Community or Chaos

Talking with Murray Grimwood a hands-on environmentalist, He saw the ‘limits to growth’ coming a long time ago. He was advocating getting ready for sustainability as a from 1986., we'll be talking about the likely breakdown of civil elation duty environmental and social crisis due to our legacy of permanent exponential economic growth.

Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Quakers in Aotearoa NZ - I will be talking with Murray Short a former clerk or spokesperson for New Zealand Quakers (Friends) and presently a leading Quaker and commentator on Quakerism. We will be talking about Quaker beliefs, values and what moves Quakers to stand up or take action etc etc.

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Providing financial and structural resilience to visit that householders - I will be talking with Prof. Jonathan Boston Emeritus Prof of Policy Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Government. Jonathan was a member of the Expert Working Group on Managed Retreat.

We will talk about Support for property insurance and the face of sea level rise and Climate Change and resilience and they need for honesty about planned retreat from sea level rise.

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Local local body politics in a time of crisis - I'll be discussing local body politics with Mayor Sophie Barker we will be discussing the goals and needs of Dunedin in the context of economic environmental and fuel crisis and the needs to develop and protect essential infrastructure from neglect or privateation and the need for affordable rates and keeping an eye on rate caps and the expectations and limitations put on a by central government!

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Nathan Surendran is Chairperson of the Wise Response Society. He specialises in biophysical economics, energy systems engineering, and resilience planning.

we will be talking about the connection between ongoing Climate Change e.g.

Global Heating and the goal of GGT economic growth PlusTrump's fuel crisis.

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Illegal war and murder against the iran, fast tactics in USA - Prof Stephen Zunes 17Mar.2026 of international relations at the University of San Francisco specialising in the Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, and nonviolent movements. We will be discussing Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's illegal unwarranted war on Iran including the assassination of their head of state. We will also discuss fascistic politics in America and the hope for fair uncorrupt midterm elections in the USA.

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Homelessness Housing, Inspiring Communities and the relationship between government and local bodies local communities - I will be talking with Aaron Hawkins about local body issues including homelessness and Dunedin responsibility for housing, climate Change mitigation and resilience paying for infrastructure under rate caps and dealing with a government that is governing for the past and special interest and what kind of obligations we have to future kiwis?

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Individual Greed or the Common Good - I'll be talking with Professor Nicholas Townsend about the Common Good And how commitment to the Common Good might save us from the individual greed which threatens to destroy our civilization and prevents us from mitigating Climate Change which If not mitigated will mean the death of most human beings within our great grandchildren's lifetime.

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Victor Billot I want Alliance a socialist party - Victor Billot leader of the Alliance Party talking about why we need a social party in New Zealand.

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Quakers today - Tim Gee Gen. Sec. Quaker,Friends World Committee for Consultation

Tim has taken part in nonviolence civil disobedience around Climate Change and economic justice He is the author of three books Counter-power: “You Can't Evict an Idea: What Can We Learn From Occupy Why I am a Pacifist, we will be talking about what Friends, Quakers may have to offer at a time of extreme social, political and environmental crisis. Can Quakerism offer a spiritual foundation for spiritual seeking, when the foundations are shaking?

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