Vaccine mandates are being abolished tomorrow, after four months of strict usage. It will become optional for businesses and private organisations to require vaccine passes as a condition of entry. Eileen looks at what this means going forward.

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Quintin Jane talks to Critic Te Arohi Editor Fox Meyer about this week's issue.

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R1 News Bulletin for Friday 1st April.

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Amiria Pianta-Price catches up with Otago Farmers Market General Manager Michele Driscoll about what’s good at the market this week.

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Earlier this week, Dame Jane Campion won the Oscar for Best Director for her film The Power of the Dog, becoming the first woman to be nominated for the award twice.

R1 News’ Kaia Kahurangi Jamieson spoke to screen producer Alex Reed about what this win means for New Zealand filmmakers, and what it means for women filmmakers.

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Starting April 1st, all public transport fares in Aotearoa will be half price for three months as part of the government’s response to skyrocketing fuel prices.

While the move has been celebrated as a win for accessibility and climate action, many are pushing for these temporary measures to become permanent, and for the fares to be scrapped altogether.

Zac Hoffman speaks to Adam Currie of the Free Fares campaign about the move.

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This week for Business as Usual, Economics Lecturer Trent Smith joins Amiria Pianta-Price to discuss the impact of the new minimum wage of $21.20.

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Next week, new mental health not-for-profit organisation The Neighbourhood are hosting a No Small Talk dinner, facilitating tough conversations around men’s mental health.

Zac Hoffman spoke to the organisers and local mental health advocates about providing men space to talk openly.

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On the programme today, University of Otago Economics Lecturer Trent Smith joins in station for Business as Usual discussing the new $21.20 minimum wage; Zac Hoffman speaks to the organisers of new not-for-profit mental health advocacy group ‘The Neighbourhood’ about their No Small Talk dinner, which aims to provide a space for men to speak openly about their mental health; we hear from Free Fares campaigner Adam Currie about the government’s half-priced public transport policy; Kaia Kahurangi Jamieson speaks to the owner of production company Bloom Pictures Alex Reed about what Jane Campion’s Oscar win means for New Zealand- and woman-made films; and Amiria Pianta-Price catches up with the General Manager of the Otago Farmers Market Michele Driscoll about what’s good at the market this week.

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R1 News Bulletin for Thursday 31st March.

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