Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Hunt

It was the final home game at St Andrews..And what an atmosphere!..This and more from..Chris, Alan, Mark, Mark, Claire,Craig and Paul.With special guest Paul Hunt from the Blues Foundation.In this episode:League One Title Victory Celebration.Jukeys Retirement and Future Roles.Blues Fest Fundraiser for Disability Programs.Recent Games.Birmingham City FC Season Awards.Match Predictions .Robe nicking scarves.Edited/Produced by Chris Brownewww.tiltontalk.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/srbmedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was the final home game at St Andrews..And what an atmosphere!..This and more from..Chris, Alan, Mark, Mark, Claire,Craig and Paul.With special guest Paul Hunt from the Blues Foundation.In this episode:League One Title Victory Celebration.Jukeys Retirement and Future Roles.Blues Fest Fundraiser for Disability Programs.Recent Games.Birmingham City FC Season Awards.Match Predictions .Robe nicking scarves.Edited/Produced by Chris Brownewww.tiltontalk.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chatting to Paul Hunt of the Blues Foundation,His involvement with the group, his history and details of the upcoming "Blues Fest"Edited/Produced by Chris BrowneAvailable on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Youtube and most platformswww.tiltontalk.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That result gives us the 6th best home record and the dying embers of playoff contention flicker once again or am I being optimistic?Blackburn were decent opposition and at one point in the 2nd half it looked like they were going to overwhelm City.The subs made for City's best period of the game after Well's goal and City closed out the action without too many scares.There were some good individual performances whilst one or two clearly weren't at their best.DaveP is joined by Paul Hunt & Toveys Dave & Mark [no relation!] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first half was nothing short of a borefest but then Twine does what he does best with a pile driver into the roof of the net from 20 yards to give City an early 2nd half advantage. If Bell had shown more positional awareness his goal would have stood and given City a margin of victory their superiority over a very lacklustre Luton side.DaveP is joined by Dave Tovey, Tom Sutton & Paul Hunt in reviewing the match action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke McNally's powerful headed goal saved a point for City in another lack lustre performance.On the upside, the unbeaten run is extended to 4 games.DaveP is joined by Ian, Mark & Paul Hunt in reviewing the action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Janet & Karen start this podcast off with some incredible buying and rental opportunities in Ventura County, if you're looking to sell, purchase or rent... this podcast is for you!  First up, The Reverse Mortgage Queen is back with a few very important tips on Reverse Mortgages and why it is essential to have a professional like Shelly Wells guiding you through everything from junk mail to HOA fees, taxes and insurance for those who take on a reverse mortgage.  For business people, Paul Hunt representing SCORE is a must-listen.  Paul is a professional who along with many others use their years of experience to help local businesses navigate through these challenging times and make their business a success.  Arturo Hernandez of Central Coast ADU's will show you what ADU best fits you on your property.  There are a number of ADU's to consider and his years of experience will show you the one that fits your property and goals the best.  Girls On The Air!

Tim Smith helps executives address critical questions in pricing, marketing, sales, and corporate strategy in the face of high uncertainty by using proven best practices informed by solid academic research. In this episode, Tim delves into the Pricing Spineometer, a comprehensive tool designed to assess a company's pricing capabilities. By examining financial performance and organizational structure, one can provide valuable insights into the gap between a company's current pricing practices and optimal strategies. He also touches on the crucial role pricing plays in business success and the importance of CEO involvement in driving pricing excellence.   Why you have to check out today's podcast: Discover this pricing tool called Pricing Spineometer for assessing a company's pricing capabilities and learn how it works, its significance, and how it can benefit businesses Gain insights into the world of pricing strategies discover surprising findings about pricing practices in various industries and how they impact business performance Explore the critical role of CEOs in driving pricing excellence within organizations and understand why pricing decisions often require the direct involvement and prioritization of top leadership, and how this impacts business outcomes   "Take the time to apply the expertise necessary to your pricing questions. Think about it, and then listen to that expertise." - Tim Smith   Topics Covered: 01:36 - Sharing an enriching experience teaching and consulting 02:45 - How he found himself in pricing 04:08 - What made him create Pricing Spineometer, what is it all about, clarity on it measuring a gap versus a scorecard 07:31 - The process of using the Pricing Spineometer 11:40 - How the initial financial analysis sets the foundation for understanding a company's pricing needs and capabilities 14:29 - Understanding that creating a Pricing Spineometer for a company involves significant work and expertise 16:26 - AI's impact on pricing and the companies' various reactions on their pricing capabilities assessment with pricing spineometer 19:16 - Valued for the expertise and insight not on time spent 20:08 - Surprises coming up for different companies pricing sophistication 22:19 - Does the CEO takes care of the development of pricing expertise and how does a CRO differ from a VP of Pricing 24:26 - Tim's best pricing advice   Key Takeaways: "If you changed the way you thought about pricing, there'd be a huge bottom line impact to your company." - Tim Smith "You're charging for the intellect that goes into the work, not the actual amount of time it takes to do the work." - Tim Smith "There are ways to get around tools, there are ways to use the tools, but you've got to understand what the goal is." - Tim Smith   People/Resources Mentioned: World Class Pricing: The Journey by Paul Hunt: http://www.pricingsolutions.com/world-class-pricing-the-journey/ TI: https://www.ti.com Walmart:https://www.walmart.com Coca Cola: https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en Pepsi: https://www.pepsi.com/ Nvidia: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ Kraft Heinz: https://www.kraftheinzcompany.com/   Connect with Tim Smith: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drwiglaf/ Website: https://wiglafpricing.com/   Connect with Mark Stiving: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiving/ Email: mark@impactpricing.com  

DaveP is joined by Gary Owers plus Ian Gay & Paul Hunt in reviewing last season and what's needed to move forward rather than have more of the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Dr Andrew Fagan discusses the current state of human rights with Essex professor of law and globally renowned human rights advocate, Paul Hunt. Does human rights have a future? If so, what is this likely to look like and what do we have to do now to support human rights?

