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Dr Paul Spoonley: Immigration: risks and rewards for NZ
One of the great minds of our nation, demographer and Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow at Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures spoke with Dr Gary about immigration, productivity,…
Alison Eddy, CEO of the NZ College of Midwives
Midwives are the most understaffed healthcare professionals in NZ. They're in scarce supply in part because reimbursement and working conditions are based on a decades old contract that some would…
Each prisoner costs NZ $150,000 a year. Could that money be better spent keeping at-risk youth healthy, housed, fed and educated instead?
When kids or adults face poverty, hunger, and a breakdown in social relationships, is it any surprise that they turn to gangs, drugs, or violence? Isopo Samu of Tokotoko Solutions has spent a…
"Who wants to be dependent on Middle East Oil?" asks Rewiring Aotearoa
A chat with Mike Casey, cherry orchardist, tech bro, and green energy advocate. He's the CEO of Rewiring Aotearoa, a charity that envisions a time when NZ is free from its dependence on fossil fuels…
Are the new learning reforms innovative, or just a return to 1940s factory-style education?
Who would dare argue against a 'knowledge rich curriculum' or 'back to the basics' education? But what happens when 'knowledge rich' turns into regurgitating memorised lists, or when 'the basics'…
What drug kills 900 NZers a year, but may actually get easier to sell in NZ next year?
Alcohol harm costs the NZ taxpayer roughly $7 for every $1 collected in alcohol taxes. So why are we weakening, rather than strengthening, our alcohol regulations?Andrew Galloway of Alcohol…
NZ, Monaco, the Cayman Islands: the strange company we keep when it comes to taxes & public services
Glenn Barclay of Tax Justice Aotearoa answers our tax questions, from the $1 billion LNG import terminal 'levy/tax', to the IRD's treatment of high-net worth individuals, to how some multinational…
"Students become little more than backpacks full of cash." When private profit drives public school policy.
History teacher and Post-Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) president Chris Abercrombie discusses cut-rate lunches, school curriculum changes, and double standards when it comes to school…
Raise your hand if you would like your public hospital to be there for you when you need it
A conversation with Rob Campbell, economist, healthcare expert, and co-founder of Kaitiaki Hauora, a new organisation that wants us to focus on 3 things: an adequately funded public healthcare…
Spent or squandered? Where are your Health dollars going?
Dr Bagshaw (can we make him Health Minister please?) points out the 'secret' scam that is public-private partnerships...also known as dirty 'ol 'privatisation'.Surgeon Phil Bagshaw has dedicated his…
Putting out the fire: a talk with firefighter Reuben Otto
An eye-opening talk with Reuben Otto, firefighter and member of the NZ Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) about the challenges of firefighting. Not just the heat and cancer risk, but the lack of…
Tim Welch: Fast is slow, a conversation with a speed limit expert
Dr Tim Welch, urban planning researcher, talks to The Frontline about how faster speed limits can actually lead to slower driving times. And he introduces us to the concept of "network delay", which…
Dave 'Bear' Hookway-Kopa on battling epidemics. From AIDS in the 1980s to alcohol harm today
HIV/AIDS, Covid, Syphilis, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. What, if anything, have we learned about the social determinants of health that will help us battle the next epidemic more…
Malcolm Mulholland: "Someone's got to speak out..."
Malcolm Mulholland is the chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, a patient advocacy group that The Frontline is happy to help support. They fought for better medicines access for New Zealanders, and now…
Surf life saving: creating a nation of rescuers, helpers, and good citizens
Today the Frontline talks with Dan Short, paramedic, rescue swimmer and lifelong surf lifesaver...back by popular demand. We discuss some daring rescues, some good and bad outcomes, and what it means…
Safer inks for tattoos + reducing melanoma risk: the latest research
Around 20% of New Zealanders have tattoos. Around 350 people a year in New Zealand die from melanoma.Is there an association between melanoma and tattoo inks?Given the huge cultural importance of…
Turning teachers into technicians and education into regurgitation: the Education Amendment Bill
Jessie Moss, senior professional advisor at NZEI, talks us through attempts to rush the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill into law. Destabilising the curriculum, aiding public…
Hurdles on the path to a gentle death: Ann David speaks about a new bill to improve assisted dying for terminally ill patients
Ann David is the Past President of the End-of-Life Choice Society, and she's with us to talk about a newly proposed bill that seeks to reduce some of the hurdles, hoops and obstacles placed in the…
"Roadside drug testing could be a great idea if it was accurate and effective. But is it either of those things?"
Accurate and effective, or a policy that will fill the jails while simultaneously not making the streets any safer? What does the international evidence show? We chat with Nikolai Siimes of the…
Man on a wire: Dan Short Helicopter Paramedic and Rescue Swimmer
The Frontline spoke with Dan Short about what it takes to be a critical care paramedic. The training, the challenges, the teamwork, and the most memorable cases, both good and bad. Everything you…
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