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The TAHI Tuesday 2nd May 2023
In this episode we’re celebrating the start on Te Marama Puoro O Aotearoa - NZ Music Month! Evie and So’omalo discuss their favourite local live music moments, get hyped for the Pacific Music Awards,… Audio
Montana governor signs bill banning transgender medical care for youths
Montana's governor has enacted a Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender children.
The TAHI Thursday 27th April 2023
The TAHI Tuesday 25th April 2023
In this episode, Evie talks to Charlie Dreaver about The Deadline a new series investigating endometriosis, So'omalo shares his fears of calling his father by his first name and Liam fills us in on … Audio
The TAHI Thursday 20th April 2023
In this episode The TAHI team rate each other’s playlists, So’omalo catches up with personal trainer and community leader Peneueta (Wetta) Nuualiitia, Evie questions why adults don’t get free ham… Audio
The TAHI - Tuesday 18 April 2023
Twice a week, Evie Orpe, So'omalo Iteni Schwalger and Liam Brown serve up music, culture, laughs and the latest goings-on around Aotearoa. In this episode, So'omalo chats to Māori singer-songwriter TE… Video, Audio
Obesity programme offering youth bariatric surgery to prevent diabetes
A Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa project is targeting adolescent obesity and giving young people the chance to undergo bariatric surgery.
Students object to uni's liquor licence, want information
A student group is pushing back against the University of Otago's bid to renew its liquor licence, criticising it as lacking important information.
The TAHI: Trailer
LAUNCHES APRIL 18: The TAHI is a new entertainment podcast for rangitahi. Featuring music, culture and interviews with Aotearoa's best young creatives and newsmakers, new episodes will be available… Audio
How do high schoolers feel about strike days off?
Thousands of secondary school teachers go on strike around the country today demanding better pay and conditions.
It's their second strike action in a month, as the Post Primary Teachers'… Audio
High school cricket player bowls perfect over
It's almost unheard of.
A perfect over in a cricket match - six wickets from six balls bowled.
Well, yesterday Palmerston North Boys' High School fast bowler Matt Rowe completed that remarkable feat… Audio
National Party wanting to rewrite curriculum
The National Party wants set specific skills that must be learnt in each year of primary and intermediate school as part of its proposed education policy.
The opposition says it would rewrite the… Audio
Driver licensing network wants driving education in schools
A driver licensing network is calling for cross party support to make driving education available in all high schools.
Only five percent of students leave high school with a full license, and The… Audio
UK-NZ working holiday visas coming in earlier than expected
Young New Zealanders looking to go on that big OE to the UK will now be able to stay longer.
A new working holiday visa between the two countries will come into effect earlier than expected.
Changes… Audio
Parenting: mentoring young people
Upside Youth Mentoring has been operating for 16 years predominantly in the Auckland region. It runs programmes for at risk children aged 9 to 13 and matches them up with volunteer mentors. Jenny… Audio
Officers photographed young people despte no policy - report
An internal police report shows officers were routinely photographing young people despite no policy allowing them to do so.
The report, from May 2021, was triggered after RNZ stories, and a joint… Audio
GP group calls for vapes to be prescription-only
Doctors, public health experts and schools are among those calling for New Zealand authorities to make vapes prescription-only, like in Australia.
Agencies dispute over how to solve low literacy and numeracy scores
High failure rates in new literacy and numeracy tests have led to friction between the Qualifications Authority and Ministry of Education. Audio
Aotearoa rangatahi kick start global climate strike
Today many rangatahi and climate justice advocates are taking the streets to start a global climate strike calling for more urgent action to curb climate change.
There are at least 10 events taking… Audio
Universities encouraging students to actually attent lectures
Universities are encouraging students to actually turn up to their lectures instead of watching them online.
Academics say talking to near-empty halls last year was demoralising and they worry it… Audio