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has said he won't re-appoint Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt. Goldsmith told Heather du Plessis-Allan that he wants to see a Human Rights Commissioner "who's really focused on fundamental human rights such as free speech, freedom of expression and equal voting. All these sorts of issues that I haven't heard quite as much as I would have liked to over the past five years." Paul Hunt's warrant for the role currently ends in January 2024   LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new Government has signalled it wants to change the inner workings of the Human Rights Commission. On Thursday, the Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith, refused to express confidence in the Commission's Chief, Paul Hunt, and said its decision to appoint a co-chief executive role, undertaken by Julia Whaipooti, was not "appropriate". Meanwhile, the ACT Party is reigniting calls for the Commission to be abolished entirely. The chief executive of the Human Rights Commission, Meg de Ronde, says the organisation is an independent crown entity and its ability to promote human rights without interference from the government is essential. Meg de Ronde spoke to Corin Dann.

Sermon Title: Broken Speaker: Pastor Paul Hunt Date: August 26, 2023 Please explore and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: ⁠GFCC Adventist⁠ For more information on Garland Faith Community SDA Church visit us at ⁠www.gfccadventist.org

Chief human rights commissioner, Paul Hunt, says extra help is urgently needed to fix the country's deeply flawed housing system. The Commission released a Housing Inquiry report today in conjunction with youth homeless collective Manaaki Rangatahi. The report has been in the works for two years. Hunt says housing affordability has decreased significantly over the past three decades, and the health of many is at risk from damp and mouldy homes. He says more must be done, and it is time to appoint an ombudsman or commissioner for the job. Hunt spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss and told her the inquiry exposes human right shortcomings.

Since we started in 1995, every single Allagash beer has been brewed with water that came from Sebago Lake. This pristine, and plentiful, water source is amazing in its own right: there's enough water in Sebago Lake to give every person on earth 100 gallons each, and still have water left over. And, like all good things, we need to make sure that we preserve it.In this episode, we talk with Paul Hunt of the Portland Water District and Matt Markot of Loon Echo Land Trust—both members of Sebago Clean Waters, a nonprofit partner of ours that is working to preserve Sebago Lake. You'll learn some staggering facts about our amazing water source, the strides Sebago Clean Waters is making in preserving it, and what you can do to help!

Karen & Traci start off their podcast with Loretta Barbar, a Ventura County Realtor who also runs marathons around the world!  Next it's time for Pizza Chief owner Robert Schwartz a local business man with a great story and The Best Pizza in town! Tamera Rosie Molina is up next to talk about coverage for sellers... make the right decision with Choice Home Warranty & Tamera.  Paul Hunt gives us the inside scoop on real estate for commercial properties, Paul is a lawyer, realtor & builder, Paul covers all of the bases!  

Sermon Title: Abraham's Lot Speaker: Dr. Paul Hunt Date: Jan 7, 2023 Please explore and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: GFCC Adventist For more information on Garland Faith Community SDA Church visit us at www.gfccadventist.org

Janine Hunt is a REALTOR® with Red Oak Realty in Oakland, CA. Janine works alongside her husband, Paul Hunt, and together they've been serving residential real estate clients in the East Bay for 10 years. Janine Hunt is the outgoing 2022 president of Bridge Association of REALTORS®, serving thousands of REALTORS® from their offices in Berkeley, CA. Janine and I talk about her and Paul's transition to real estate following successful careers in other industries. Janine has mentored, coached, and trained people in multiple industries including in the field of real estate and her passion for training is readily apparent. Grab your notebook!! We talk about Janine's goals coming into her presidency, and her accomplishments. Several books are mentioned in the episode: Switch, Exactly What To Say For Real Estate Agents, Speed of Trust, Leaders Eat Last, Dare To Lead, and Outwitting The Devil. Janine Hunt is a licensed CA REALTOR® DRE#01909766  Felicia Mares-Villa is a Realtor with Abio Properties in Oakland, CA. Felicia is just 5 years in the industry, and at only 32 years of age is set to become the youngest and first Latina President at Bridge Association of REALTORS®. I first became acquainted with Felicia through her presence on social media, Instagram in particular. She brings a very strong game! We talk a lot about social media and her journey so far in her chosen career. Felicia has been on the podcast before, 2 years prior to this chat, on Episode #3 published in September 2020. We also talk about her upcoming role as president of her local association and what she hopes to accomplish in that role. Felicia Mares-Villa is a licensed CA REALTOR® DRE# 02028970

Guest Host Rachel Mallows talks to some of the winners of the Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2022 Paul Hunt of The Curious Vegan Company won our Gold Award with their Oinkin' Pattie in our Artisan Local Vegetarian/Vegan Product sponsored by Daily Bread. Based in Horton, this company is growing in the range of products available and their customer base. The judges said ‘tastes like pork, smells lovely and sagey and one judge said “This is a really innovative vegan product as I haven't seen or tasted any other sausage meat type products this good. Fab product.” www.syanfarms.com Originally broadcast on Open4Business on NLive Radio 22nd November 2022

Tune in and listen as Mark Cameron, Wendy Suttie and Paul Hunt talk to Erin and Alex about changes to the upcoming nationals, Commonwealth Games and Bowls Bay of Plenty

Tune in and listen as Mark Cameron, Wendy Suttie and Paul Hunt talk to Erin and Alex about changes to the upcoming nationals, Commonwealth Games and Bowls Bay of Plenty

In a recent opinion piece in the New Zealand media, Paul Hunt, Chief Human Rights Commissioner for the country expressed views that there is still a power imbalance in favour of the landlord and that discrimination often occurs. We discuss his article in podcast number 4.

Senior Automation Engineer and Freelance Writer Paul Hunt is my guest on Episode 111 of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the "Show Notes" located below the video. Watch the Podcast:  Listen via Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, YouTube, Amazon Music, Stitcher, RSS, or below: https://theautomationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TheAutomationPodcast-E111-Interview-Paul-Hunt.mp3 The Automation Podcast, Episode 111 Show Notes: Special thanks to Paul Hunt for coming on the show to be interviewed! You can see all of Paul's articles here: https://theautomationblog.com/author/cntrlengr/ You can now support our work and join our community at Automation.Locals.com! Thanks in advanced for your support! Vendors: Would you like your product featured on the Podcast, Show or Blog? If you would, please contact me at: https://theautomationblog.com/contact Sincerely, Shawn TierneyAutomation Instructor and Blogger Have a question? Join my community of automation professionals and take part in the discussion! You'll also find my PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com. Sponsor and Advertise: Get your product or service in front of our 75K followers while also supporting independent automation journalism by sponsoring or advertising with us! Learn more in our Media Guide here, or contact us using this form. (24 views)

Karen & Traci's latest podcast covers a lot of ground!  First Pat Pothier of Pothier Hypnotherapy calls in live from The NAMI Walk to discuss Mental Health Awareness, an issue that touches all of us. Derrick from Smart Home Mortgages is next with surprising news on FICO, credit cards & scores giving us the best and most important information on securing a loan. Paul Hunt joins the girls to highlight the rights of landlords and tenants an area where you need expert advice if you are the tenant or the owner,  Janet Sprissler continues this conversation with news on an important Ventura City Council meeting that will decide on a Tenant Relocation Rule, if you are a landlord this meeting is essential!

