R1 News Bulletin for Rāmere/Friday June 17th

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The French Film Festival kicked off today in Ōtepoti, as part of the two month festival across 15 towns and cities in Aotearoa. We spoke with festival director Fergus Grady about the 21 films showing in the festival this year and the significance of French cinema.

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An Instagram account named “Teens against TERFs” has quickly gained traction after posting a selection of slides titled ‘What you need to know about the Nelson Anti-Trans Conference’. The conference in question is being hosted at the Rutherford Hotel by the Child and Adolescent Therapist’s Association, and is entitled “Children, Adolescents and Gender - the Negative Impacts of Transgender Ideology.” Amiria Pianta-Price spoke to founding members of Teens against TERFs Willow Heron and Will Irvine about their opposition to the conference.

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As of June 1st, Westpower, the electricity distribution network on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, is re-pitching a hydro-scheme for Waitaha River which was previously rejected by the government in 2019. The bill is controversial in the community with some groups supporting the scheme for the jobs and power it would bring, while others voicing concern for environmental, ecological, cultural, and recreational reasons.

We spoke with Dunedin representative of Whitewater New Zealand, Blake Hornblow, to discuss what the group believes, supports, and what they idealise as the best way to sustain Aotearoa’s natural riverscapes in response to this bill.

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R1 News Bulletin for Rāpare/Thursday June 16th

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On the programme today we spoke with Blake Hornblow, the Dunedin Representative for Whitewater NZ, about the organisation's opposition to Westpower’s proposed hydro scheme on the Waitaha River. We heard from Willow Heron and Will Irvine, representatives and founding members of “Teens against TERFS” about their recent petition calling for a controversial conference they say is transphobic to be cancelled. Finally, we talked to Fergus Grady, Director of the Aotearoa French Film Festival, as the festival opens.

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In 2021, the number of people diagnosed with HIV in Aotearoa dipped to its yearly lowest since 2001, with a 51% drop in cases from the average of the previous five years. Earlier this month, the Burnett Foundation (Previously the AIDS Foundation) celebrated its first full year with no AIDS-related deaths recorded in New Zealand. We spoke to Dr. Sue McAllister about the encouraging decline in HIV and AIDS cases, the role of regular testing in preventing transmission of STIs, and how we can support the de-stigmatisation of HIV, AIDS and other STIs and STDs.

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is encouraging governments globally to support the shift to plant-based diets. Research conducted and published by the IPCC indicates that global carbon emissions would be massively reduced by greater global uptake of the vegan diet. A similar study, senior-authored by Dr. Alex Macmillan, discusses the implications of national plant based conversion for healthcare systems, individual wellbeing, the economy, and climate processes. We spoke to Dr. Macmillan about the benefits and consequences of IPCC’s proposal, and what role governments, industries and individuals could play in a plant-based conversion.

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R1 News Bulletin for Rāapa/Wednesday 15th June

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On the programme today, we spoke to Dr. Alex Macmillan (Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Health, University of Otago), about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call for governments to promote plant based diets to combat carbon change. We were also joined by Dr Sue McAllister, AIDS Epidemiology group leader, to discuss the significant reduction in HIV diagnoses and related deaths in Aotearoa in 2021.

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