Podcast appearances and mentions of carol hirschfeld

Women in Aotearoa New Zealand. Five leading women meet in the 125th year since the 1893 granting of female suffrage in New Zealand.  Feminists Fiona Kidman, Sandra Coney, Lizzie Marvelly, and Golriz Ghahraman join Carol Hirschfeld to explore the position of women in Aotearoa now. What's led us here, what's changed, what hasn't, and what's still to be done? The session brought together a diverse range of women with a wealth of lived experience. A self-confessed radical feminist and pioneer of the women's rights movement, a literary legend with more than 30 published books, an Iranian born NZ human rights lawyer and Green MP, an award-winning columnist and campaigner for presenting credible information on sex, sexuality and relationships. Together, they  talked with a current affairs maestro on the legacy of female suffrage in New Zealand and what it means to grow up feminist in Aotearoa.  Hirschfeld introduced this 2018 Going West session, in a venue packed to capacity, with the following provocation: “Just a year before Kate Shepphard and her fellow suffragists achieved the vote, the electoral law in New Zealand excluded women from the definition of ‘person'. So, when we cast our minds back, what do you think these suffragists would think about where we're at, and what we're proud of”. The Women Then, Women Now session was inspired by the publication of Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage, which featured essays from Coney, Kidman and Ghahraman; and Marvelley's That F Word: Growing Up Feminist in Aotearoa. This podcast contains a brief but explicit discussion of sexual practices

Tick. Tick flies south for round three of the Ardern-vs-Collins clashes: the infamous Press Leaders Debate. A full-length behind-the-scenes episode is coming very, very soon – but while you're waiting, here's a quick-fire late-night breakdown of the debate, featuring analysis from Andrea Vance and Carol Hirschfeld, and another rich serving of Adam's leaders-debate word-soup. Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast. Full Stuff election coverage Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter Support Stuff Our email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz

Tick. Tick flies south for round three of the Ardern-vs-Collins clashes: the infamous Press Leaders Debate. A full-length behind-the-scenes episode is coming very, very soon – but while you’re waiting, here’s a quick-fire late-night breakdown of the debate, featuring analysis from Andrea Vance and Carol Hirschfeld, and another rich serving of Adam’s leaders-debate word-soup.Links: Click here for every episode of the Tick. Tick. podcast.Full Stuff election coverageEugene on Twitter; Adam on TwitterSupport StuffOur email: ticktick@stuff.co.nz

Outgoing MP Clare Curran says an image of a National MP posed with a toilet emblazoned with her face on it left her feeling "traumatised" and suffering from "humiliation".Curran announced last year she would not re-stand at this year's election, closing a 12-year career in Parliament.It came a year after she was removed from Cabinet and stripped of her open government portfolios after not disclosing a meeting with tech entrepreneur Derek Handley, set up using her personal email account.It was her second strike, after a similar omission in relation to a meeting with former Radio NZ boss Carol Hirschfeld earlier in 2018.The outgoing Labour MP has revealed the alleged dirty politics she said was targeted with, and the toll it took emotionally as her political career came tumbling down, in an interview published today on The Spinoff.The worst of it was in 2012, when she was sent photos from the National Party's Mainland Region conference, one showing fellow Dunedin-based MP, National's Michael Woodhouse, posed with a blue toilet seat with her face emblazoned on it.The seat was reportedly used as a trophy for a debating competition."I was so shocked when I saw it. I have never been able to speak of it publicly because I felt embarrassed. I still feel quite traumatised by it," she told The Spinoff."They were literally encouraging people to piss on me."Curran did not want to comment to the Herald.Woodhouse said: "To be honest I cannot really remember it, and I don't think an eight-year-old photo is a burning issue of the day," he said.Curran's political issues began shortly after the September 2017 election.From early November, the-then Broadcasting Minister began texting state-owned RNZ's head of content Carol Hirschfeld to arrange a meeting.That meeting took place at Wellington's Astoria Cafe in early December but Curran failed to disclose it in response to written questions from National's Melissa Lee.Hirschfeld lost her job after repeatedly telling her RNZ bosses, for unknown reasons, that it was a coincidental meeting.At the time, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stood by Curran, saying she had corrected the record, though it had taken two and a half months and she should have done it sooner.Curran also used her personal Gmail account to arrange a meeting with entrepreneur Derek Handley about the new government chief technology role that was going.The meeting with Handley, on February 27, 2018, was not diaried and Curran's own staff did not know about it.She again omitted to mention the meeting in answer to written questions, saying she simply forgot about it.She then gave a nightmare performance while answering questions in Parliament about the emails and meetings from Lee, stumbling through her responses and obviously under pressure."I was trying to answer honestly and I couldn't come up with the words and my mind went blank," she told The Spinoff of the impact of that moment.Curran resigned two days later.Lee told the Herald she felt for Curran, but denied there was a targeted National campaign against her."I know she has talked about some of this before, it can be difficult in Parliament, there are issues related to being a woman, and me personally as an ethnic minority."I do feel for her, what she had to go through with mental health issues, and I am glad she got help."But she still can't skirt around the fact this all happened as result of her incompetence, being a senior Cabinet minister, responsible for openness and transparency, and she herself could not set an example."There was no campaign against her, I was asking the questions, as is my duty as an opposition MP."Lee said she had been unaware of the toilet seat photo, and it would be "inappropriate" for her to comment, referring the Herald to Woodhouse. 

