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R1 News Bulletin for Rāmere Friday 27th May Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

Haere mai ki te R1 News on Radio One 91FM On today's show, Scott spoke to Dr Marija Taflaga, director of the Australian Politics Studies Centre at the Australian National University, on the Australian federal election results and early analysis. Kaia interviewed Doug Hart, President of the Otago Arts Society, of how the global and local art markets have adapted through the pandemic. Tune into R1 N...

The Australian federal election on the 21st of May saw the landslide collapse of the Liberal-National Coalition, and Australian Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister Monday. R1 News Reporter Scott Faville spoke toDr Marija Taflaga, director of the Australian Politics Studies Centre at ANU, about some key insights into, explanations and early analysis of the election re...

R1 News Bulletin for Thursday, 26 May Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

Covid-19 has impacted almost every sector of society; especially global markets and sales. One industry which has adapted significantly throughout the pandemic is the global art market. Recently, a collection of eminent works of art were auctioned for record prices at Sotheby’s, the world’s largest art marketplace. Notable sales include a Mark Rothko painting which sold for $48 Million and a self...

R1 News Bulletin for Raāpa/Wednesday 25th May Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

The Electoral (Strengthening Democracy) Amendment Bill, drawn in the members ballot last Thursday, seeks to bring about a raft of electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age to 16, extending voting rights to all prisoners, lowering the party vote threshold to enter parliament and more. Green Party List MP Golriz Ghahraman, who entered the bill into the members ballot, joins us to explain...

On Monday, care workers and nurses around the motu protested against a proposed 3% pay increase for care workers, which some have called a slap in the face. R1 News's Quintin Jane spoke to nurses and aged care workers at the protest outside Labour MP David Clark's office. Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

As Aotearoa's borders closed in March 2020 to keep COVID-19 out of the country, influenza was also prevented from making its way into the community, and it has stayed out until now. However, with the nation opening back up, influenza is making its way around the community, particularly those under 25. We spoke to Dr Michael Butchard, Medical Officer at the Southern District Health Board, about the...

Haere mai ki te R1 News on Radio One 91FM On the programme i tēnei rā, Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman joins us to speak about the Electoral (Strengthening Democracy) Reform Bill, which is set to come before Parliament and proposes a raft of changes to prisoner voting rights, the voting age and more. R1 News's Quintin Jane speaks to care worker and nurses representatives on their demands following...

Haere mai ki te R1 News on Radio One 91FM On the show we talked to Jonathan Squire an astrophysicist about black holes; imaging them and the first ever photo of our own galaxy’s black hole taken last week. Then we interview Department of Human Nutrition about their latest initiative the Feed My Flat initiative. Nico spoke to Joshua James on the biodiversity crisis. On week’s Creature of the Week t...

This week on Creature of the Week budding-zoologist Andy Johnston about the Māui dolphin. Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

With the recent release of the the government budget, carbon emissions reduction plan, and the biodiversity plan, it begs the question, how will these plans effect the biodiversity and climate crisis that we are experiencing in New Zealand. Nico Penny spoke to University of Otago academic fellow and research assistant Joshua James on these policy implementation plans. Tune into R1 News weekdays at...

Last week the world caught its first glimpse of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our milky way galaxy. Sagittarius A Star is the second black hole to ever be imaged. The feat was accomplished by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration - a global network of observatories working collectively to observe with black holes. On the subject of black holes and the incredibly difficult task o...

The feed my Flat initiative is a non-profit inititative by the Department of Human Nutrition which provides weekly foodbags to students on a budget. Similar to my food bag, hello fresh and other similar meal-kit services. For $85 per week, they’ll provide the recipes and ingredients to feed four people for three dinner meals. Or alternatively you can upgrade to a six-person meal kit, which will co...

R1 News Bulletin for Rātu Tuesday 24th May Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

We spoke to Staff Writer Lotto Ramsay about their piece this week on Transmasculine mensuration in the mensuration issue of Critic Te Arohi. Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

The green party has announced their candidates for the DCC and ORC for this years local body election. Standing one again is Mayor Aaron Hawkins and Councilor Marie Laufiso for Mayor and DCC, but outsider Alan Somerville is the green party candidate for Otago Regional Council. We spoke to him about who he is and his reasons for running. Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www...

Haere mai ki te R1 News on Radio One 91FM On programme today we’ll be speaking to Green Party MP Ricardo Mendez March about the changes to immigration policy as the borders reopen, then we speak to Sean Prenter from the disabled students association about the recently announced Ministry for Disabled Peoples in this years budget. We’ll be interviewing the Green Party's candidate for the Otago Regio...

Last week was budget week, which saw a raft of policy announcements, including close to a billion dollars for disability advocacy. This funding will see the creation of a new Ministry for Disabled Peoples. We spoke to co-president of the Otago Disabled Students Association Sean Prenter about what this announcement means for the disabled community. Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at...

From the End of July, Aotearoa New Zealand will reopen to the world, with international students, cruise ships, and migrant workers welcome back into New Zealand. This comes with changes to immigration policy, that may be worsening what they set out to address. R1News spoke to Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the policy changes. Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1...

R1 News Bulletin for Monday 23rd May Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz

Haere mai ki te R1 News on Radio One 91FM On today's programme we were joined by Murat Ungor for our weekly segment Business to talk about the recently announced 2022 government well being budget. We broke down the budget, looked at it’s long term impacts, and relevance to young New Zealanders. We spoke with associate professor Joanna Williams from the University of Otago’s anatomy department to a...

The 2022 Government Budget was announced yesterday. As part of the budget the government announced a temporary cost of living payment for those over 18 and earning under 70K who are not currently eligible for the winter energy payment. The cost of living payment is $350 and will go to around 2.1 million New Zealanders averaging to $27 a week. We Spoke with Murat Ungor for the department of Economi...

R1 News Bulletin for Friday 20 May Tune into R1 News weekdays at 11am or catch up at https://www.r1.co.nz/news or https://instagram.com/r1newsnz