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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 women's wellness initiative Dignity NZ, spoke to The AM Show on Friday about the period product initiative. A period poverty advocate is defending the Government's decision to provide free period products to students in high-decile schools. "Young people should not miss out on their education because of something that is a normal part of life for half the population," Ardern said. Jacinta Gul...

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 history when it comes to making offensive remarks or agreeing with callers who make them. The day ...

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-age people with a stone-age culture". New Zealand Cricket says it reserves its right to review it...

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 Cricket says it reserves its right to review its relationship with Magic Talk, which holds the audio b...