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NZ Wars: Stories of Waitara wins Te Māngai Paho Best Māori Programme at the 2020 NZTV Awards.

Watch the Full Series of Alice Snedden's Bad News here. For additional content, click on the specific episode below.

In this episode, Alice is joined by co-host Kura Forrester they examine just how racist New Zealand is and why it is that Pākehā just cannot get their shit together and honor the Treaty. Video

In this episode, Alice explores why there still isn’t universal suffrage for people in prison and why a charity single isn’t always the answer. Video

Should we have the right to choose the circumstances of our death, or is it just too complicated to sort out? Alice confronts her fear of death and admits she may not be immortal after all. Video

Take a look behind the scenes of NZ Wars: Stories of Waitara.

Meet the Team behind He Kākano Ahau.

Meet Noelle and John.

Why are we so scared of breasts? In this episode, Alice attempts to change the minds of viewers using exposure therapy and living out her soap-opera fantasies. Video

Should God pay tax? Alice asks this and many more hard-hitting questions as she attempts to finally separate church and state once and for all. Video

Why do Māori live seven years less 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

What is a TERF, and why are they ruining feminism? In this episode, Alice heads to Wellington to find out. Video

Sex work is decriminalised in New Zealand, unless you’re a migrant worker. In this episode, Alice visits a brothel for business and pleasure and asks why this discriminatory law hasn't been changed. Video

Alice Snedden’s Bad News is an eight-part docu-comedy series that wrestles with some of the most confusing and contentious political and social issues confronting Aotearoa in 2020. Video

Emma spends lockdown at Auckland hospital, and sees how government action on COVID-19 underlines the lack of urgency when it comes to Māori health. Audio

Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun. Audio

Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter? Audio

Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare. Audio

Dr Vaaiga Autagavaia takes Emma to meet the Rugby League team he coaches in Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, a training programme that goes far beyond sport and into the development of life skills. Audio

For her GP placement, Emma asked to go to Northland. She's on the road with rural doctor Kyle Eggleton, whose weekly clinic is in the remote outpost of Tuparehuia. Audio