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Maori Health Inequity w/ Rhys Jones: October 26, 2022

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Wed 26 Oct 2022

Māori health inequity directly costs the health system $39.9 million per year, according to a new Indigenous-led study. When researchers added indirect costs of $823.4 million from lost years of life and lost wages, which were mostly borne directly by Māori whānau, the overall cost skyrocketed to over $863.3 million.

Māori significantly under-utilised primary care, creating an annual saving to the health system of $49.4 million per year. The authors point out that these are conservative estimates, and say that the 'cost of doing nothing' about health inequity is predominantly borne by Indigenous communities and society - less than 5% of the cost is borne by the health system.

Joe spoke to Rhys Jones, Associate Professor in Te Kupenga Hauora Maori, from the University of Auckland on the matter.

A technological approach to Mental Health Services w/ Kaaren Mathias: October 26, 2022

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Wed 26 Oct 2022

Technological solutions to fill the gap in mental health care are alluring. However, they can be regarded as a cheap, scalable way to solve the knotty problem of mental distress, without requiring investment in people, communities and broader causes of mental ill-health such as racism, poverty or the way we design our cities.

Joe speaks to Kaaren Mathias, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Canterbury, on the matter.

Annual Provisional Suicide Data w/ Shaun Robinson: October 26, 2022

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Wed 26 Oct 2022

Yesterday, the Annual Provision Suicide Data was released. It showed that 538 people died by suspected suicide, down from 607 the year before and 628 in the year to 2020. 

This release showed the rate per 100,000 was 10.2, which is statistically lower than the average rate over the last 13 financial years. It is also the third year in row suicides have decreased. 

The Mental Health Foundation says, "each of these 538 people leave behind grieving whānau and friends. We send you all our aroha and acknowledge your deep pain and loss.”

Joe spoke to the Chief Executive of The Mental Health Foundation, Shaun Robinson, on the matter.

 

Eurovision w/ Cameron Adams: October 26, 2022

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Wed 26 Oct 2022

Eurovision is back! This week I spoke to our  European Correspondent Cameron Adams about The War in Ukraine, Britain's new Prime Minister and much more!

The Wire w/ Joe: October 26, 2022

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Wed 26 Oct 2022

This week on The Wire for Rāapa Wednesday!

News and Editorial Director Jess Hopkins speaks to David Seymour in our weekly chat with the ACT Party.

Joe looks at the suicide rate dropping for the third year as well as having a korero about mental health. He speaks to Shaun Robinson, the Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, and Kaaren Mathias, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Canterbury.

We have Eurovision with our European Correspondent Cameron Adams! 

Joe also speaks to Rhys Jones Associate Professor Te Kupenga Hauora Maori, at the University of Auckland about Health inequities between Māori and non-Māori adults costing NZ$863.3 million per year.

That's us for this weeks Wednesday Wire!

Xi Jinping's historic third term w/ Dr Stephen Noakes: October 25, 2022

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Tue 25 Oct 2022

With the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party wrapping up, President Xi Jinping has been handed a third term in power. It breaks the unofficial precedent established since Mao Zedong’s death in 1976, where presidents have traditionally ruled for just two terms.

For more on this monumental event in recent Chinese history, Christina spoke to Dr Stephen Noakes, a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations from the University of Auckland.

New UK PM Rishi Sunak: October 25, 2022

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Tue 25 Oct 2022

The stage is set for a new UK prime minister after contenders one by one ruled themselves out of the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party.

Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, will lead the country in a time of political and economic turmoil in Britain, in the wake of Liz Truss after just 45 days as PM.

Christina Huang reports.

Restore Passenger Rail w/ Rosemary Penwarden: October 25, 2022

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Tue 25 Oct 2022

Restore Passenger Rail is a environmental protest group which has been garnering headlines for disrupting traffic on Wellington highways and glueing themselves to roads.
Over the past two weeks members of the campaign blocked the Urban motorway, and Transmission Gully tunnel and abseiled down the entrance of Mount Victoria tunnel.

Casper spoke to Restore Passenger Rail spokesperson Rosemary Penwarden about their movement and why they believe it’s so urgent that we have passenger rail brought back across the country.

 

Philanthropic Social Investment w/ Dr. Shane Reti: October 25, 2022

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Tue 25 Oct 2022

The National party has proposed creating a social investment fund, in a callback to a signature policy of former leader Bill English.

Social Investment spokesperson Nicola Willis proposed funding the policy in collaboration with philanthropists.

For Casper's weekly catchup with National’s Dr. Shane Reti they discussed this policy, how it differs from the current approach and how exactly funding through donations might play out.

 

Dear Science w/ Allan Blackman: October 25, 2022

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Tue 25 Oct 2022

This week on Dear Science Allan Blackman spoke to Casper and Christina about immunity genes for the black death increasing rates of crohn's disease, the smells that make some people mosquito magnets, and the sucess of Nasa's asteroid diversion experiment.