Julia Whaipooti
Question of the Day for 1 May 2019
What would you tell your 18 year old self applying for your first job? Audio
Handshakes: when to and when not to.
Young people going to job interviews are being told that a poor handshake will cost you getting the job. And there's also a call to ban handshakes in the workplace over fears of unwanted touching. Audio
Mental Health inquiry accused of "methodological racism"
A co-author of a report on the mental health inquiry says it was re-written, renamed and cut in half, in what she calls "methodological racism." Dr Lynne Russell is a top Maori researcher and she says… Audio
National Party leadership
Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Audio
The Panel with Tim Watkin and Julia Whaipooti (Part 2)
Young people going to job interviews are being told that a poor handshake will cost you getting the job. And there's also a call to ban handshakes in the workplace over fears of unwanted touching… Audio
The Panel with Tim Watkin and Julia Whaipooti (Part 1)
Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Audio
I've been thinking for 1 May 2019
What the Panelists Julia Whaipooti and Tim Watkin have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 1 May 2019
Sara Holbrook is a name some of us might be vaguely familiar with, she's an American poet who often writes humourous verse for kids.. Audio
Long term effects of #metoo
Ruth Money and Julia Whaipooti reflect on the #metoo movement on International Women's Day. Audio
Tips for a happy marriage
A 34 year-old Texan has offered up some tips for a happy relationship on a blog he shares with his wife. His post went viral, being loved and ridiculed by all and sundry. It received 40,000 retweets… Audio
Labour backtracks on China expert select committee appearance
Labour MPs have backtracked on barring China expert Anne-Marie Brady from speaking at a select committe on foreign interference. The justice select chair Raymond Huo has had a rethink overnight after… Audio
Only 6 countries have workplace gender equality laws
Only six countries in the world give women and men equal legal work rights. And according to the World Bank's "women, business and the law" 2019 report New Zealand isn't one of them. The World Bank… Audio
Question of the Day
Which woman from history do you think deserves more recognition than she got? Audio
Harriet Morrison founder of NZ's first trade union for women
Harriet Morrison was a trade unionist and suffragist who formed the first union for women in the 1880's - it was the Tailoresses Union. Caitlin Lynch has made a documentary about her to mark… Audio
Women unloved and financially insecure
The Double Denim creative agency wanted to know what makes New Zealand women really tick. So they carried out a survey and their findings were sobering. Women don't feel respected, valued, or even… Audio
Life with chronic pain
There are calls for New Zealand to have a national pain strategy. A report for the Faculty of Pain Medicine in the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists says we have just 22 full-time… Audio
Otago academic on Michael Jackson
The already controversial documentary about Michael Jackson Leaving Neverland screens in New Zealand this Sunday. Two men accuse the tarnished King of Pop of sexually assaulting them when they were… Audio
The Panel with Julia Whaipooti and Ruth Money (Part 2)
Harriet Morrison was a trade unionist and suffragist who formed the first union for women in the 1880's - it was the Tailoresses Union. Caitlin Lynch has made a documentary about her to mark… Audio
The Panel with Julia Whaipooti and Ruth Money (Part 1)
The already controversial documentary about Michael Jackson Leaving Neverland screens in New Zealand this Sunday. Two men accuse the tarnished King of Pop of sexually assaulting them when they were… Audio
MPs hear from public on criminal justice
Politicians have been urged to stick to the facts when it comes to crime. That was the message from a crowd of about 200 at a meeting of the Safe and Effective Justice programme's advisory group in… Audio