This fun, festive podcast with Karen & Traci features The Greek Restaurant which is hosting the upcoming Greek Festival at the Camarillo Airport  June 24, 25 & 26 it's the biggest party to kick off the summer.  Their next guest is Paul Hunt who talks about inventory, the overall market and gives everyone excellent guidance for buying and selling in this market from rates to refi and the importance of having a realtor with experience in this county for the best results.  Susan Wilson The Living Room Lawyer finishes up the podcast to explain Trusts, Wills &  Estate Planning. Have peace of mind your estate is in the right hands and in the correct language to benefit your heirs.  Enjoy the podcast! OPA!

CN: very mild gore about losing baby teeth, and some dicussion that might spoil some tooth fairy magic   It's another episode about a chilhood milestone: losing your baby teeth! Matt and Nina chat a bit about their personal experiences, explore some of the history of cultural practices associated with milk teeth, and dig into the history of tooth fairies. The nonfiction picture book Nina mentions is Throw Your Tooth on the Roof.   Our picture book is the classic Dave and the Tooth Fairy, by Verna Wilkins and Paul Hunt, from Tamarind Books. You can find out more about Tamarind Books here and see Verna Wilkins talking about Tamarind here. The new edition of Dave and the Tooth Fairy, with updated art by Carl Pearce, can be bought here.   For our chapter book we go reeeeally retro with Perez the Mouse, or El Ratoncito Perez, by Luis Coloma (via Lady Moreton). This story has spread all around the Spanish-speaking world since it was comissioned in 1894 by the Spanish royal family for the boy king Alfonso XIII. Nina and Matt try to read this cute monarchist fable as a revolutionary text. We also update the scary-o-meter. Your local library might have a copy of Lady Moreton's retelling of the story, but if it doesn't, you can read the whole thing online here. What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com

We look back at a film previously placed in The Movie Vault in our Joker special- The Dark Knight (2008). This time we get the chance to dive into the film as a whole from its characters, story, and direction. We have the privilege of being joined by fantastic guests Kelechi Ehenulo and Paul Hunt who talk all about the importance of representation, empathy, and their love for The Dark Knight.We also return to a previous Endgame with DC or Not DC (That is the Question?) to decide what film we'll discuss in the next time episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last week Chelsea owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich announced that the club is up for sale amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Paul Hunt our resident soccer expert joins the show to talk about what this means for the sport, why this has an impact on the Premier League and who some of the names interested in purchasing the club are.

Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says the concerns of the protesters need to be listened to. He told Mike Hosking it's unclear how long the protest will last, but the feelings behind the protest will last much longer. “The issues are going to remain, whether the protesters remain or not, so we have to keep talking and listening. I think that's really important.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mortgage Marketing Forum is a community for marketers and business owners within the mortgage and specialist lending sectors. They run a series of events to give you tips and insights that are relevant to marketing in the mortgage market The Forum is run by Alex Hammond, Paul Hunt and Jeff Knight. In Short: The Forum is built by marketers, run by marketers for marketers. Listen in to hear more about it.

It's here. After three endgame specials that saw various teams of former guests battle it out in film-related challenges, we finally crown an overall winning team! Featuring Dai Hill and Stefanos Florakis, Ed Mason and Alexandra McCreadie, and Lucy Fur and Paul Hunt, all in uniquely named teams, they go through several trials and tribulations set by the master of the Endgame- Craig McDonald! Facing the horrors of Scooby-Doo movies, double feature conundrums, and of course, our spin on Mastermind- Mojo Mind, only one team can be the champions and win the ultimate prize! Who will it be? #moviechallenge #filmquiz #filmfans #challenge #podcast #movietrivia

Karen, with special Guest Host Paul Hunt chat with The Salvation Army who have Red Kettle Bell Ringers throughout Ventura County to raise funds for needy families during the holidays, Guest Host Paul Hunt talks about Service Pet rules for Renters & Landlords, a must listen for the latest guidlines. Dr Tony O'Donnell has the latest health tips when it comes to your legs, good diets, active lifestyle and just a bit of stretching can keep your legs in great shape! Larry Reyes tells us that rates are stable, inventory is low but they are excellent opportunities and programs for everyone looking to buy a home.  Dr. Mark Lepore finishes off the show with the latest Corona Virus Variant Omicron, Dr. Lepore urges people to get vaccinated, social distance and be a little more careful during the holiday season.  All this with Karen and her special guest host Paul Hunt on this fantastic Girls On The Air Podcast!

IT is the largest untapped gas play on the planet – the onshore Beetaloo and broader McArthur basins. Two companies – Armour Energy and Tamboran Resources – hold vast acreage positions which once developed could solve an impending energy crisis in Australia. It comes as the world grapples with the challenge of the energy transition, which can only be accomplished with gas. Furthermore, as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, gas will play a vital role in providing energy security across Australia. The Top End is well positioned to take advantage of soaring demand in decades to come. Tamboran, founded in 2009, was a first mover in the onshore region and farmed out a stake in its project to Santos. The ASX-listed company is currently working with Sanots to de-risk its premium acreage footprint, with a view to supply natural gas to LNG hubs for export and pipe gas to the east coast domestic market. Armour Energy is also listed on the local bourse and is already a gas producer. It is working to spin off its acreage into a new company called McArthur Oil & Gas. In this special edition feature discussion for the annual Northern Territory Resources Week and SEAOCC, Energy News senior journalist Paul Hunt is joined by Tamboran CEO Joel Riddle, Armour Energy/McArthur Oil & Gas chief Brad Lingo, and the head of the NT Gas Taskforce Alister Trier, to discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

