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Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little about the government's 10-year Kia Manawanui mental health long-term strategy, and appointments to Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority as part of the health sector reforms.

WWF-NZ have teamed up with six organisations, Iwi, and council for a restoration project on the Poririua Stream. Conor speaks to the WWF-NZ Environmental Science Director Dr. Aroha Spinks about the project, it's cultural significance, and the future of this project and others.

Doctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, Paula Larsson, has written an article titled The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements.  Paula is currently researching the history of vaccination, and in this article writes about how vaccinations came to be, where anti-vaxx movements stemmed from, and what the repercussions of these movements mean for our future health and safety.

With the Government urging everyone in Aotearoa to get the vaccine, Zazi thought it would be interesting to talk to Paula Larsson about anti-vaxx movements. Yesterday afternoon they discussed Paula’s insights, as well as her views, on the racism within anti-vaxx organisations.  

Zazi began by asking Paula to talk about her research, and how she came to write her article.

This week on the wire Frances began with her regular segment Dear Science with AUT Professor Marcus Jones where they talked about the future for zero-COVID countries, amateur astronauts in space and anti aging clues found in protein synthesis. Zazi then spoke with Doctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, England, Paula Larsson, about her article “The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements.” This was followed by a piece from Frances talking to Emma Bugden, Whanganui and Partners Strategic Lead for the Creative Industries and Art, about the new Whanganui Film Office. And finally Zazi had her regular talk with the ACT Party’s Brooke van Velden, talking about Auckland moving to Alert Level 3 and Climate Change Minister James Shaw going to COP 26 - the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.