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Covid causing extra budgeting stress for struggling families
An Auckland budgeting and family support service has found some families of four have less than 40 dollars a week to put food on the table. The Mangere Budgeting Service also says many of the people… Audio
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Auckland City Mission:all hands on deck for second lockdown
It's all hands on deck at the Auckland City Mission, close to two weeks after it was announced the city would be going back to alert level 3. Demand for food parcels trebelled during the first… Audio
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Why is there such strong resistance against lowering the voting age?
You can legally drive, fly a plane, have sex or own a gun at 16 - so why can't you vote? Well, there's a campaign underway aimed at changing that. Audio
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Mt Messenger roading project opponents protest outside High Court
A small group of protesters picketed the High Court in New Plymouth this morning in support of an appeal against the $200 million Mt Messenger bypass roading project.
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'Let us vote' - teens take their case to the High Court
'Let us vote!' That's the desperate plea from 16 and 17-year-olds who have taken their case to the High Court.
A youth-led campaign, Make It Sixteen, has argued the current voting age of 18 is… Audio
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Alice Snedden's Bad News | Episode 5: Women's Bodies
Why are we so scared of breasts? In this episode, Alice attempts to change the minds of viewers using exposure therapy and her soap-opera fantasies. Video
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Calls to bump up sick leave for front-line Covid-19 workers
The Union representing aged care workers, wants unrestricted sick leave brought in for its members as Covid-19 adds further strain on the sector. Audio
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The hidden cost of our PPE gear - slave labour
As a second Covid wave hits the country we are gearing up - but some of that PPE gear including gloves and masks could have reached New Zealand via slave labour factories in Asia. Audio
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Why is National struggling to convince voters?
Opinion - National and its leader Judith Collins don't fit very well with the times, writes Josiah Banbury in a look at the wider context of this year's general election.
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Why Australia is facing calls to stop jailing 10-year-olds
News 22 Aug 2020A growing movement led by a coalition of lawyers, doctors and Aboriginal rights activists is pushing for Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14.
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The Unraveling of America: Wade Davis
"In a dark season of pestilence, COVID has reduced to tatters the illusion of American exceptionalism" In his recent Rolling Stone essay The Unraveling of America Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis… Audio
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When a relative falls down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole
How does it feel to watch family members become obsessed with Bill Gates, microchips and 5G - and is there anything you can do to help them?
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Best of First Up for Friday 21 August
Audio 21 Aug 2020On the pod today: Netballs' Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie on the ANZ Premiership decider against the Tactix, this weekend; while Covid-19 forced many magazines off our shelves - North and South… Audio
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Covid-19: Families hit by lockdown downturn
Kids doing schoolwork in cars and multiple breadwinners from the same family suddenly out of work - these are the stories of struggle emerging from the second Covid-19 lockdown in Auckland.
Social… Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland foodbank numbers grow to 29
Thousands of Aucklanders are desperately turning to food banks as increasing job losses wipe out family incomes.
There are now 29 registered foodbanks serving the city. Prior to Covid-19 there was… Audio
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Covid-19: Concerns about number of foodbanks
The head of Mangere Budgeting Services is concerned about the number of foodbanks which have sprung up in Auckland since the last lockdown.
Thousands of people have been using community food banks… Audio
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Loading Docs 2020: One Year On
One man’s story, one year on. Guled Mire challenges New Zealand’s response to the Christchurch mosque attacks. Video
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Loading Docs 2020: Wahine Warrior
After a brush with death, she was reborn a warrior. Using hunting as therapy, she must overcome her past to lead a self-sustained sisterhood. Video
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Sweat with Pride: raising money for Rainbow health in August
Lockdowns have taken a huge toll on our mental health - in particular for those in the Rainbow Community. Charity Rainbow Youth says it was still catching up from last lockdown as Auckland moved back… Audio
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Thousands of Aucklanders turning to foodbanks
Thousands of Aucklanders are desperately turning to food banks as increasing job losses wipe out family incomes. In Takanini yesterday, cars formed queues kilometres long for food parcels from the… Audio
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Review: Project Power
Dan Slevin reports on Netflix’s new big budget VFX extravaganza (that also tries to have a bit of real life grit in the mix). Video
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Lessons from lockdown
A new report on learning in the first lockdown finds inequities in the education system were highlighted and made worse. The report by The Education Hub, a non-profit organisation set up to promote… Audio
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Alice Snedden's Bad News | Episode 3: Healthcare Inequity
Why do Māori live seven years fewer than Pākehā? Alice delves into the health system and asks if more money should be spent on Māori health and less on her digestive system. Video
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Covid-19: Pacific leader warns virus can spread rapidly through community
A Pacific health leader is warning that Covid-19 could move rapidly through New Zealand's Māori and pacific community.
The Pacific community has disproportionately been affected by this latest… Audio
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Brannavan Gnanalingam tackles toxic masculinity in new novel Sprigs
We often see people at their worst when they're put to the test and looking for an easy way out, says Wellington writer Brannavan Gnanalingam. His new novel Sprigs explores the story of a… Audio