Australia is currently battling high electricity prices after gas demand from both domestic and international markets tightened drastically over the last 12 months. The Gippsland Basin – which has powered the east coast for decades is running out of gas – renewables currently cannot keep up. Does Empire Energy and its assets in the Beetaloo hold the answer over the next decade? According to the latest Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) report, without new production along with gas import terminals, Australia could grapple with an energy emergency. The AEMO Gas Statement of Opportunities – the leading report providing a realistic gas outlook in Australia – the country needs urgent gas supply. AEMO has singled out the Beetaloo Basin as the potential source for this gas. Australia is in a mining boom where miners are happy to secure gas at all-time highs to power projects which underwrite Australia's economy. During this quarter, energy prices hit new highs in Queensland. Prices across the rest of the nation are still high too. This is not just a problem Australia is facing. In Europe energy prices recently hit all-time highs. This was because there, put quite simply, wasn't enough wind or sun to power renewable based generation. Data from the Office of the Chief Economist warns of global gas shortfalls. While the US and Qatar will play an important part in meeting this demand, Australia remains the biggest producer and exporter of LNG to international markets. At the same time, international trading partners – from China to Japan – are buying up cargos of LNG, which is keeping pressure on the market. The latest data showed Chinese LNG demand is outpacing Japan's and will continue to grow. Australian exports of LNG are near record highs. This demand for gas, both domestically and internationally, is not expected to let up any time soon. Not for decades. So, is the Beetaloo Basin the answer? Well, yes. Even with Santos' massive Narrabri coal seam gas project in New South Wales. In fact, there's talk of importing LNG from Queensland and Western Australia to feed electricity demand in NSW and Vic. However, this will cost more than piping gas. The Beetaloo Basin of the Northern Territory could be a more affordable option for domestic consumers, while allowing LNG exports (the second biggest export in Australia) to continue providing economic benefits for the nation. In this special feature interview, Energy News senior journalist Paul Hunt discusses the game-changing project operated by Empire Energy, and the future of energy security in Australia. He was joined by Empire Energy managing director Alex Underwood.

This Podcast is packed with information you need to know! Paul Hunt tells us about sellers with video cameras in their homes while the property is for sale. What are the privacy rules??? Wine & Cheese parties hosted by Kara Miller and her new venture with The Cave in Ventura. Dr. Dana Jennings is proud to announce after practicing for 15 years in Ventura County, she is opening her own practice that will keep you & your family in good health. Dr. Tony O'Donnell, owner of Radiant Greens has health and wellness tips. Frank Soto from Natural Green Restoration & Construction tells you about his company and how they restore properties at a great price!

Paul Hunt, an 'emoji maker' at Adobe, spoke to Scott Emerson about the nature of his work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson has defended the Human Rights Commission for giving koha to the Mongrel Mob stating one can "never walk away from tikanga".The Human Rights Commission has copped criticism from National and Act after Newstalk ZB revealed it gifted $200 as koha – a customary Māori gift or donation – to the Waikato chapter of the gang ahead of a hui in May.The parties said taxpayer money going to a gang was unacceptable, and called for chief human rights commissioner Paul Hunt to resign.Jackson was asked by media if he had ever given koha to the Mongrel Mob, having met with gang representatives on a few occasions.Jackson said he had not met with them on a marae and thus it was not relevant, but he defended the process as tikanga, custom."We are talking about carrying out tikanga. You get invited somewhere your obligation as Māori never leaves you, you give a koha."It is not about supporting them, we absolutely reject that gang life, you come to my marae you are not allowed patches."But it is not about supporting the Mob, this is nonsense from National and the Act Party."Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Marama Davidson, who attended the same hui as Hunt, said she had not given koha."No, but all groups we visit around the country, when they are hosting and taking care of us it is up to us if we give koha, like we would for any group."Asked in the House today by National's police spokesman Simeon Brown if the Government supported the commission's actions, Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins, speaking on behalf of Justice Minister Kris Faafoi, said it was not appropriate to comment.The commission was legally established to be "independent and free from the direction of ministers or government policy", he said."The positions that they take will sometimes be positions that the Government of the day disagree with, and the members opposite should think carefully if they want to end up in a position where the chief human rights commissioner can only express views or take actions that the Government of the day sanctions."When asked if he thought Hunt should resign, Hipkins stated it required the Governor-General to be satisfied there was just cause."This Government follows the law," Hipkins said.Act Party leader David Seymour asked Hipkins if giving money to a criminal organisation met the threshold to remove the commissioner or if it was just "hakuna-matata", a Swahili phrase referenced in The Lion King loosely translated as "no worries".In response, Hipkins reiterated the commission's independence.Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi asked a supplementary question about whether the minister thought the Opposition's interpretation of donation was "very different to the interpretation of koha"?He also asked of Act's former leader, "Don Brash sitting on an educational trust with the Mongrel Mob; does that sound like hakuna-matata?"Brown told media while independence of agencies like the commission should be respected, the Government should take responsibility for the inappropriate use of taxpayer funding."I refuse to think the minister thinks donating to organised crime is appropriate use of taxpayer funds."Hunt simply has to go and then the Government needs to take a long look at itself and how it is managing the rise of gangs in New Zealand."text by Michael Neilson, NZ Herald

On the revelation the chief Human Rights Commissioner gave a $200 koha to the Mighty Mongrel Mob Kingdom when he went to their hui  - as I've said before, I don't have a problem with him going to the hui.  I think conversation's good. And $200 is not a lot of money in the scheme of things.But it's the principle.  What is he doing giving any taxpayer money to the Mongrel Mob?  Did that not set off any alarm bells for him, giving money to an organisation, with some members of which profit off infringing on other people's human rights?  He's refusing to give interviews but in statement appears completely unapologetic, essentially saying he did nothing wrong.  “I was doing my job” he said. “The provision of koha is entirely culturally appropriate. To not offer koha at that pōwhiri would have been extremely disrespectful. “  That's obviously nonsense.  Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson was there and she didn't give a koha.  You don't have to give one.  It's not an entry fee.  It's a gift willingly given.  The problem here is bigger than a $200 koha.  The appointment of this guy was a mistake.  He's not very good at his job.  Compare him to other commissioners and you see how ineffective he is.  The Children's Commissioner: always in the media demanding better for children  The Privacy Commissioner: constantly publicly warning organisations and giving people advice.The Human Rights Commissioner: when was the last time you heard him say something worthwhile?  And there is a massive problem he should be weighing in on.  If you accept that the right to shelter is a human right, then what we have going on in this country right now - with a housing shortage so bad families are crammed into hotels –is a massive human rights issue if not a human rights crisis.Have you heard Paul Hunt on TV, on the radio, in the newspapers demanding better from the government over this?  Four days ago, the UN declared our housing crisis a breach of human rights. Paul Hunt welcomed the report, recommended government seriously consider the 27 recommendations - and then went back to doing whatever he fills his days with.I'm not sure how much credibility this guy or this office has any more but whatever was left has been eroded big time by him giving taxpayer money to a gang.

