Dunedin Hospital Rebuild Crisis - Pete Hodgson Former MP and former overseer of the construction of the new Dunedin hospital. We will asking if the is the hospital rebuild is in serious danger of cuts that may affect it's capacity to meet Otago's healthcare needs in the future and may also impact on the medical school and the hospital as a teaching…

Mike Summerfield - University Chaplain.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Free market profit driven Power Crisis - Prof Stephen Poletti’s expertise is in energy economics & industrial organisation. We will discuss allowing the free-market to control our energy development and distribution to be driven by profit motive policy encourage the drive for profits over the need for secure non-carbon energy. And have electricity …

American Political Landscape - Stephen Zunes.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Chinese Relationship with New Zealand - Kevin Clements and Bruce Munro.Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Civilisation and Democracy in Crisis - Jonathan Boston, Professor of Policy Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Government.He is the Author of a report prepared for the environmental Defence society on Managed Retreat and was the author of Transforming the Welfare State and Moving Towards a New Social Contract. In August he w…

Remembering Hiroshima - Kevin Clements is the former director and Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies center at the University of Otago, and Secr Gen.f the International Peace Research Association. Kevin Clements, is t now Director of Toda Peace Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research) Japan> we will be discussing the nuclear bomb…

NZ infrastructure crash Local effects - Jim O'Malley Dunedin city counsellor Jim O'Malley Chair of the Infrastructure Services Committee. &the DCC representative of the Otago-Southland Regional Transport Committee.How Dunedin can deal with critical infrastructure crisis nationwide with a government governing as though for the mid 20th century?Broad…

The Politics of Europe - Prof Robert Patman is a leading New Zealand University Otago academic in the field of international relations. Robert Patman on his recent accolade; the 2024 Critic and Conscience of Society Award, given by Universities New Zealand’s Gama Foundation. We will discuss the surge of right-wing populism in Europe and the Respons…

No Ferrys for the South Island - Victor Billot, Maritime Union. Communication and media spokesperson on the grounding of the Aratee Cook Street ferry shortly after the government cancellation of the order for two large roll on rolloff capable ferrys. Is the present government going back to the 20th century do we have a retrograde government when it…

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

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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

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…