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Period poverty advocate defends Govt giving free period products to high decile schools Newshub 18/02/2021 Hannah Kronast © The AM Show Watch: Jacinta Gulasekharam, the co-founder of womens wellness initiative Dignity NZ, spoke to The AM Show on Friday about the period product initiative. A period poverty advocate is defending the Governments decision to provide free period products to students in high-decile schools. "Young people should not miss out on their education bec...

Banks blunder a blow for MediaWorks Newsroom 28/01/2021 © Provided by Newsroom MediaWorks radio stations dominate the music format but the company has always struggled to develop a viable talkback station. Now, as Mark Jennings writes, a racist incident involving stand-in host John Banks has suddenly added to the company’s problems. What were they thinking? Mediaworks’ decision to give John Banks some sort of last hurrah on its station, Magic Talk, was never going to end well. Banks has...

One cultural adviser says it's time for those of John Banks' ilk to step aside from influential positions in broadcasting.

John Banks axed from MediaWorks Magic Talk show over Māori stone-age culture comments 27 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM 6 minutes to read Former Auckland mayor John Banks. Photo / Brett Phibbs Other Vodafone, Kiwibank and Spark have suspended advertising on Mediaworks Magic Talk radio station as talkback host John Banks is taken off air. Alex Braae reports. The Black Caps have expressed their "disgust" over former Auckland mayor John Banks endorsing the views of a caller who described Māori as a "stone-a...

John Banks axed from MediaWorks Magic Talk show over Māori stone-age culture comments 27 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM 6 minutes to read Other Vodafone, Kiwibank and Spark have suspended advertising on Mediaworks Magic Talk radio station as talkback host John Banks is taken off air. Alex Braae reports. The Black Caps have expressed their "disgust" over former Auckland mayor John Banks endorsing the views of a caller who described Māori as a "stone-age people with a stone-age culture". New Zealand Cricke...

By Rob Picheta, CNN Katrin Jakobsdottir took over as Icelands Prime Minister in 2017. (CNN)Icelands Prime Minister was interrupted by an earthquake while filming an interview on Tuesday -- but managed to shrug off the intrusion and finish her answer. Katrin Jakobsdottir was discussing the impact of the pandemic on tourism with the Washington Post when her house started to shake, visibly startling the Icelandic leader. "Oh my god, theres an earthquake," she said with a gasp. "Sorry, there was a...

Christmas with the stars: Kiwi celebs share their favourite festive traditions 17 Dec, 2020 06:00 PM 11 minutes to read Kiwi Olympic star Barbara Kennedy has revealed how shell be spending Christmas this year. Photo / Supplied Kiwi Olympic star Barbara Kennedy has revealed how shell be spending Christmas this year. Photo / Supplied Other For Shortland Street starlet Rebekah Randell, 2020 started out well. She married the love of her life Bevan Randell in February and was working her dream job p...