Money from the Human Rights Commissioner to the Waikato Mongrel Mob went towards a marae sleepover to help deal with trauma.Paul Hunt has faced calls to resign after it was revealed he gave a $200 koha, after speaking at a hui in May.He says it was entirely culturally appropriate to offer, as had he not, it would've been extremely disrespectful.Mob spokeswoman Louise Hutchinson told Heather du Plessis-Allan all the money was put into facilitating the three day sleepover event -- or noho."Facing up and addressing the trauma you've carried in your life, so we've had two noho out of the Raglan Poihākena marae."She says that they do not expect anyone to donate money when attending an event.Hutchinson says calls for Hunt to resign is just right-wing parties kick the gangs around. "Anything good we attempt to do is just kicked."LISTEN ABOVE

National says the Human Rights Commissioner needs to resign.Leader Judith Collins says Jacinda Ardern needs to give Paul Hunt the boot, or he should choose to hang up his boots.She told John MacDonald the Newstalk ZB revelations of Hunt donating $200 to the Mongrel Mob demonstrate his complete lack of judgment."Paul Hunt wants to give his own money, give his own money. But giving taxpayer money and even being there, giving credence to them, that is outrageous."Collins said it's a clear indication - under Hunt's leadership - the Commission's gone completely off track.Act leader David Seymour has already asked for Hunt's resignation, saying the Mongrel Mob peddles in misery.He has also called on the Government to abolish the Human Rights Commission altogether.LISTEN ABOVE

I get frustrated that something like Willie Jackson talking with gangs is such a political problem.He's not giving them money, he's not preventing arrests, he's just talking to them.When did we develop such an objection to people talking to each other?Isn't half the complaint that all these people in power sit in Wellington all day long and never actually get out and understand the issues that they're dealing with?You can't complain about that and then attack Willie Jackson or Marama Davidson or Paul Hunt the Human Rights Commissioner for talking to gangs to understand the issues.Having said that, what I think and what the vast majority of the public think is not always the same thing.And so, if I was in the media team in the beehive, I'd be calling Willie Jackson up and telling him "that's the last time you meet with anyone wearing a patch".That's because this Labour government is locking in the public perception that it is soft on gangs.Willie's meeting the gangs. Marama - their mate in the Greens - is meeting the gangs.Stuart Nash is pretending there's no gang problem in Hawke's Bay when there clearly is a massive gang problem in Hawke's Bay.Andrew Foster, their choice for top cop, is policing by consent nowadays and there's a sense that includes being a bit soft on the gangs.And then no one is doing anything to avoid the nonstop flow of 501 deportees from arriving here and joining up to the nearest gang.The headlines of gang members shooting each other in the Sofitel, and someone firing a gun in a viaduct bar in Auckland, and gang members shutting down a school for a two day tangi, and gang members on bikes taking over roads – that's all feeding that narrative. The public is rightly getting increasingly frustrated about a growing gang problem, and the impact on their towns.And that's not helped by Ministers of the Crown meeting with gang members.So forget the nuance or explaining this away - just stop meeting with them.Gang members can be talked to, but not by a minister in a Government already perceived as being soft on gangs. 

AUSTRALIAN headquartered Melbana Energy is a stock to watch this year as prepares to spud two high-impact oil exploration wells in Cuba. Melbana Energy (ASX:MAY) is an oil and gas explorer with more than 20 years' experience led by some of the most well-known experts in the business. While many ASX listed explorers chase small to mid-sized prospects domestically, Melbana Energy's mantra is, go big or go home. It chases elephant-sized prospects and will drill two wells in Cuba this year targeting billions of barrels of oil at its Block 9 project. Melbana Energy appointed experienced drilling contractor Sherritt International in March, with a view to spud its first well, Alameda-1, in the coming months. Alameda-1 is a conventional stacked play targeting a three structures; the primary Alameda prospect, the shallower N structure as well as the Amistad prospect. Combined these three structures could hold 141 million barrels of oil on a best estimate resource basis. The second well, called Zapato-1 is in close proximity to the high quality Motembo oil field which is potentially even bigger than the three stacked plays at Alameda-1. Zapato is estimated to hold as much as 95 million barrels of crude on a best estimate basis, however on a high estimate could host as much as 214 million barrels. Existing oil fields near Melbana Energy's project yielded as much as 11 billion barrels of oil historically, offering further excitement around the two-well campaign. At current benchmark oil prices, if the wells come up productive, Melbana Energy will move from being an explorer to a producer. In fact, it has also struck an agreement with the government of Cuba to sell the oil to them at benchmark global oil prices or the international market. So, why Cuba? Melbana Energy executive chairman Andrew Purcell sums it up nicely. "Try replicating projects of our size in Australia." In this podcast, Energy News senior journalist Paul Hunt talks to Melbana Energy executive chairman Andrew Purcell about the future of a potential discovery, what an initial development could look like, and the current state of the energy market.

"If I had the opportunity to do that again, I'd be pleased to accept." The Chief Human Rights Commissioner has stood by his decision to meet with a Waikato chapter of the Mongrel Mob, despite heavy criticism from some politicians. Paul Hunt spoke about human rights, responsibilities and social inclusion at a hui hosted by the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom at the weekend. It has raised the ire of National's Simeon Brown who said it was "astonishing," saying the gang causes misery in communities and has no regard for their victims. Act MP Nicole McKee has echoed the criticism. But Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says he would not be doing his job if he excluded gangs from the conversation.

