We started the hour in the East Coast where Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is set to return. Reporter Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to CEO and Artistic Director, Tama Waipara, about the importance of showcasing local artists and culture.
National's Simon O'Connor joins us to talk housing.
Rochelle Ade also joins us on the topic bringing her expertise on the topic of healthy homes.
In the Community Garden, we are joined by Accelerating Aotearoa's Judy Speight to talk Local Employment Access Programs.
All concluded by the week that was as curated by Ollie Joblin.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the show today.
Justin discussed with Justice Minister Andrew Little on COVID-19 misinformation, people not fully disclosing details of close contacts, and livestock exports.
Justin and Zoe talked about Melbourne extending lockdown to mid-October, and South Australia police raiding a care provider over the death of an Adelaide woman under their care.
A few months ago, former host of the Monday Wire Sherry Zhang spoke to sex therapist and educator Sarita Das. In part one of the interview they spoke about queer sex, masturbation and shame, female pleasure and the inadequacy of sex education in schools. In this half we pick up with Sherry and Sarita talking about what constitutes healthy, safe sex, before delving into navigating sex as a queer person of colour, and fetishisation.
Last week Bronwyn spoke to Jess and Noor from Rainbow Election 2020 about their LGBTQI+ policy tool for this year’s election. The tool was created in collaboration with 13 rainbow organisations and aims to inform the voting public as well as educate policymakers on how they can protect the rainbow community. It highlights 15 rainbow policy areas, split into 4 categories; Health, Education, Community and Legal. Part I talks about rainbow voter disenfranchisement and lack of engagement by political parties in rainbow policies. In Part II, Jess and Noor give some examples of the types of policies that fall under those categories.
Since last week's episode, the Labour Party has stepped up to indicate its support for 11 of the 15 policies. You can have a read of the policies yourself on their website or on social media. Their launch event is happening on the 17th of September with guest speaker MP Chloe Swarbrick.
This week Jemima Huston speaks to New Zealand First's Tracey Martin about the new relationship and sexuality guidelines for schools as well as the party's views on LGBTQI+ policy and the Rainbow Election 2020 policy tool.