Lately for Wednesday 12 June 2019
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Mid Week Media Watch
10:45 PM.Jeremy Rose from the Media Watch team joins Karen to talk over the week so far in the news. Read more Audio
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Mental health in the building sector
10:30 PM.It's men's health week at the moment. Male mental health is at a crisis level in New Zealand. Last year 668 New Zealanders took their own lives and three quarters of them were men. Read more Audio
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Hong Kong protest history
10:20 PM.RNZ National and huge protests in Hong Kong today have delayed the debate on a new extradition agreement with the Chinese mainland. Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ
10:20 Hong Kong protest history
Huge protests in Hong Kong today have delayed the debate on a new extradition agreement with the Chinese mainland. Tens of thousands of protesters are in the streets and tensions are high with tear gas, pepper spray and batons being used on protesters.
Newsroom's Thomas Coughlan went to Hong Kong earlier this year to investigate the history of protests in Hong Kong over the last decade, including the Umbrella Movement.
Photo: AFP or licensors
10:30 Mental health in the building sector
It's men's health week at the moment. Male mental health is at a crisis level in New Zealand. Last year 668 New Zealanders took their own lives and three quarters of them were men.
Massey pyschology Doctoral student, Andrew Walmsey's, research is trying to find new ways to understand why this is, specifically in the male dominated industry of construction.
10:45 Mid Week Media Watch
Jeremy Rose from the Media Watch team joins Karen to talk over the week so far in the news.
This week Jeremy investigates the Oranga Tamariki uplift coverage and the police raids on media in Australia. He also looks into how effective the NZ Herald paywall has been in its first month.
Photo: AFP