Podcast #9: Adrien Taylor Wake Up NZ November 5, 2017 Podcasts This week we have Adrien Taylor on the podcast, who with a couple of friends started Trump Forest, a non profit organisation raising funds to plant trees to offset the extra greenhouse gas emissions made by Don...
Podcast #8: Tori Catherwood Wake Up NZ October 17, 2017 Podcasts This week we have Tori Catherwood on the podcast, a 5th year medical student and medicinal cannabis proponent who recently released an excellent documentary Mum, Cannabis & Me. In this conversation we c...
Podcast #7: Bill Mitchell Wake Up NZ October 9, 2017 Podcasts This week we have Bill Mitchell on the podcast, who is a professor of economics at the University of Newcastle, and a notable proponent of Modern Monetary Theory. In this podcast we discuss an alternative ec...
Brighter Future? A critique of National’s 9 years in power (Part 2) Wake Up NZ September 4, 2017 National Here is Part 2 of our review of National's three terms in government, which follows on from Part 1 where we discuss failing mental health services, the Super Fund, the Saudi sheep bribe, one third of children i...
Brighter Future? A critique of National’s 9 years in power (Part 1) Wake Up NZ August 15, 2017 National 3 Continuing with neoliberalism as the cornerstone of National's policies over the past nine years, New Zealanders have witnessed some of the most damaging political impacts to society and the environment in our ...
Why we started the Mike Hosking Petition Wake Up NZ August 13, 2017 National 20 Over two days, our Change.org petition to have Mike Hosking removed as the moderator for the upcoming 2017 Election debates received 50,000 signatures, highlighting the issue New Zealanders have with arguably t...
Podcast #6: Lan Pham Wake Up NZ August 1, 2017 Podcasts This week I sat down with freshwater ecologist and recently elected Environment Canterbury Councillor, Lan Pham. With so many pressing freshwater issues in Canterbury, we discuss these and a range of other t...
Podcast #5: Darren Kho from Cloud 9 Float Club Wake Up NZ July 14, 2017 Podcasts Darren Kho is a sensory deprivation tank guru, an engineer currently studying his masters degree at Canterbury University and an overall super interesting guy to chat with. We hope you enjoy this mind expand...
Barclay scandal: National Party lies and corruption Wake Up NZ June 20, 2017 National Those hoping for a change in government this September have been smiling ear to ear watching the National Party self implode in spectacular fashion today. Todd Barclay's secret recording of Glenys Dickson ha...
Podcast #4: Dr. David Bearman Wake Up NZ May 17, 2017 Podcasts This week I sat down with one of the most clinically knowledgeable physicians on medicinal cannabis in the US, Dr. David Bearman as part of his speaking tour around New Zealand. Dr. Bearman is an incredibly kno...