The #Breakthesilence: March Against Sexual Violence in Tāmaki Makaurau is on 2pm tomorrow and Ayana talks to one of the organisers, the founder of Migrant Zine Collective Helen Yeung about the event and what she's been working on.
Today is Small Business Day and Ayana talked to Dr Jenine Swail about what the day is all about, the challenges facing small businesses, and if creating a day actually addresses these challenges or is more tokenistic.
Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little about HPV vaccines, his experience in getting the first Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine, and a report from Stuff saying that Ministry of Health officials deliberately delayed and edited out negative statistics from a mental health auditing report.
Neighbourhood Watch could be live across the ditch soon with quarantine-free travel!
But still over the phone (for now), Justin and Zoe talked about Australia significantly failing to hit their COVID-19 vaccination targets and a legal battle over drilling in South Australia's Lake Torrens.
On their weekly chat, Justin and Health Minister Andrew Little discussed about his experiences on getting vaccinated, HPV vaccines, and controversies on the Ministry of Health removing negative statistics from a mental health report.
ACT MP Chris Baillie joined the show on the line to talk about his members' bill to remove trading hours and alcohol sales restrictions on Easter.
Justin spoke to Victoria University's Dr Bev Lawton on methods to prevent cervical cancer.
Neighbourhood Watch reports on Australia underperforming on COVID-19 vaccinations and a lawsuit over drilling in South Australia's Lake Torrens. (Also featuring chat on potential trans-Tasman travel!)
Turns out it's not only women that needs to be proactive in conducting smear tests or taking the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer - men also has a role in this. Victoria University's Dr. Bev Lawton spoke to Justin Wong.
ACT Party MP Chris Baillie has put forward a members' bill to scrap Easter restrictions on trading hours and alcohol sales. He joined Justin live to explain why.
This weeks chats with James and Brooke focus on the announced Trans-Tasman bubble and lighrail. The two chat about how long the bubble took and ACT's infrastructure policy.