Rachael talked to Bianca Rocca and Toya Webb about their show 'Working Title', on at the George Fraser Gallery. Theo was in studio and played some Korean experimental music from the Bulgasari community. He also played some commentry from John Waters, the director of Multiple Maniacs.
Te Roopu Nahinara, The National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross chats to Kelly about the newly announced $28 billion Auckland Transport Alignment Project. He chats criticisms and improvements, and why he thinks Labour are taking the most expensive route.
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District is heading to the polls today, amid fears the election will be subverted. The governor of Port Moresby has claimed there are problems with the electoral roll and polling places. He's also told media that reports are circulating of illegal ballot paper printing, and people bribing officials of the Electoral Commission. Amidst all this, Transparency International have set up a corruption hotline to help people report wrongdoing in the election. Daniel spoke to head of Transparency Papua New Guinea Arianne Kassmen, and started by asking what they hope to achieve with the hotline.
Music can be a pretty unifying force, especially for the geographically isolated. Kiran talks to Mikey about music critic David Keenan's first novel, This Is Memorial Device, which evokes this idea while portraying a fictional post-punk band in '70s-'80s small town Scotland.
Alex picks a show Mike's had on the brain for ages - the '70s crime drama Quarry. With an antihero whose story spans the Mekong to the Mississippi, Alex gets in behind to make some bold claims of quality.
The Human Rights Commission recently submitted a over 4000 strong petition to the New Zealand government, pushing for greater pay transparency legislation.
Liam spoke to Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner for the NZHRC about the petition and what they’re campaigning for.
Last week, a public servant at the Ministry of Health who leaked an official document was dismissed. The leaked document showed the Associate Minister of Health, Casey Costello, requesting advice on freezing the annual increase in tobacco excise tax.
Health Coalition Aotearoa has released a consultation document advocating options to address and improve transparency in public policy-making and the regulation of lobbying in New Zealand.
Producer Sofia spoke to co-chair of Health Coalition Aotearoa and Professor of Māori Health and Nutrition at Massey University, Lisa Te Morenga, about the coalition government’s plans to repeal the Smoke Free legislation and the current legal requirements for public policy-making transparency in Aotearoa.
NZ First is refusing to release the board members who are helping them decide their coalition partners. This is on top of negotiations being hidden away from the public which is raising issues about transparency in the democratic process. Joel to James Shaw about this.
They also spoke about Bill English accusations that the Green Party care more about getting National out of Government than they care about the environment.
Green Party leader James Shaw has made a call for donations after a costly campaign. Joel talked to him about this and the need for more transparency surrounding party donations.
Green Party member Golriz Gharahman has also called out for New Zealand to take more action on Manus Island. New Zealand’s current refugee population sits at around .030% per capita. This is around thirty to forty times lower than world leaders. Joel talked to James about why this is, and what needs to change.
The topic of this weeks worry week is sexual harassment and one of area's of concern is sexual harassment in the workplace. Producer Damian Rowe spoke to Tertiary Education Unions president Sandra Grey about changing the culture towards harassment and how sexual harassment is dealt with in the workplace and university.
Damian then spoke to Dylan Norton about transparent conversation towards sexual harassment and sexual harm. As a forewarning the conversation delves into topics of victims and abusers and listener discretion is advised. If you have experienced sexual harassment or sexual harm you can contact the safe to talk service linked below
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