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Whale Oil - an investigation (full version): July 3, 2019

 Whale Oil - an investigation (full version): July 3, 2019 Whale Oil - an investigation (full version): July 3, 2019, 41.47 MB

Lillian Hanly speaks to writer and journalist Margie Thomson:

Margie has been investigating the story of Matt Blomfield for the past three and a half years. This investigation turned into a book called Whale Oil, a book whose foreword was written by Nicky Hager. Who is Matt Blomfield you ask? I had no idea either. But I did know Whale Oil. I knew Nicky Hager. I knew Dirty Politics. I knew Cameron Slater, or at least I knew some things. So when I found out about this book, I knew I wanted to read it. I knew I wanted to read it even more when it came out that someone had been held up at the airport with an embargoed manuscript with a foreword by Nicky Hager.. I was ridiculously intrigued. And so we got Margie Thomson in studio to have a chat about everything. It turns out this is a story of one of the few people who stood up to Cameron Slater. Margie and I ended up speaking for 45 minutes about fake news, the definition of property, bullying and harassment and the importance of critical thinking. I started by asking Margie to tell us about the book...

The Wire with Lillian: July 10, 2019

 The Wire with Lillian: July 10, 2019 The Wire with Lillian: July 10, 2019, 110.39 MB

On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about uranium, energy protons, and lead deposits in the arctic.

Sherry talks to a protestor from Hong Kong about the anti-extradition Bill movement, touching on the social-media aspects of the movement, mental health and what’s next for Hong Kong. 

Sherry also talks to Leonie Morris from the Auckland Women’s Centre on the changes to the Family Violence Act and proposed changes to the prosecution of sexual violence cases in the justice system. 

Tuwhenuaroa talks to ExcerciseNZ’s Richard Beedie about New Zealand’s terrible inactivity rates, and what can be done about them.

The Wire with Olivia: July 11, 2019

 The Wire with Olivia: July 11, 2019 The Wire with Olivia: July 11, 2019, 103 MB

On today's show:

  • Andrew Little is here for his weekly catch-up. Lillian Hanly talks with the Minister about internet privacy, the new Race Relations Commissioner, and they also touch on abortion law reform.
  • Next, Olivia Holdsworth talks to Professor Tim Bentley from the Massey Business School about a new study that has identified the factors most likely to keep older employees engaged and in the workforce.
  • And finally we hear a report done by bFM intern Trixie Miranda who speaks to Migrant Zine Collective’s Helen Yeung and Jasmin Singh about maintaining identity through DIY.

 

Whenua ki te whenua w/ Tina Ngata: July 29, 2019

 Whenua ki te whenua w/ Tina Ngata: July 29, 2019 Whenua ki te whenua w/ Tina Ngata: July 29, 2019, 17.51 MB

Tina Ngata is an indigenous rights advocate. She has been at Ihumātao since late last week. She is also involved in the Hands Off Our Tamariki movement. Yesterday at Ihumātao, Leonie Pihama who is also part of the Hands Off Our Tamariki rōpu spoke about whenua and whenua. Whenua as land, and whenua as the placenta - the very thing that keeps babies alive inside the womb. The very real connection of whakapapa between land and mokopuna. Hands Off Our Tamariki are presenting their open letter to parliament tomorrow following the uproar at Oranga Tamariki that came after New Zealand witnessed the practice of uplifting a baby from its mother in a Newsroom investigation. Lillian Hanly speaks with Tina to understand the relationship between the SOUL issue at Ihumātao and the Hands Off Our Tamariki issue.

The Wire with Laura: 30th of August, 2019

 The Wire with Laura: 30th of August, 2019 The Wire with Laura: 30th of August, 2019, 106.62 MB

This week on the Friday Wire, Denise Lee joins us to have a chat about the alcohol trading hours after the extending trading hours amendment, the revitalized controversy of a large donation to the National Party by a New Zealand company owned by a foreign billionaire and the National Party's opposition to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act. 

