The Wire with Castor

On Southern Cross today, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi and director David Robie. Trigger warning: domestic violence and abuse. We speak about the death of Jenelyn Kennedy in PNG, and the media coverage and response of community. We also speak on the Cook islands looking to ban a political editor looking into travel perks. 

Recently the Commerce Commission and the Financial Markets Authority have announced they will start a campaign to help try and combat as well as educate the Pacifica community on scams. While it is known scamming is causing numerous problems, they feel they are still only seeing the surface, as many scams are unreported as they are started by people who are close and trusted. After this announcement, the child poverty action group has shown their support, however it wants to see more education. To understand the situation, I talked to Natalie Vincent from Nga Tangata Micro finance, and started off by asking what forms scamming can take.

The Human Rights Commission has released their "Prism" Report which deatils the six human rights issues related to people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics. Sherry speaks to the report's author Taine Polkinghorne about the details of the HRC's findings. 

The New Zealand Council of Education Research has released survey results that say 24% of teachers surveyed feel occasionally unsafe in the classroom due to extreme behaviour exhibited by students. Jemima talks to NZEI Te Riu Roa president Liam Rutherford about the findings.