Michael Fletcher
Child support roulette
Child support arrears and penalties sit at nearly a billion dollars. That's comparatively good news, according to the tax department. Audio
Learning how to dismantle historic cathedral organ over Zoom
What does it take to remove a pipe organ with its thousands of pipes from a heritage listed cathedral?
Michael Fletcher who is Director of Music at Wellington's Sacred Heart Cathedral describes how… Audio
Jobseeker benefit figures up more than 40 percent on past year
The number of people on the jobseeker benefit is now up more than 40 percent compared to the same time last year.
To make matters worse, there's a prediction today a double-dip recession is on the… Audio
Covid-19: Huge increase in benefit applications during Level 4
There was an unprecedented increase in the number of people applying for benefits in April this year when the country was in Alert Level 4.
Figures in a Ministry of Social Development report show the… Audio
Does Budget 2019 deliver on the wellbeing promise?
Has the government's wellbeing focus made any important difference to this year's budget compared with previous budgets? Kathryn speaks with Dr Simon Chapple and Dr Michael Fletcher from Victoria… Audio
Following the Sacred Heart
Michael Fletcher, Director of Music at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, has just returned from the UK where he spent two months studying cathedral choirs and repertoires and attending a… Audio
Michael Fletcher: Baltimore, race and class
National Economics Correspondent for The Washington Post, where he writes about education and race relations. He has been resident in Baltimore for over 30 years, and discusses the city and its… Audio
