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Solomon women empowered
5 Feb 2018For the first time we hear from women working under the RSE scheme supporting their families back home in the Solomon Islands.
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RSE recruiters threatened in Solomon Islands
29 Jan 2018A New Zealand company recruiting seasonal workers from the Solomon Islands has faced threats and extortion while there. What impact could this have on New Zealand businesses and the migrant workers…
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NZ Filipino woman drives 'Ecology of Dignity'
22 Jan 2018It's been called ecology of dignity: poor organic farmers in the Philippines in partnership with New Zealand businesses. In the first Voices for this year Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the woman making it…
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Gandhi Nivas: keeping South Asian families safe
18 Dec 2017'Don't take the women and children out of the home – put the man in a safe place instead', is the philosophy of Gandhi Nivas – a family violence facility in Otahuhu.
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'Babies were thrown on the ground and kicked like footballs'
11 Dec 2017The exodus of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh has become an urgent humanitarian crisis. In this week's Voices, Lynda Chanwai-Earle and Justin Gregory present a disturbing first-hand account from an…
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From zero to one percent of NZ's population
4 Dec 2017From Zero to 1 percent of our population: our Filipino communities are surprisingly diverse, distinctly different from each other and also surprisingly the 3rd fastest growing Asian population in the…
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Rinku's story - Life after the dark
In July 2015, international student Rinku Deol walked into the office of his local MP, dowsed himself with petrol and threatened to set himself alight. The young Indian man claimed he was being…
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Sew Good's Syrian, Malaysian and Pasifika Mamas
20 Nov 2017Building, cooking, growing, and especially sewing... Wellington's Sew Good Cooperative and their global mamas from Syria, the Pacific and Indonesia tell Lynda Chanwai-Earle why it takes a village to…
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New government, new faces – our ethnic MPs
6 Nov 2017Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at parliament in Wellington to suss out ethnic representation amongst the new MPs and meet New Zealand's first ever former-refugee MP.
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The Brown Elephant - what did Lili say to Trump?
30 Oct 2017What did Latino American and award winning entrepreneur Lili Gil Valletta have to say when she met with President Donald Trump? And what does the "Brown Elephant - Latino market" have to do with New…
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Give it a go! It's Chinese Language Week
16 Oct 2017New Zealanders talk about why they're choosing to learn more about Chinese language and culture.
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Behind the scenes at NZ Eid Day
9 Oct 2017Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the team of volunteers behind the second largest Islamic festival of the year, who have already been preparing for months for the big day.
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'We either wake up and make change or fall off a cliff'
2 Oct 2017Flexibility and diversity will be the key to survival in an automated future, says environmental engineer and social entrepreneur Priti Ambani. Lynda Chanwai-Earle learns more.
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Giving prostate cancer the finger (in eight languages)
25 Sep 2017Prostate cancer affects men from all cultures, but developing awareness and tackling the stigma around cancer in Asian communities is a big challenge. Auckland Chiropractic doctor Sarkaw Mohammad…
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Exploited Indian students turning to suicide, support group warns
18 Sep 2017Some Indian students are turning to self-harm or suicide because they are under pressure to get residency and being exploited by unscrupulous employers, a group representing migrant workers says. In…
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Elections - just like Bollywood?
11 Sep 2017How well do candidates know their local ethnic communities? Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at a public forum in Wellington to hear candidates being grilled in the hot seat, in today's Voices programme
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"Ashenda! Ethiopians celebrate women"
4 Sep 2017In an insight into our Ethiopian communities, Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets Thomas, a 16-year-old New Zealand born Ethiopian and her guide at their Ashenda festival to find out why women are celebrated…
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Government U-turns on refuge funding
28 Aug 2017Two months ago Voices reported that Shakti Ethnic Women’s Refuge in Wellington had been declined government funding and would have to close. Now on the eve of the election the government has changed…
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Not just side-kicks! Asian Men debunk stereotypes
21 Aug 2017Sick of being discriminated against? Asian men debunk and challenge emasculating stereotypes and bare all as they speak candidly about love, dating and more. Hot on the heels of the premiere Lynda…
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From Mexican ganglands to organic gardening in NZ
14 Aug 2017It's a long way from US narco-ganglands to growing organic food in NZ, but Adán Tijerina has made it. The community-minded Wellington entrepreneur shares his story with Lynda Chanwai-Earle.
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A Noble Quest
4 Aug 2017One Wellington family decide to take their children on an educational holiday back to their mother's homeland of Sri Lanka, but family holidays never go as planned.
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From life's hard knocks - issues facing region's ethnic youth
24 Jul 2017Issues like unemployment, depression and high rates of youth suicide face ethnic youth in our regions. Youth also face barriers when trying to access social services. But now these youth are finding…
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It's about unity, say African New Zealanders
17 Jul 2017As the election approaches, immigration is a sensitive topic for migrant communities. Lynda Chanwai-Earle heads along to Africa Day celebrations in Wellington to find out what's on the minds…
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The search for the best noodle soup
10 Jul 2017Winter's the season for eating big bowls of soup – but there's a whole world beyond tomato. Sarah Robson heads to three Asian restaurants and finds out one noodle soup is not like another.
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