R1 News Bulletin for Rāpare/Thursday June 30th

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On the programme today we had Dunedin-based National list MP Michael Woodhouse come through to discuss the government's new political fundraising rules and political party transparency. After that, we spoke with Otago Foreign Policy School Director Dr Maria Pozza about Aotearoa's status as a space-faring nation, and the Astrology report covers Geminis and Cancers.

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Upset for the Colorado Lightning as their hopes of hosting the Stanley Cup for the first time in more than two decades is shifted back after a devastating home game loss. We speak to Radio One’s resident hoser Dave Borrie about the upset.

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Last week, to coincide with Matariki, the University of Otago announced its new Centre of Indigenous Sciences, which seeks to incorporate mātauranga Māori into research. We spoke to Dr Chanel Philips, co-director of Te Koronga, about the centre and its aims.

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12 people were hospitalised over the weekend for suspected fentanyl overdoses in the Wairarapa, highlighting the importance of drug harm reduction measures. We spoke to Brin Ryder of KnowYourStuff about important policy changes and harm reduction measures as fentanyl presents in the community.

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Civil liberties are under threat as the United States Supreme Court overturns the landmark Roe vs Wade ruling, which protected abortion rights at a federal level. Professor Annick Masselot (Faculty of Law, University of Canterbury) says New Zealanders shouldn’t be complacent, acknowledging that abortion rights have a young history here in Aotearoa.

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R1 News Bulletin for Rāhina/Monday 27th June

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On the programme today, We spoke with Professor Annick Masselot (Faculty of Law, University of Canterbury) about the overturning of Roe vs Wade in the United States, and its implication for abortion rights in the United States and Aotearoa. Brin Ryder, regional manager of KnowYourStuff, joins to discuss the emergence of powdered fentanyl in Aotearoa and its consequences for harm reduction. Dr Chanel Philips (Te Koronga co-director, University of Otago) talks about the University of Otago’s recently announced Centre for Indigenous Sciences, and Dave Borrie joins for Ōtepoti’s premiere ice hockey rundown - What The Puck!?

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This week on What The Puck?! we catch up with Radio One’s very own Dave Borrie once again to talk about the brutal defeat of the Tampa Bay Thunder in the finals of the Stanley cup, and also the thriving New Zealand Hockey Scene.

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Some students will be left disappointed that they are ineligible for the cost of living payment - which requires them to have been in taxable employment in the last financial year to be eligible. This means that PhD students on scholarship, who aren’t demonstrating, or those who live solely on the living loan are ineligible. We spoke to OUSA President Melissa Lama about the issue.

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