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Featuring Flicks 'n' That with Steve Newall and What's Cooking with Rita Mae!

Featuring Political Commentary with Bryce Edwards. Whakarongo mai nei!

A Transgender Community Day is being held at the Ellen Melville Centre on Saturday from 12pm-5pm, in light of Transgender Week of Awareness.

Radio Mother Host, Joel, spoke to Artie, who is involved with running the event, about what people can expect, and why holding events like this are so important.

For Transgender Awareness Week, Joel spoke to Artie Ho, who is helping to run a Trans Community Dayat the Ellen Melville Centre on Saturday, the 26th of November, as well as playing music from a variety of different trans masc, femme, and non-binary artists.

As well as this, Joel spoke to RuPauls Drag Race Down Under season 4 contestant, Olivia Dreams,starting off a new segment of the show, where Joel will speak to every drag queen on the show as the season progresses!

Whakarongo mai!

Rita Mae jumps on What's Cooking to walk through some of her favourite tracks and sonic inspiration behind her upcoming EP Kiss The Sky, out this Friday! Whakarongo mai nei. 

Featuring the selections:

1. Sharon Van Etten - The End Of The World 
2. Sorry - Let The Lights On
3. Porches - Okay
4. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
5. Rita Mae - When You Go (unreleased)

The Australian government has announced plans to implement legislation that would ban under 16 year olds from social media, with Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, saying the bill will be introduced to Parliament within the next few weeks.

This move has been criticised, including by the The Australian Child Rights Taskforce; an organisation made up of 100 academics and 20 civil society organisations, which have written to the Australian government opposing the bill, rather calling for the government to impose “safety standards” on social media.

However, Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland, Dr Samantha Marsh, supports Australia’s move, and is calling for New Zealand to implement similar restrictions. 

News and Editorial Director, and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to her about Australia’s move, and why she supports it.