Following that, foreign interference in local and national elections have been raised as a concern by the GCSB and SIS with one of the primary concern being around political donations. Producer, Bronnie Wilde reached out Marama Davidson about why the Green Party is pushing for law changes around political donations

Next, Auckland Action Against Poverty Spokesperson, Ricardo Menendez March joins Laura Kvigstad to explain why AAAP is calling for better regulations around tobacco lobbying. 

Finally, Benjamin J Goldson looks at the media coverage around the suspension of parliament by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Neutral Corner. 

Low turnout in local elections and what to do about it: September 2, 2019

 Low turnout in local elections and what to do about it: September 2, 2019 Low turnout in local elections and what to do about it: September 2, 2019, 9.4 MB

Local elections are fast approaching and there’s been a trend of declining participation. The problem is particularly bad in Auckland where turnout was under 40%. This causes problems around representation at local government level as well as setting the agenda in elections.  Lachlan spoke with Professor Janine Hayward from Otago University about local government elction turnout.

 

White Ribbon Day: November 25th, 2019

 White Ribbon Day: November 25th, 2019 White Ribbon Day: November 25th, 2019, 16.66 MB

Dhan-nun speaks with White Ribbon New Zealand’s Manager Rob McCann, from the national branch of an international organisation dealing with ending Male domestic violence. Today, the 25th of November, is international White Ribbon day, a day symbolising opposition to violence against women.

White Ribbon commissioned some remarkable research on prevalent male stereotypes in Aotearoa, and how they contribute to our exceptionally high rates of domestic violence.

Torture claims at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital w/ Mike Ferriss: January 20th, 2020

 Torture claims at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital w/ Mike Ferriss: January 20th, 2020 Torture claims at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital w/ Mike Ferriss: January 20th, 2020, 8.97 MB

The United Nations Committee on Torture recently released a report requesting the NZ government reinvestigate torture claims at the former psychiatric hospital Lake Alice. The report is a result of a complaint from 2017 by Victor Boyd of independent watchdog group Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights on behalf of a previous patient of the facility. The UN has upheld that complaint recommending the government conduct a ‘prompt, impartial and independent investigation’ into all allegations of torture and ill-treatment at Lake alice, as well as, where appropriate, the filling of ‘specific torture and/or ill-treatment charges against perpetrators, and the application of the corresponding penalties under domestic law.’ The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has announced it would investigate the allegations, but they have said they will not make any findings ‘civil, criminal or disciplinary liability’ as recommended by the UN. Mike Ferriss is the current director of CCHR New Zealand, Deb Rawson spoke with him to find out more.

 

Please note this conversation contains discussions of torture including electrocution and sexual assault

 

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra heads online: April 1, 2020

 The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra heads online: April 1, 2020 The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra heads online: April 1, 2020, 7.37 MB

No - it is not a joke. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra have moved their performances online. They did their first performance last week, the Wednesday night in which the rāhui was about to start. Lillian Hanly spoke to NZSO’s Principal Trombonist David Bremner to find out how that’s going to work.

NZ First: April 22, 2020

 NZ First: April 22, 2020 NZ First: April 22, 2020, 30.06 MB

Lillian spoke to Fletcher this morning about contact tracing, an injection of cash into the regions and the announcement from the SFO that their decision regarding NZ First’s political donations will be out before the election. She started by asking how he felt about moving to level 3 next week.

Fletcher stated the government would have had the necessary capacity for contact tracing as of the 23rd April - the originally stated day to come out of Level 4 before the government announced an extentions. I wrote to the Ministry of Health asking whether this was indeed the case and this was their response:

"The Ministry is confident that New Zealand can provide high quality contact tracing. The Public Health Units (PHUs) and National Close Contact Service (NCCS) have a baseline capacity in place as well as additional capacity they can call on to deal with the contact tracing needs that might be ahead of us.  This includes managing under a range of scenarios that could occur within the different alert levels and controls and includes a current ability to scale up to 10,000 calls a day. From our most recent information from public health units and the National Close Contact Service, for the period 13-17 April, 80% of close contacts were traced within 48 hours of the case being notified to the units."