadis in Neighbourhood Watch; and Mary-Margaret learns about American voting trends with commentator Tracey Barnett who recaps and analyses the primaries so far
Mary-Margaret has her weekly catch up with Radio Adelaide’s Zoe Kounadis and learns about how it feels to be on the ground in Australia where COVID is present but there’s been little government response; she also chats with Labour’s Andrew Little once again, who recaps the legalisation of abortion that passed last night, as well as the government’s COVID package announcement this week; Rachel reports on the first case of human trafficking and slavery to reach conviction in New Zealand; and Nirvana brings us her interview with choreographer Amber Liberte whose Basement show about climate change is about to begin.
Justice Minister Andrew Little joins us to discuss topics from a trans tasman bubble, transparency in legal advice to government about the lockdown, and engaging with the cannabis referendum; upcoming musician HINA tells Mary-Margaret about the importance of New Zealand Music Month to her, and why we should fund wananga and creative opportunities all year long; in Neighbourhood Watch we cross to Zoe Kounadis about Scott Morrison’s last week during COVID, including a significant idea shared with our own PM; Mary-Margaret has some questions about the fast tracking of shovel ready projects in a bill which some urban planners have queeries about, concerning public input; Jackie Clark is hosting a socially distanced fundraiser for her organisation the Aunties; and we hear todays Epidemic Response Commitee notes.
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Justin reports on the spat between Taiwan and the World Health Organization, after Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus falesly accused the country of launching a racist attack. Justin also spoke to Taiwanese MP Wang Ting-yu about Taiwan's diplomatic strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Justin and Conor discuss the result of the general election in the Republic of Ireland, after left-wing republican party, Sinn Fienn broke a center right duopoly of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, whom have ruled for almost a century.
This Friday (28th September) marks the 4th anniversary of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong. Why did this protest happen? What has happened since? What does the city's future lead to? Justin talked to activist Agnes Chow and former lawmaker Dr Kenneth Chan to find out.
In today’s catch up with Minister Little, Mary-Margaret asks about the meaning of “operational matters” and not being able to comment on them, and what he thinks of our modern national security regime in light of revelations that our Secret Service broke into the Czechoslovakian Embassy in the late 80s.
We hear from the senior news editor of The Spectrum, the University of Buffalo’s a student magazine, about what it feels like to be on the ground as New York cautiously lifts some COVID-19 restrictions.
Zoe Kounadis joins us for Neighbourhood Watch once again and explains several significant cuts this week, including ones to childcare and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Splore’s director John Minty discusses the return of the festival, opportunities for local music while our borders are closed, and cultural shifts we might see in terms of festivals after COVID-19.
On Dear Science today with Allan Blackman, we revisit the hydroxychloroquine issue yet again! Also, electricity being created from shadows, and there may be 36 civilisations out in space we could contact.
We have NZ First’s Tracey Martin back on the show ongoing and today we speak extensively about systemic racism in crown institutions.
Felix spoke to Auckland’s Head of Community libraries for north and west, Darryl Soljan, about the role of libraries in the community.
Mary-Margaret speaks to Low Carbon Specialist Robbie Sutherland about the extent to which responsibility for climate issues lies with the public versus government, and about which initiatives are available for volunteering this winter
Oscar speaks to Richard Hills in this week’s instalment of city counselling and we hear about the logistics of council’s operations now we’re back at level 1
Jemima speaks to Tom Kay of Forest & Bird about water pollution risks and lack of government action
And in Green Desk this week, Bronnie learns about the UNESCO commission for culture in New Zealand, where a new commissioner has just been appointed
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