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'Better received, better treated and a better understanding of Māori'
26 Jun 2017Voices - What would immigration in New Zealand look like if Māori were more involved in the process? Bridget Mills investigates.
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'If Shakti wasn't there I would be dead'
19 Jun 2017Wellington's Shakti Ethnic Women's Refuge is currently the only Shakti refuge that doesn't receive government funding. Lynda Chanwai-Earle visits a public meeting in Wellington to hear why it needs to…
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New Zealand-Asian MPs talk crime and immigration
12 Jun 2017As we start to think about the election, what are the issues Asian New Zealand voters are most occupied with? Are they any different from other people in the community and what do they expect from the…
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Budget cuts impact migrant and refugee communities
29 May 2017New budget cuts look to negatively impact our new migrant and former-refugee communities.Lynda Chanwai-Earle hosts a panel discussion with three representatives from these communities to get to the…
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Blocking the Moongate - Wellington's Chinese Garden
22 May 2017Description: The first Chinese ornamental garden in NZ took shape in Wellington as far back as 1869. Almost two centuries later and after a 20 year battle, the Wellington Chinese Garden Society…
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Valour come to light - NZ Indian Anzacs
15 May 2017Millions of Indians fought for the British and allies during both world wars, including two Sikh New Zealanders who, despite discrimination, snuck their way into service to fight for New Zealand in…
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A Boy Called Mohi
1 May 2017Six year old Mohi – who is originally from Syria – has had a life filled with challenges. His story is retold in a series of children's storybooks produced by the Make Foundation and the children of…
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Child of Syria: Katia's story
24 Apr 2017Katia Rostem Agha and her parents fled Syria in 2012 to escape government security forces. Now settled in Wellington her story is retold in a series of children’s story books.
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Hate speech vs Freedom of speech
10 Apr 2017Incidents like the attack in Huntly on Muslim woman Mehpara Khan and the case of Wellington College boys inciting rape on social media are prompting debate around the rights to freedom of speech. The…
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Facing death in Colombia to life in NZ
3 Apr 2017Daniel Gamboa is 22, an actor, son, humanitarian, student, young leader and former refugee. In 2006 Daniel and his mother fled Colombia when rebels threated to kill the then 12-year-old boy because…
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Break Free - a lifeline for ethnic youth
27 Mar 2017"Break Free", a practical handbook for migrant and refugee youth breaking free from family violence has just been published by the Shakti Youth Unit. It was inspired by young women from our ethnic…
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The Bone Feeder - a haunting new opera
In 1902, a steamship called the SS Ventnor sunk off the coast of the Hokianga. On board were the bones of nearly 500 Chinese gold miners for burial in their homeland of Canton. A century later their…
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Samaroh – The Great Indian Carnival
13 Mar 2017Indian theatre veterans take dance and song to the heart of Auckland's Sandringham community to recreate an authentic carnival experience.
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Beban’s Beijing - Sounds from behind the red gate
Musician and sound artist Daniel Beban shares highlights of the underground music scene with Lynda Chanwai-Earle, the locals and the more surreal moments of his time in Beijing.
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Aftermath: what would we do without water?
27 Feb 2017What would you do with your last bag of drinking water? NZ Filipino artist Josephine Jowett asks this question in "Aftermath" her public art installation inspired by growing up with poverty and water…
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Love and Dumplings
20 Feb 2017Chinese New Year is now the largest community festival held in the capital. Lynda Chanwai-Earle finds out from three generations of the Tom family why it's such a special time of year.
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My name is Mohamed
13 Feb 2017What is it like living with the world's most common name? Mohamed Hassan sets out to meet others in Auckland who share his name - and there are a lot of them.
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Want a job? Change your surname
Does institutionalised racism exist within the job market in this country? Are highly qualified ethnic graduates and migrants struggling to gain meaningful employment? Lynda Chanwai-Earle and Sonia…
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Busting the bamboo ceiling
23 Jan 2017Is there institutionalised racism within New Zealand's public and private sectors? Does a bamboo ceiling exist? If it does, a group of Asian leaders are working to tear it down.
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Asian men are hot too!
19 Dec 2016On Voices this week, young actors says roles for Asian people on stage and screen in NZ are just too few and far between. They want 'more Asians in people's faces!'
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The media – who is in control?
12 Dec 2016"The media" - who is in control? How do you deal with ethnic stereotyping? Lynda Chanwai-Earle asks these questions at Mai Chen's Super Diversity Leadership programme and hears from experts on how to…
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Stars: Dreaming in music
5 Dec 2016New Zealand musicians collaborated with a world-renowned artist recently on both ancient and modern compositions in a wild ‘science experiment’.
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'The guru of Paraparaumu'
28 Nov 2016The Kapiti Coast District has just voted in its first ethnic mayor, Malaysian-Indian K. Gurunathan. Lynda Chanwai-Earle travels up the shaken post-quake, tsunami-alert region to meet the new "Guru of…
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Fighting for your livelihood
21 Nov 2016A spike in aggravated dairy robberies across the country has placed many owner/operators in danger. The Police Association says drug users needing cash are targeting dairies, many of which are owned…
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