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  • Talk Zone Earthwise » NZ Geen MP Catherine Delahunty - Catherine has been supportive of the people of West Papua for many years. Lately the Indonesian regime haas been cracking down harshly. June 19 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Canadian Joan Baxter, author, journalist and development researcher, divides her time between Canada and Africa. - Joan, author of Dust in our Eyes, explains that there is more to the continent than poverty and suffering, and far more to western involvement than benevolent charity.. June 12 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Dr Susan Krumdieck, Energy Researccer and Mechanical Engineering Professor at University of Canterbury - The government's plan for Christchurch, LURP, Land Use Recovery Plan, is a short-sighted and dangerous plan for Christchurch in several ways. June 7 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Simon Boxer, Greenpeace NZ climate campaigner - 4 young people on a mission with Greenpeace planted a "flag for the future", 4 kilometres beneath the ice, at the North Pole. May 27 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Michael Coleman, Australian activist in Gaza - As their situation becomes ever more precarious, as they are oppressed more and more harshly, fishermen and farmers being shot as they try to make a living, the Gazans need solidarity with humanitarians on the outside. May 22 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Dr Liz Hanna of the Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network - Last summer, Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave as well as unprecedented runaway bushfires. Liz's research is mainly into the health implications of extreme climate warming. May 15 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter of Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network - Hugo Chavez died in March of this year. Jim and Coral reminisce on Chavez's life. May 7 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Peter Conway, Secretary of the CTU, NZ Council of Trade Unions - There are many examples of foreign crews on Foreign Chartered Vessels, ( FCVs) being treated shockingly. The South Korean fishing company, Taejin, using Indonesian workers, has been nominated for the Roger Award. May 1 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Jon Carapiet, GE Free NZ - GE foodstuffs DO enter NZ, often as oils, emulsions or animal feed. A novel form of corn (maize) is of a particular concern. April 24 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Marjorie Cohn, Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, USA, past President of the National Lawyers Guild - 10 years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, many questions need to be answered. An important issue is the public's right to know what really took place in Iraq. The shocking treatment of Bradley Manning is expected by those in power to frighten potential whistle-blowers. April 17 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Peter Anderson, lawyer for Forest and Bird - The RMA, Resource Management Act, was brought in in 1991. It was , and still is, recognised as milestone legislation, calling for sustainable management of our precious natural resources: air, water, soil. Today's government is calling for "reforms" that would gut so many of the desirable features of the RMA. April 10 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Matt Daloisio of WAT, Witness Against Torture - It's 11 years now since the first detainee was sent to Guantanamo. It's 4 years since President Obama promised to close Guantanamo in 1 year. More than 100 Guantanamo prisoners are on hunger strike because of their shockingly bleak conditions. April 3 2013 | In English | mp3 | play
  • Talk Zone Earthwise » Anita Lilburn, Head of the Sweden-Iraq Solidarity Committee. - This month saw the 10tu anniversary of the America led invasion of Iraq. The destruction and devastation began earlier, during the First Gulf War and the sanctions. Sweden_iIraq Solidarity Committee was formed because of the horrors of the sanctions, which caused many deaths. Estimates are half a million children. March 27 2013 | In English | mp3 | play