Climate emergency human catastrophe - John Drummond has written a series of articles on the need for urgent action on mitigating Climate Change and repairing resilience.The question is is it possible for us to respond to Climate Change and why and what political and economic realities hold us back from dealing with Climate Change in an effective wa…

RIMPAC Pacific Rim military exercise - Kevin Clements on RIMPAC former director & Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies Center at Otago, and Secr. Gen. of the International Peace Research Association. Kevin is now Director of Toda Peace Institute located in Japan. We're talking about NZ participating with 29 other nations including Israel …

Community Dialogue Community Peace - Jeremy Simons is a senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Restorative Practice at Victoria University of Wellington. Jeremy wrote after Dunedin Bus Hub knifing that before, during and after any eruption of violence, are a variety of personal fears, social pressures, and unmet human needs.The recent death was n…

Gaza an unacceptable humanitarian crisis - Stephen Zunes - Professor of international relations at the University of San Francisco specializing in the Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, and strategic nonviolent action. We speculated on whether Israel's overwhelmingly disproportionate response to Hamas sneak terroristic attack on Israe ci…

This is budget sacrificing the future - Craig Renney Economist and Director of Policy at New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. Craig and I talked about how this budget is sacrificing future generations for Apparent political gain. We also talked about the tax savings going to those like landlords who needed at least while those who need the most fin…

NZ + AuKus - Prof Prof Robert Patman is a leading New Zealand University Otago academic in the field of international relations. He Received the accolade; the 2024 Critic and Conscience of Society Award, given by Universities New Zealand’s Gama Foundation.. We talked about Aukus and it's impact on nuclear free Pacific as in the treaty of Rarotonga …

Funding Crisis in Healthcare Impact on Nursing - Anne Daniels President NZ) urses Organisation NZNO Anne Daniel 14th May 2024 Early in her nursing journey Anne’s strong sense of justice led her to become an NZNO delegate, then Convenor for Thames Hospital/Hauraki Plains NZNO members, leading nurses through strikes and restructuring. She worked with…

Neoliberalism A conspiracy? - Charles Pigden Professor of Philosophy at Otago University He is Burtrude Russell scholar'. More interestingly Pigden also an expert on the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories, being the first to revive the issue after Popper’s denunciations of conspiracy theorizing in the fifties. We will be discussing the case for Neol…

Importance of the public media to Democracy in NZ - Peter ThompsonBroadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Unions and Work Safety - Craig RenneyBroadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Gun Control or Gun Massacres - Kevin Clements is the former director and was the Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies, Founding Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at Otago, &Sec. Gen. of the International Peace Research Association. Kevin Clements, is the new Director Toda Peace Institute i…

Otago Central Environmental Society - Phil Murray and Matthew Sole.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

War on Gaza - Robert Patman.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

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

Abolish The Military - Prof. Richard Jackson Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS). His interest’s nature, causes, & resolution of organized forms of political violence. He is the Editor of the Critical Studies on Terrorism. He has recently written “Abolishing the Military” Published by BWB text.Broadcast on OAR 10…

Fringe Festival - Kate Schrader and Ruth Harvey were appointed last year as co-directors of the 'Dunedin Fringe FestivalBoth Ms Harvey and Ms Schrader have previously held part-time senior roles in the organisation, and are enjoying the transition to jointly steering the DFAT stable of projects.We will discuss the history of Fringe Festival's inter…

Dr. Reuwer is a retired doctor and a veteran of Unarmed Civilian Protection teams in Palestine/Israel, Ukraine, South Sudan, Haiti, Colombia, and Central America, as Reuwer share sWBW’s vision for alternative security. His goal is to learn what in the New Zealand record of peacemaking (such as New Zealand’s declaration of a nuclear-free zone) compl…

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

The present situation with Covid - Professor Michael Baker - And is our medical and health institutions well enough funded and supported to deal with future pandemics and the every day health needs of new Zealanders?Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Taking the social and ethical teachings of Jesus seriously - Ftr Mark Chamberlain is Catholic Priest Holly Name . We will be talking about taking the ethical and social teachings of Jesus seriously and how we discern how we apply his teachings in the world today in New Zealand where it seems that inequality not only continues to grow with the effec…

Living in Japan - Geoff Sinha is a New Zealand born traveller talking about his 20 year residence in Japan.We will talk about cultural differences between Japan and and the west. We will explore of the fact that Japan is a very modern country which nevertheless has held onto their traditions more successfully than western countries. We might also t…

Volunteering South - Peter Claman prior to working for Volunteer South, he worked in public service - improving processes for vulnerable New Zealanders living with long-term mental and physical health conditions. Steve Baker having spent close to 5 years in the UK, he has now settled in Ōtepoti Dunedin with his wife. Steve has a real heart for comm…

Emeritus Professor Grant Gillett is a neurosurgeon and professor of medical ethics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He previously completed a doctorate in philosophy and held a fellowship at Oxford.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Dunedin Budget Advisory Service - Andrew Henderson from DBAS.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Israeli Palestinian Gaza crisis - Robert Patman and Leon Goldsmith. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Affordable Food Bowling Club Restaurant - Jackie Bannon from the Bowling Club.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

The left in crisis - Craig Renney and Matt McCarten. Craig Renney Economist and Director of Policy at New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.Matt McCarten is a New Zealand political organiser and trade unionist, of Ngāpuhi descent. McCarten has been active with several trade unions including the Hotel and Hospital Workers' Union, Unite and One Union; …

Physicist Bob Lloyd 24 Oct 2023 has focused on climate change and the connection between economic growth an the he climate crisis and environmental overshoot Concluding that we need planned economic De -Growth or environmental and civil crash!Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

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

Archibald Baxter Memorial - Prof Kevin Clements - The Archibald Baxter memorial to conscientious objector's.Diplomatic and Non-violent Alternatives to war to war. Kevin Clements 23 Feb 2021 is the former director and was the Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies, Founding Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict S…

Peace Poetry Forgiveness - Pádraig Ó Tuama is leader of the Corrymeela Community, a poet, theologian and mediator. He has worked in conflict resolution in Ireland, Africa and the Middle East. From 2014-2019, Ó Tuama was the leader of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization, which works with over 10,000 peopl…