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Episode 5: Women's Bodies - Alice Snedden's Bad News
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
Episode 4: Churches and Charity - Alice Snedden's Bad News
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
Episode 3: Healthcare Inequity - Alice Snedden's Bad News
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
Episode 2: TERFS - Alice Snedden's Bad News
What is a TERF, and why are they ruining feminism? In this episode, Alice heads to Wellington to find out. Video
Episode 1: Migrant Sex Workers - Alice Snedden's Bad News
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
Trailer: Introducing ALICE SNEDDEN'S BAD NEWS
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
Episode 7: Pandemic - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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
Episode 6: Te Ahi Kaa - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun. Audio
Episode 5: What does a Surgeon Look Like? - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter? Audio
Episode 4: Tairāwhiti - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare. Audio
Episode 3: Southside - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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
Episode 2: Tuparehuia - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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
Episode 1: A Better Chance of Dying - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Emma Espiner goes to Porirua to meet the Wallace whānau and hear about a night in ED that changed their lives. Audio
Trailer: Introducing Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Trainee doctor Emma Espiner introduces her new podcast Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student. Available Now @ RNZ.CO.NZ Audio
$85m for Queenstown 'step in right direction' - Mayor Jim Boult
Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult is welcoming the $85 million government boost for infrastructure projects in Queenstown, saying it is "no panacea" but a big step in the right direction. Video, Audio
Sa'ili Mālō | Episode 6: Taesega Elisala-Sidler
Taesega never thought about leaving Samoa but in 1958 an aunty asked her to accompany her on the long sea voyage to New Zealand. Taesega didn’t have the money, so she borrowed £40 to pay her fare. Audio
Sa'ili Mālō | Episode 5: Fereni Pepe Ete QSM
Fereni Pepe Ete QSM established the first A’oga Amata at the EFKS church in Newtown in 1985 making a huge contribution to the preschool where the Samoan language was being taught. Audio
Sa'ili Mālō | Episode 4: Dr Ali’itasi Su’a Fuimaono Tavila
Dr Ali’itasi Su’a Fuimaono Tavila grew up in Samoa but was only 14 years-old when she moved to New Zealand in 1975 after winning a scholarship to attend a New Zealand school. Audio
Sa'ili Mālō | Episode 3: Vaafusuaga Tupuola Masunu Tuisila
Masunu Tuisila arrived in New Zealand as a youth, making the journey by air with his grandmother & sister via American Samoa & Fiji before arriving in Auckland during Christmas of 1972. Audio