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RSE recruiters threatened in Solomon Islands
3:30 PM.A 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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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NZ Filipino woman drives 'Ecology of Dignity'
3:30 PM.It'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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Gandhi Nivas: keeping South Asian families safe
3:30 PM.'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. Read more Audio
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'Babies were thrown on the ground and kicked like footballs'
3:30 PM.The 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… Read more Audio
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From zero to one percent of NZ's population
3:30 PM.From 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… Read more Audio
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Rinku's story - Life after the dark
3:30 PM.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… Read more Audio
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Sew Good's Syrian, Malaysian and Pasifika Mamas
3:30 PM.Building, 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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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New government, new faces – our ethnic MPs
3:30 PM.Lynda 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. Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Brown Elephant - what did Lili say to Trump?
3:30 PM.What 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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Give it a go! It's Chinese Language Week
3:30 PM.New Zealanders talk about why they're choosing to learn more about Chinese language and culture. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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Behind the scenes at NZ Eid Day
3:30 PM.Lynda 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. Read more Audio, Gallery
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'We either wake up and make change or fall off a cliff'
3:30 PM.Flexibility 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. Read more Audio
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Giving prostate cancer the finger (in eight languages)
3:30 PM.Prostate 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… Read more Video, Audio
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Exploited Indian students turning to suicide, support group warns
3:30 PM.Some 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… Read more Audio
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Elections - just like Bollywood?
3:30 PM.How 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 Read more Audio, Gallery
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"Ashenda! Ethiopians celebrate women"
3:30 PM.In 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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Government U-turns on refuge funding
3:30 PM.Two 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… Read more Audio
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Not just side-kicks! Asian Men debunk stereotypes
3:30 PM.Sick 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… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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From Mexican ganglands to organic gardening in NZ
3:30 PM.It'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. Read more Audio, Gallery
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A Noble Quest
3:30 PM.One 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. Read more Audio, Gallery
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From life's hard knocks - issues facing region's ethnic youth
3:30 PM.Issues 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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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It's about unity, say African New Zealanders
3:30 PM.As 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… Read more Audio, Gallery
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The search for the best noodle soup
11:00 AM.Winter'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. Read more Audio, Gallery
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'Better received, better treated and a better understanding of Māori'
3:30 PM.Voices - What would immigration in New Zealand look like if Māori were more involved in the process? Bridget Mills investigates. Read more Audio
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'If Shakti wasn't there I would be dead'
3:30 PM.Wellington's Shakti Ethnic Women's Refuge is currently the only Shakti refuge that doesn't receive government funding. Lynda Chanwai-Earle visits a public meeting in Wellington to hear why it needs to… Read more Audio, Gallery