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I/V w/ Frances Joychild, QC Barrister: January 16, 2019

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Wed 16 Jan 2019

TW: This involves discussion of sexual violence, including rape, and the criminal court process that follows when someone reports an assault.

In the latest Sunday Star Times, Allison Mau has conducted an investigation into the criminal court process of sexual violence cases. Mau spoke to a number of different people in this field to see what people thought of the current process. A number of people believe it is not only ineffective resulting in an extremely low number of convictions comparable to the number of assaults, but it is also spoken of as a process that re-traumatizes the victim. One of the issues that was raised is the judgment by jury, and the removal of a jury in these cases was floated as a solution.

 

Frances Joychild is a Queen’s Counsel Barrister in Auckland and has worked on human rights law for the past 33 years. Some of the areas she focuses on are refugee work, work for beneficiaries or housing corporation tenants, and sexual harassment and sexual violence. Joychild does not do criminal prosecution, but civil cases. This focuses on people who do not want to go through the criminal courts but want to seek justice through different methods. This could look like mediation between the accused and the victim and is still a legal process but does not end up in a criminal conviction. Instead, it looks like recompensation in whatever form is decided. Lillian Hanly spoke to Frances to find out more about these possibilities, what a civil legal process actually looks like, and why she prefers this method.

I/V w/ Julie-Anne Genter, Associate Minister for Transport: January 16, 2019

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Wed 16 Jan 2019

Earlier this week the goverment announced 20 million dollars to go toward making certain rural highways safer. It is part of the Safety Boost Programme which makes regional state highways safer through a range of low-cost safety improvements. This particular announcement will upgrade 670km across 11 rural state highways. Julie-Anne Genter, Associate Transport Minister, made the announcement and Lillian Hanly spoke with her to find out more about NZ’s car culture and safety on roads. Lillian started by asking what this 20 million dollars will do specifically.

The Wire with Lillian: January 16, 2019

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Wed 16 Jan 2019

For Dear Science we look at some of the possible science-related headlines that could come up in 2019.

Lillian speaks to Queens Counsel Barrister Frances Joychild on the possibility of removing juries in sexual violence cases.

Lillian spoke with Julie-Anne Genter following the governments rural highways upgrade announcement.

And, Fletcher Tabuteau from NZ First is back with us this year and I speak with him about what he is planning for 2019

I/V w/ Matthew Williams CEO of Surf Life Saving Northern Region: January 15, 2019

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Tue 15 Jan 2019

The beach is always a busy place over the summer. We know that we are supposed to swim between the flags, but accidents and tragedies still happen. A number of drownings have occurred over the past few weeks. Lillian Hanly spoke with Matthew Williams, the CEO of Surf Life Saving Northern Region to find out how the public can work together with the lifeguards to prevent people getting in trouble as much as possible.

European Correspondence w/ Mary-Margaret: January 15, 2019

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Tue 15 Jan 2019

Conservative leader Theresa May’s future hangs in the balance - an all-important vote tomorrow deciding whether her Brexit deal will survive, or whether a general election may be triggered by the Opposition.

European correspondent Mary-Margaret Slack chats to Stewart about the feel on the ground. 

Higher penalties for food contamination w/ Nathan Guy: January 15, 2019

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Tue 15 Jan 2019

The National Party are calling for stricter punishments for food contamination. It comes after a string of incidents both here and across the ditch, involving needles being put into strawberries.

MP Nathan Guy has proposed a member’s bill that would see prison sentences for food saboteurs increase up to 14 years - and says it’s because New Zealand’s economy and reputation rests so highly on our food production.

Stewart spoke with Nathan Guy, and started by asking him to explain our bill.

The Weekly Five w/ Stewart Sowman-Lund: January 15, 2019

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Tue 15 Jan 2019

Time for a new segment where Stewart wraps up a few interesting stories from the past week that you might have missed on the news. This is the first (and possibly last) edition. Enjoy!

 

The Wire with Stewart: January 15, 2019

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Tue 15 Jan 2019

Stewart's taking over the Tuesday Wire and things managed to actually go to plan? He's alone in the studio but the show's still packed full of content:

  • With tomorrow’s all important Brexit vote, Stewart chats with our new European correspondent Mary-Margaret Slack who’s on the ground in the UK
  • Plus, Green Desk is back for another year: Mitch Fuller spoke to Hinewai Reserve Manager Hugh Wilson about the Hinewai Reserve, a regenerating area of native forest on the Banks Peninsula.
  • Then, National Party MP Nathan Guy speaks with Stewart about his new member’s bill calling for the contamination of food.
  • After that, Lillian Hanly speaks to the CEO of Surf Life Saving Northern Region about being safe in the water following a number of drownings that have occurred over the past couple weeks
  • Finally, Stewart runs through a few stories from the past week that you might not have heard, in The Weekly Five. 

 

I/V w/ Research Fellow Malvindar Singh-Bains on Huntington's Disease, possible drug treatments and awards: January 14, 2019

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Mon 14 Jan 2019

Huntington’s is a genetic neurodegenerative disease. About one in every 10,000 people has Huntington’s Disease, but one in 1000 people are affected by its effects. It is caused by an expanded gene in a person’s DNA. Every person has that particular gene, but only some have the mutation. The biggest breakthrough in Huntington’s research occurred in the 90s, but more recently, there has been breakthroughs in regards to possible treatments. Malvindar Singh-Bains is a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland Centre for Brain Research and has had extensive involvement in researching this disease. Lillian Hanly, whose family has the Huntington’s disease, caught up with Malvindar for quite a long chat at the end of last year about her work, Huntington’s research, and possible drug treatments. These drug trials are being considered the biggest breakthrough in terms of the disease since the gene itself was discovered in the 90s.

The Wire with Jemima: January 14, 2019

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Mon 14 Jan 2019

This week on the Monday Wire for our regular Green Party segment Jemima speaks to co-leader Marama Davidson about the success of COP24, the #wastefreeholidays campaign and what the Green Party has in store for 2019. Lillian spoke to Malvindar Singh-Bains, a research fellow at the University of Auckland centre for Brain Research, about Huntington's disease. We play a short extract from the Big Q's panel on climate change last year. Finally I speak to Wendy Allison from Know Your Stuff about safe drug testing over the festival season.