AUSTRALIAN headquartered Elixir Energy has quickly become one of the most exciting oil and gas stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange. Elixir Energy (ASX: EXR) is creating a whole new gas market in Mongolia which is home to vast coal reserves, and of course coal seam gas. The company, led by managing director Neil Young, holds around 7 million acres of highly prospective land in the Southern Gobi desert. It released its maiden resource estimate in April, based on just 2% of its acreage, dubbed Nom Gom XI, with 60 billion cubic feet of gas on a 2C basis, and 24 Bcf of recoverable gas. This estimate is more than sufficient to provide feed gas for a power plant's entire life cycle, offering electricity to the domestic market, but also opening opportunities for LNG provision to local mining companies and export to China. Gas is fast becoming the transition fuel of the future and it is also expected to replace Mongolia's ageing coal power plant fleet which are heading to the end of their lives. Furthermore, mining companies including Rio Tinto which operates the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, are seeking power for their processing plants and to replace their diesel trucks with LNG fuelled vehicles. In this podcast, Energy News' senior journalist Paul Hunt talks to Elixir Energy managing director Neil Young about the future of the discovery, what an initial development could look like, and the current state of the energy market in China and Mongolia.

A two-week ban on all travellers arriving from India starts today.The temporary ban means travellers who have been in India in the past two weeks cannot enter the country.It was announced by the Prime Minister on Thursday and came after a surge in Covid-19 cases being reported at the New Zealand border, from people who had been in India.This was despite pre-flight testing showing the travellers did not have the virus 72 hours before leaving.Yesterday of the 10 new cases in managed isolation, eight were from India.While the ban until 28 April is legal, the Human Rights Commissioner has asked the government for a clearer justification on the decision, RNZ reports. Chief Human Rights commissioner Paul Hunt said more information was needed on the reasons behind the suspension, which will be in place from April 11 to April 28.It is the first time New Zealand has stopped citizens or residents from returning."While a public health emergency is a justification for limits to be placed on the free movement of people, any limitation on the rights of New Zealanders to return home must be clearly justified by the Government in accordance with its domestic and international human rights obligations," Hunt said.The commission could not assess whether the ban was lawful, unless the Government was transparent about its decision, he said.New Zealand has agreed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter their own country.The United Nations Human Rights Committee has said there are "few, if any, circumstances in which deprivation of the right to enter one's own country could be reasonable".Hunt said, "Temporarily banning New Zealanders from returning home from India is a significant limitation on their freedom of movement."Clear justification for the limitation on this basic right is vital."Regular review of the suspension is also crucial."On 9 April, almost two-thirds of Covid-19 cases detected in managed isolation during the previous 30 days were from India.Meanwhile, India has reported a record daily number of coronavirus infections - more than 145,000, and 794 deaths - its largest tally in more than five months.The severe second wave is being blamed on a reluctance to wear masks, and on crowding.The massive Hindu festival, the Kumbh Mela, is continuing on the banks of the Ganges river, with millions expected there next week.Text by RNZ 

AUSTRALIAN frontier explorer Empire Energy has come a long way in a short time, and is now preparing to test its massive liquid-rich gas discovery in the ‘hottest play on the plant', the Beetaloo Basin. Empire Energy's formidable discovery in the Beetaloo Basin of the Northern Territory has gained attention from government's and investors alike, after it intersected the Velkerri Shale Formation, finding not just gas but liquids. Since the company-changing discovery, Empire has moved at a remarkable pace to analyse results and plan for the future. It recently upgraded its best estimate prospective gas resource for its exploration permit EP187 by nearly 50%, to 3.5 trillion cubic feet of gas and 27 million barrels of condensate. A discovery of this nature is not an everyday occurrence, and has without a doubt set the ASX listed explorer up for a successful 12 months. Core sample analysis confirmed vast deposits of hydrocarbons within the well, and now Empire has officially received the green light to conduct a fraccing program and flow test its well. The first stage will be a four-frac program targeting the Velkerri A, Velkerri Intra A-B, Velkerri B, and Velkerri C zones within the formation. From there, Empire will conduct a flow test of the well and look to a bigger fraccing campaign in the not-to-distant future. In this podcast, Energy News senior journalist Paul Hunt talks to Empire Energy managing director Alex Underwood about the future of the discovery, what an initial development could look like, and the current state of the energy market.

Here we go again! Three teams of former guests return after facing the madness of the endgame in their respective episodes, now having to face it for an entire episode all orchestrated by our very own Craig McDonald! To celebrate his birthday, Craig has lined up a series of birthday-themed games and challenges for our guests to endure, to see who comes out on top, and go forth to the champions of champions final, someday in the future! If you love film quizzes, random trivia, and weird challenges this is the episode for you! Join Craig, Dave, Dan Mitchell, Paul Hunt, Alexandra McCreadie, Ed Mason, Jake Hart, and Tom Gapper, for this unique birthday celebration! #Endgame #Podcast #MovieChallenge #BirthdayFilms #PokemonMovies #NicholasCage #MovieTrivia #FilmChallenge #Quiz

Alexander Lancaster host Meet the Artist with guest Paul "Kaboom" Hunt from Delicious Friction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twowolvesstudio/support

