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Speak Up Kōrerotia - Gender pay equity( 0:55:56)
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In the lead-up to International Women's Day, guests Ann Brower (University of Canterbury) and Erin Polaczuk (New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi) discuss the dual issues of the gender pay gap and gender pay equity. They focus particularly on the statistics (did you know that pay equity settlements have revealed that many sectors dominated by women were undervalued by 30 percent?!) and the impacts of this both ongoing inequity and of being finally paid what women are worth.
Published: 26/02/2025 9:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Caregivers in Aotearoa( 0:56:53)
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Laurie Hilsgen (Carers New Zealand) and Tyrone Barnard (Carers during COVID-19 researcher) discuss the work carried out by the many thousands of New Zealanders who care for a family member or friend, and the human rights issues they face.
Published: 15/01/2025 9:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Community-based food initiatives( 0:52:39)
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Guests Gemma Bridge (Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury), Luisa Zuppardi-Smith (Nelson Kai Rescue) and Christina McKerchar (University of Otago) talk about food projects spanning the spectrum from kai rescue to food resilience to the ultimate goal of food sovereignty.
Published: 18/12/2024 9:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - NZ's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2024( 0:53:40)
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Every four/five years, each UN Member State undergoes a review of its human rights record, known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In 2024, it was the turn of Aotearoa New Zealand to report on its progress and receive recommendations. On this show, recorded in collaboration with Plains FM's ACTivate, Lisa Woods (Movement Building and Advocacy Director at Amnesty International New Zealand) discusses some of the issues raised in the UPR.
Published: 20/11/2024 9:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Kotahitanga( 0:59:56)
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Current political choices are bringing very real challenges to advances over the last few decades in Māori rights, with the National/New Zealand First/ACT coalition repealing or reviewing a significant amount of policy pertaining to Māori. Two significant events in the last few weeks have made these issues even more prominent: the death of the seventh Māori monarch, King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, celebrated by orators at his tangi for his lifetime of advocacy for Kotahitanga (unity); and the progression of the contentious Treaty Principles Bill, which many observers argue risks furthering division within society. Guests Kassie Hartendorp (ActionStation) and Dominic O'Sullivan (Charles Sturt University) discuss the meaning of Kotahitanga in this tense political context.
Published: 22/09/2024 7:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Geneva Conventions at 75( 0:55:23)
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12 August 2024 marks 75 years since the 1949 Geneva Conventions came into force. Ratified by every country in the world, the Conventions provide standards for the treatment of soldiers, prisoners and civilians during armed conflict. Guests Sally Angelson and Avanthi Kalansooriya (National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies) and Marnie Lloydd (Te Herenga Waka Victoria University) insert this critical international humanitarian law into its historic and political context, talking us through its successes and also its shortcomings.
Published: 12/08/2024 1:58:22 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Sportswashing( 0:56:20)
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The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are being labelled the 'most equitable' and the 'greenest' Games in history. However, as occurs at all major sporting events, human rights violations are taking place too, including France's controversial ban on women athletes wearing the hijab and the unprecedented use of surveillance technologies. Guests Holly Thorpe (Waikato University), Frankie Barclay (Amnesty International) and David Rutherford (Tūhana Business and Human Rights) talk us through the concept of sportswashing - the use of sport by corporations and governments to distract from social or environmental rights violations - and emphasise the responsibilities of athletes, sports bodies, fans and the media to raise our voices to call out sportswashing.
Published: 24/07/2024 8:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Raising children as upstanders( 0:56:15)
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In May every year, kura and workplaces across Aotearoa celebrate Pink Shirt Day. It's a chance to visibly demonstrate our intolerance of bullying, and our commitment to diversity and being an upstander. With research showing that victims of bullying often find the inactions of bystanders more hurtful than the actual bullying behaviour, Mark Wilson (Pink Shirt Day), Mace Malcolm (InsideOUT) and Meg Craig (Elephant Trust) discuss what being an upstander means in the context of playground bullying: basically, taking action to support the victim. Their core message is that 'little things' can make a huge difference, and that acts of kindness and awhi can take place after the bullying act, not only in the moment.
Published: 15/05/2024 9:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Human rights in Palestine( 0:58:56)
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What was the human rights situation like in Palestine before 7 October 2023, when conflict broke out? And what is the situation like now, more than six months on?
Maha Elmadani and Yasser Abdul-Aal, two Palestinians living in Christchurch, and Tim Williams, a Christchurch local who lived for many years in Palestine, help us understand some of the deeply complex political, economic, social and cultural issues of the region. This show is a must-listen for anyone wanting to learn more about the humanitarian crisis currently unfolding.
Published: 24/04/2024 8:00:00 p.m.
Speak Up Kōrerotia - Poetry for identity and human rights( 0:57:17)
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World Poetry Day (20 March) celebrates the power of this genre to challenge injustice and inspire positive change. We talk with published poets Emma Sidnam and Ciaran Fox about the ways they use poetry to both reiterate their own identities and broach broader social and political themes.
Published: 20/03/2024 9:00:00 p.m.