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Ricardo Menéndez-March: new immigration policy may not be equitable
Aotearoa will fully open to the rest of the world from the end of July, with international students, cruise ships, and migrant workers welcomed back into the country. This comes with changes to immigration policy, which Green Party Immigration Spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez-March says may not be equitable.
ACT's alternative budget - what are the implications for Māori?
The ACT Party's alternative budget puts a heavy emphasis on minimising the public sector, with the party proposing the abolition of a vast range of government entities, including the Office for Crown-Māori Relations and the Ministry for Māori Development, Te Puni Kōkiri. R1 News reporter Zac Hoffman spoke to Māori politics expert Paerau Warbrick to investigate the implications of ACT's proposals for Māori.
Off to Market with Michele Driscoll
Each Friday, we catch up with Otago Farmers Market Manager Michele Driscoll to find out what's hot at the market this weekend.
New research suggests early onset of Alzhiemer's could be detected with blood test
New reasearch suggests that Alzheimer's could be caught before any decline in memory function begins with a simple blood test. R1 News reporter Zac Hoffman speaks to Joanna Williams, Associate Professor in the Anatomy Department at the University of Otago, about the implications of these findings for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Zac spoke with associate professor Joanna Williams from the University of Otago's Anatomy Department about her new research into Alzheimers detection. The decade-long research has uncovered new blood molecules which can be used to spot Alzheimers before any memory-loss symptoms take hold, meaning a simple blood test could be developed to detect the cognitive disease.
New DPAG exhibit explores South Pacific slave trade
Mother Tongue, a new exhibit at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, opened in April. It delves into the Pacific slave trade, known as 'blackbirding,' and showcases the artist's personal relationship to it. R1 News reporter Zac Hoffman speaks to Pacific history experts Associate Professor Jacquiline Leckie and Dr Frances Steel on the history of the South Pacific slave trade, as well as historian Charles Clark on the West Harbour shipwreck Don Juan and it's rumoured connection to blackbirding.
