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The End of Life Choice Referendum is a public vote on whether assisted dying under the End of Life Choice Act 2019 should become part of the law in Aotearoa. If a majority vote "yes" in the referendum, the Act will come into force and if a majority vote "no", the Act will not be able to be accessed. 

Jemima Huston explores the number of social and moral issues that surround the Act and assisted dying such as the input of family in the decision, coercion, the responsibility of doctors to preserve life vs. end life, the right for a doctor to opt out and the short "cooling down" period between prescribing and administering a lethal dose. 

ACT Party Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden and University of Auckland Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Ethics Phillipa Malpas provide an insight into these issues and help breakdown what exactly we are voting for in the End of Life Choice Referendum. 

Zoë Larsen Cumming interviews Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick on the upcoming Cannabis Referendum as part of 95bFM's 2020 Election coverage. 

Zoë Larsen Cumming reports on most of the major parties' health policies on the 2020 election ballot. She looks at Labour, National, the Greens, the Māori Party, New Zealand First, ACT, and The Opportunities Party. The health policies have been broken up into the following subsections: COVID 19 response, public health, health services, alcohol and drugs and mental health.

This week, we have another jam-packed show.

For our election coverage we talk to TOP's Geoff Simmons about all things local economy, then divulge into a look at innovation in agriculture to assess agricultural policies by, with both Mark Ross of Agcarm and Sarah Smuts-Kennedy of For The Love of Bees. 

In the Community Garden, Ihaia from Ōtara Waterways and Lakes Trust joins us to discuss what they are all about.

And we conclude the show with The Week That Was. 

A huge thank you to everyone who spoke to us today.