Paul Hunt is chairman at Pricing Solutions. He is considered as one of the luminaries in Pricing. In 2013 he wrote a book entitled: World Class Pricing: The Journey. Of late, he is now teaching mindfulness.  In this episode, Paul talks about how companies in a fast-paced digital environment fail to recognize what their product’s true value is. With a significant change in the market and with all the competitive disruption, and deregulation taking place they fail to see what their true worth is. He also shares about his mindfulness practice and how it benefits pricing people especially those with cross-functional departments in being present, responding and not reacting, and being creative in finding solutions.   Why you have to check out today’s podcast: Learn how to price value and stay relevant amidst the changing times  Find out how to price in the digital environment and remain competitive  Discover about mindfulness meditation and how it can help be a responsive, open-minded, and effective leader    “Value is so much of a mystery for every company. Some companies get closer than others in understanding what their value is, but there’s often a gap and sometimes a significant gap.”  – Paul Hunt    Increase Your Pricing Knowledge: Become a Champions of Value INSIDER! To sign up go to insider.championsofvalue.com   Topics Covered: 01:16 – How Paul started a career in Pricing  02:03 – What made him stay with Pricing  02:57 – Why only a few understand value yet it’s important in business  04:44 – The need to be always relevant with the times  07:08 – Thoughts about procurement blowing up deals  09:07 – What is a challenger sale  13:37 – The biggest problem in Pricing today  15:26 – On talking to five people instead of doing research to figure out where the value is  17:48 – What makes his company sellable  19:01 – How long has he been doing meditation mindfulness? How does it help him?  21:17 – His thoughts of bringing lessons in meditation to business practice, particularly with pricing professionals  22:14 – How to be in the present moment  23:33 – Different ways to do mindfulness    Key Takeaways: “Pricing is a disguised word for value.” – Paul Hunt  “I think they live and breathe value, but they’re almost so close to it that they don’t see it all clearly at times. That’s why they need an outside perspective occasionally.” – Paul Hunt  “They’ve got a company because they’ve built value. They’ve delivered value. They do know value in a sense, but, of course, nobody’s perfect.”  – Paul Hunt  “You’ve got a challenger sale happening when at the end of the meeting the customer says, “I learned a lot in that meeting. I didn’t know. That’s the challenger sale at its best.” – Paul Hunt  “It’s kind of scary when you’re launching new technology in today’s fast environment without getting that homework done, but clients, they’re stretched, and they don’t have time. That’s the biggest challenge.” – Paul Hunt  “And I think everybody can really benefit from mindfulness practice. I think pricers who are dealing with a lot of cross-functional departments, finance, marketing, sales, operations, you’ve got a lot of responsibility, but sometimes not as much control as you’d like. The whole concept of responding rather than reacting is bang on. That’s exactly what a pricer needs to sort out, how do I do that?”  – Paul Hunt  “I think of it as an open mind that has great value in terms of your ability to respond, be effective, and be creative, and all those kinds of stuff.” – Paul Hunt     People / Resources Mentioned:  Spin Selling by Neil Rackham  World Class Pricing: The Journey by Paul Hunt  Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) by Jon Kabat-Zinn    Connect with Paul Hunt: E: phunt@pricingsolutions.com    Connect with Mark Stiving:    Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn

In this week's episode, Craig and David are joined by comedy writers Dan Mitchell and Paul Hunt who pitch ideas for movies based on two working titles for famous films. Who will they cast? who will direct? And how close is it to the original material? Find out in this week's fun and creative episode! Also stay tuned for our discussion on our favourite tentative titles as well as guessing films from their badly explained plots! Play along at home and tell us your favourite pitched film/ working titles on social media!    #workingtitles #changingseasons #rory'sfirstkiss #thedarkknight #LOTR 

Tasmanian soccer historian, recent honours graduate and shockingly proud Manchester United fan Paul Hunt joins Ian and Paul to give an insight into the game down in Tassie and what he has planned for his research into the game both in Tasmania and Australia going forward. Join Ian and Paul every Tuesday evening on FNR Football Nation Radio as they take you through the history of Australian football and provide a few chuckles along the way.

Join Ian Syson and Paul Mavroudis on another edition of If You Know Your History. Tonight, Tasmanian soccer historian, recent honours graduate and shockingly proud Manchester United fan Paul Hunt joins Ian and Paul to give an insight into the game down in Tassie and what he has planned for his research into the game both in Tasmania and Australia going forward. Join Ian and Paul every Tuesday evening on FNR Football Nation Radio as they take you through the history of Australian football and provide a few chuckles along the way.

