Christopher Luxon is one of the National Party's most well known MPs, despite entering politics less than two years ago. As someone who only become involved in politics after a successful career in business, many comparisons have been drawn between him and former Prime Minister Sir John Key. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Luxon about how politics differs from his past work, his new roles as an MP and his hopes and goals for the future.
Host of the Friday Wire, Zoë Larsen Cumming, speaks to the New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner, Meng Foon, about Covid-specific racism. Particularly, the rise in Anti-Asian hate crimes abroad, and discrimination against Tangata Whenua and Asian-New Zealanders in Aotearoa.
Endometriosis is a disease that affects 1 in 10 New Zealand people with uteruses, and approximately one hundred and seventy-six million females worldwide. Despite this, research and awareness of the incredibly painful disease remains low, with lots of unnecessary suffering for those who have it. To find out more, Zoë Larsen Cumming speaks to the co-founder and chief executive of Endometriosis New Zealand, Deborah Bush.
She also speaks to fourth year medical student living with endo, Madi Randall.
Zoë Larsen Cumming speaks to the director of the 2021 Auckland Fringe Festival, Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho, about its history, its purpose, and how its been affected by COVID-19.
On this week's Neighbourhood Watch, Ayana spoke to Radio Adelaide's Zoe Kounadis about the rape allegations against Australian Attourney General Christian Porter, his denial, and the feeling over in Australia at the moment around this.
This comes after the Brittany Higgins case fall out, and Zoe reports the Governement isn't handelling these cases well according to a lot of the Australian populous.
Ayana talks to Labour's Andrew Little about the PHARMAC review, inequity in access to medicine and distribution, and Hearing Awareness Month.
Ayana then talks to Chief Executive of National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the first ever World Hearing report which finds that hearing loss in increasing dramatically.
Karanama does a report on our ageing population, the consequences of people living longer, and some solutions.
And on Neighbourhood Watch, Ayana talks to Zoe Kounadis following Attourney General Christian Porter coming forward as the Minister in which rape allegations had been made against.
Ayana spoke with NFDHH Chief Executive Natasha Gallardo about the first ever world report on hearing loss, the findings, preventable actions we can take, and what it's like living with hearing loss.
This week James talked to ACT party deputy leader, Brooke Van Velden, about the level 3 lockdown currently happening in Auckland and some of the questions being raised in relation to the current cases.
James also talks ot Brooke about the Māori Ward bill which was passed through parliment and recieved large amount of opposition from ACT and the National Party.