Last year the film writer and director Taika Waititi sparked debate when he declared New Zealand "racist as f***" and recounted being racially profiled as a teenager. The Human Rights Commission also reports that local instances of racism are on the increase. How do those who have never been subject to racism begin to understand the experiences of those who have? And is there an expectation that those who are the targets of casual and/or explicit racism must explain the indignities and implications of being perceived as other. Four eloquent writers bring their experiences and stories to the stage for a nuanced exploration of racism. Join David Chariandy (Canada), Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany), Nida Fiazi (Afghanistan/Aotearoa New Zealand), Leonie Hayden (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Victor Rodger (Aotearoa New Zealand), chaired by Carol Hirschfeld.

The fallout from Carol Hirschfeld's RNZ resignation and continuing pressure on the broadcasting minister Clare Curran were closely covered by the media again this week. Where are we now in the saga The Listener called 'Curran events'  - and what will be in the next episode?

The fallout from Carol Hirschfeld's RNZ resignation and continuing pressure on the broadcasting minister Clare Curran were closely covered by the media again this week. Where are we now in the saga The Listener called 'Curran events'  - and what will be in the next episode?

Melissa Lee talks of her role in the saga with Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran and the sacking of of broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld from RNZ

One morning meeting late last year led to a key RNZ executive suddenly quitting this week - and intense pressure on the broadcasting minister to do the same. Mediawatch looks at how that happened and asks RNZ's boss what this means for the big-budget boost the broadcaster hopes to secure.

One morning meeting late last year led to a key RNZ executive suddenly quitting this week - and intense pressure on the broadcasting minister to do the same. Mediawatch looks at how that happened and asks RNZ's boss what this means for the big-budget boost the broadcaster hopes to secure.

Bookended by revelations of sexual assault at a Young Labour summer camp and calls for broadcasting minister Clare Curran's resignation over a curious meeting with RNZ head of news Carol Hirschfeld, March has presented easily the steepest challenges for the new prime minister yet.Discussing all this, along with the government's big house-building announcement for the Unitec site, turbulence from NZ First, the Green leadership and also other things, are a record high five podders. Spinoff editor Toby Manhire is joined by Exceltium's Ben Thomas, and three editorial executives from the best television programme in New Zealand, The Hui: Annabelle Lee, Waimihia Rose and special guest star Mihingarangi Forbes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The effects of Carol Hirschfeld's resignation from RNZ over an off-the-books meeting with the broadcasting minister go beyond the broadcaster itself. It comes as the minister was putting in place a system to fund broadcasting at arms' length from politicians, says Mediawatch.

The effects of Carol Hirschfeld's resignation from RNZ over an off-the-books meeting with the broadcasting minister go beyond the broadcaster itself. It comes as the minister was putting in place a system to fund broadcasting at arms' length from politicians, says Mediawatch.

In episode six of Healthy or Hoax, Carol Hirschfeld wonders whether we would be better off eating food raw, rather than cooking it. I mean, who needs fire?

In part five of Healthy or Hoax, Carol Hirschfeld gives flotation pods a try to see whether they could be an answer for those looking to de-stress.

Stan Grant wrote Talking to My Country in the wake of fans’ abuse of Aboriginal Sydney Swans’ footballer Adam Goodes in 2015. His book is a personal and powerful response to racism in Australia from one of its most successful journalists, and Wiradjuri tribesman. With a direct gaze Grant examines the “deep wound” that he attributes to dispossession, manifest in Indigenous Australians’ low life expectancy, and high levels of incarceration and suicide. Grant challenges his country to do better, and all of us to address our prejudices. In conversation with Carol Hirschfeld. Supported by Australian High Commission AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL 2017

In part two of Healthy or Hoax, Carol Hirschfeld hits the gym for some High Intensity Interval Training and finds it can take you up a notch... if you fit the bill. So is HIIT right for you?

Healthy or Hoax is a new podcast series from RNZ that looks at the new-fangled fads and tempting new trends and asks if they're really up to much. In short: Do. They. Work? Presented by Carol Hirschfeld, with help from food writer Niki Bezzant and a host of experts, the series will report on the latest things in food, fitness and leisure and ask if they're all hype or if they're actually good for you. And because we're all busy, she'll do it in under 20 minutes. It's out soon. Here's a taste.

Mediawatch's Colin Peacock, satirist Robbie Nichol (White Man Behind A Desk), associate editor of the StopPress media industry news website Ben Fahy, and RNZ Head of Content Carol Hirschfeld talk about topical trends, and challenges in media like the new visual Checkpoint with John Campbell, bite size news, ondemand everything, and the lack of current affairs television.