This week Jemima spoke with psychology PhD candidate, Keren Segal, about her "fusion" study that aimed to measure the psychological effects of the Christchurch earthquake. Lachlan then asked Jemima about whether she felt "fused" to the city after going through the quakes herself.
Ria Hall is nominated for two awards at the Aotearoa Music Awards this year for her brilliant abum Manawa Wera. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about the album, being a māmā and her hopes for te reo Māori in the music industry.
Amelia is joined by Che aka bb gurl aka Mallshopper for a conclusive list of the best of the best anime of all time PERIOD. But none of that Shonen nonsense - the good stuff.
A new study has investigated the fusing power members of the Christchurch community experienced during the February 22nd 2011 Christchurch earthquake. University of Otago PhD candidate Keren Segal, who produced this study explains what fusing power is.
The Productivity Commission has proposed that the government should shift to variable subsidies for tertiary education funding.
95bFM reporter, Kelly Enright spoke to Productivity Commission chief Advisor Kevin Moar about the report. She started by asking what the proposal actually recommends.
bFM’s Joel Thomas also spoke to Jonathan Gee, the president of the New Zealand Union of Students Association, about the problems he has with the proposal. Gee believes variable subsidies will disadvantage lower-income students and imply the sole purpose of tertiary education is to get students into the workplace.
Multi-hyphenate arts icon Coco Solid spoke with Rachel about Wheke Fortress, a new community and artist run space she is setting up in Onehunga with Big Fat Raro. Whakarongo mai nei to hear about the kaupapa and supoort the Boosted campaign here!
At the beginning of the week the government extended its wage subsidy scheme as part of its response to the new Covid-19 outbreak in the Community. Jemima Huston talks to Barnaby Locke, an Associate at Dundas Street Employment Lawyers about how the wage subsidy scheme works in relations to Aotearoa's employment law and what issues employees and employers are having when actioning the scheme at their place of work.
In this week's chat with James Shaw, Emilia Sullivan chats to the Green Party co-leader about his announcement of a $140 million subsidy to NZ Steel to transition away from burning coal, as well as a reflection on last week’s Budget and the Green Party candidate list ahead of the General Election later this year.
Sherry Zhang talks to James Fuller, CEO and Co-founder of HNRY (Henry), a tax agency specialising om supporting self-employers on how the wage subsidy for COVID-19 works, other external costs such as rent, and how tax, acc and kiwisaver payments are working during this time.
Year 13 Student Millicent Dickenson has launched a petition on ActionStation to call for subsidies on degrees that lead to jobs in the mental health sector.
This comes after recent data showed New Zealand desperately needs 643 new mental health staff as our mental health crisis worsens. Caeden spoke to Millicent about why this proposed solution is so important to implement, and started by asking if it’s one of the best policies to tackle this crisis.
Warning this story discusses youth mental health and has mentions of suicide.
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