IntroductionThank you Beth and thank you to our wonderful ACT Party volunteers and President. Did you know our online donations averaged a thousand dollars per day for the hundred days before the election was called? ACT has its best momentum and support in a decade.I want to thank Sang Cho and the team at Eden Bistro for opening up especially in Waitangi. Eden Bistro is a new business, and I think it’s going to be a big success. Here in the north of Mt Eden is one of the Epsom Electorate’s most exciting up-and-coming neighbourhoods.Many people here are from the Epsom Electorate. I’m proud to represent you as your local MP. This month marks six years since I started my campaign to represent Epsom in 2014. This year I will be campaigning anew for my neighbours to send me to Wellington for a third time.The state of Our Nation is strong. We are a democracy with a diversified free market economy. We have a rich civil society with voluntary organisations of every kind.We saw in the aftermath of our nation’s tragedy in Christchurch that we may be the warmest people on earth. We are lively, entrepreneurial people who moved further than anyone for a better tomorrow.We live on the greatest piece of physical real estate on earth.The State of our Nation is strong. Our strength has been built up by generations. The question we need to ask ourselves is: Are we adding to or subtracting from the legacy we inherited up until today?I want to talk about some issues we face as a country.Erosion of Rights and FreedomsFree SpeechThe number one political issue is the erosion of freedom under this Government. The foundational freedom of any free society if freedom of speech. It is a good place to start.The ACT Party says it’s a sacred right to think our thoughts and share our views. Freedom of speech allowed Galileo to say the Earth goes around the Sun. It allowed Kate Shephard to say Women have equal rights. Every chance of a better tomorrow depends on people thinking and speaking freely.The current Government thinks free speech is dangerous. It doesn’t want you involved in planning tomorrow. If you are allowed to just think whatever you want, you might think the wrong thing!That’s why they want so called hate speech laws. Someone, somewhere, will be employed by you to decide what you can say. If that sounds nuts, it is. But don’t blame me, I’m just describing their proposal honestly.Normally when the state comes after you, you’re allowed to defend yourself with facts. You can’t be convicted of theft if you didn’t actually take something. When charged with hate speech, no fact can come to your defence. The question is simply whether you said something unpopular, it is mob rule at its worst.It gets worse. Imagine a job that lets you punish the unpopular. Who would apply? Bad people, of course. The worst. We already have a guy called Paul Hunt in charge of the Human Rights Commission who thinks Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-Semitism is okay. That’s the sort of person we’re talking about giving the power to persecute.The ACT Party says hate speech laws are wrong. A government dependent on ACT will never pass laws that restrict your speech. We will expect National to join with us in repealing any hate speech laws introduced in the dying days of this Government.Firearm LawsFree speech allowed ACT to point out that the Government’s firearm laws wouldn’t work, couldn’t work, and haven’t worked. Make no mistake, we are now less safe from gun violence than we were on the 14 March. For three reasons.One. The buy-back failed. It didn’t just fail to get three quarters of the prohibited firearms; it got the least powerful firearms from the most honest people. Incidentally, they took the money and spent it on more firearms. Firearm retailers just had their best Christmas period since Jesus was a boy.Two. Good policing relies on trust. The police are the public and the public are the police. Trust in the law and Police is at an all-time low amongst licensed firearm owners because of the rushed legislation. Most people follow laws they disagree with because they trust the process. They believe in parliamentary democracy. It’s difficult to describe how much our Parliament’s rushed gun laws have damaged the dignity of our democracy.Three. They missed the real problem. How did an Australian weirdo on the wrong side of the Tasman get off a plane and buy an AR-15 with 3,000 rounds of ammo? A single male. Living alone. In another country. Who’d travelled to North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Where were the alarm bells going ding ding ding?Now you understand why the Government and National rushed through their crazy laws. They’d done nothing about the woeful state of New Zealand’s firearm laws for a generation. They knew the public would soon turn on them if they didn’t act immediately, so they practiced collective punishment for the worst crime in our nation’s history on a group of people who’d done nothing wrong.This election will decide whether we fix it, or things get worse. The Government can legislate a register before the election but they cannot implement one. ACT in Government would insist on reversing the second tranche of firearm laws, reintroducing the E-category, and getting the woeful Police out of firearm licensing and administration.That’s the only way to solve the real problems that the Royal Commission will unveil, after the Government’s legislation.The assault on firearm owners and free speech got attention because they made up the Government’s response to the Christchurch terror attacks.Zero Carbon ActThe Zero Carbon Bill give more power to Government Ministers than any legislation since Muldoon. What’s worse, it will do nothing about its stated goal of reducing climate emissions. The legislation is so filled with escape hatches that it will never actually reduce emissions. How do I know this? The British have had the same law for over a decade. Their emission reductions per dollar of GDP have been no better than ours.But it’s given a Minister the undemocratic ability to set plans for whole industries. A Government Minister setting carbon budgets will have the power to effectively decide whether steel, or aluminium is profitable or even if it survives.ACT put up amendments that would remove those Ministerial Powers, making them come to Parliament before setting any kind of industrial plan. We also put up amendments saying New Zealanders should be able to use foreign carbon credits if they’re cheaper.The Parliament, including National, voted against our proposed changes, so we didn’t support the bill.Oil and Gas ExplorationSpeech, firearms, and climate change are issues that get attention, but the erosion of freedom has happened in almost every policy area.New Zealand is already a hostile environment for energy and mineral investment. This is crazy. There are probably more New Zealanders working in Australian mines than New Zealand ones.The ban on oil and gas exploration is nuts. Announcing that the Government will allow no more exploration permits without Cabinet papers or consultation is a sure way to scare away the investment we need to raise worker productivity and wages.The Environmental Protection Agency was supposed to make scientifically robust decisions about who could mine. They’ve been disastrous, preventing environmentally sound projects that could bring investment jobs and growth.This is why we can’t have nice things.The next Government will have to start taking an objective approach to the benefits of the energy and mineral sectors.LandlordsSecond only to licenced firearm owners, landlords are the most persecuted group under this Government.The Government is so opposed to anyone who’s worked, saved and invested, that they have actually hurt tenants in their rush to attack landlords.Landlords perform an incredible service. If you don’t want to save, purchase, do maintenance, pay rates and insurance, and generally be responsible for a property, guess what? Landlords will do it for you. Often they charge rent that doesn’t even cover the mortgage interest rate on the property they’re renting out.You might think that landlords are the greatest benefactors in our society. As a renter myself I’m thrilled that someone is kind enough to do all the work and take all the risk for me. The weekly fee amounts to barely 2 per cent return on equity but hey, that’s their problem.Yet, somehow, landlords have become the whipping boys and girls of this Government. Letting fees are banned, tenants are given even more rights to occupy their property against their will, constant regulatory upgrades add to their cost.The result is predictable enough. If you make it harder to be a landlord, you get fewer landlords. If you raise their costs, they put up rents.Because the Government doesn’t understand the relationship between landlords and tenants, because they see the world through a hundred-year-old lens of class warfare, they’ve kneecapped the very people they’re trying to help.Employment LawEmployment is another relationship this Government fundamentally doesn’t understand. You can either take the risk of putting together capital, ideas, and customers for the privilege of giving other people jobs, or you can just work for someone else made enough to do it.Like landlords, this Government thinks employers are a cash cow, there to be milked for better pay and conditions. That’s why we see the highest minimum wage in the world going up a dollar at a time. That’s why we see the threat of national awards, where wages get negotiated for whole industries from Wellington.What this Government doesn’t understand is that people respond to incentives. If you make it less attractive to employ people, guess what? Less people get employed.We are starting to see the evidence. New Zealand’s terms of trade have never been better, and some industries are desperate for workers, but somehow welfare rolls continue to increase. Since this Government took office, the number of people on welfare has gone up by 25,000. There are over 300,000 working aged New Zealanders on a benefit.ACT stands for the simple idea that employers need workers as much as workers need employers, and bureaucracy is ultimately bad for both of them.The Rural SectorNot so long ago, the farmers were proud to be the backbone of the economy, today the whole of rural New Zealand is under constant assault by Government.Once again the problem is a misunderstanding of the people being governed. Just like firearm owners, landlords, and employers, rural folk are the Government’s ‘bad people.’Bad people, they think farmers are, who want to make money by damaging the environment. They don’t know how to think win-win. It doesn’t occur to them that people who make a living off the land might be the country’s most motivated environmentalists.So they pile on regulations that will drive up costs for little environmental benefit. The one-size-fits-all freshwater regulations will impose costs much larger than the environmental benefits. They will impose standards that urban councils do not meet, and you start to understand why rural New Zealand is angry with this Government.Every Party except ACT supported the Zero Carbon Bill. It may be unavoidable that one day there will be a charge for carbon produced by agriculture. But it remains debatable how a short-lived gas such as methane should be compared with an inert gas such as carbon dioxide. The problem is our Government isn’t debating it. At the very least, our Government should be making the case internationally that methane is not a permanent greenhouse gas and should not be compared with them.None of that is to mention the unending compliance burden placed on farmers, or the Government’s support of a Reserve Bank Governor who has just put up capital costs for no good reason whatsoever.So, the biggest political issue we face right now is a slow erosion of your basic rights and freedoms. We have shown that we are prepared to fight for them.Sleaze in WellingtonIt’s a point of pride that we are the least corrupt country in the world. It’s something we should jealously guard.We should be a country where the rules are the same no matter who you are, and the real process is the same as the advertised one. That’s a fundamental building block of a free and prosperous society.We need to take stock of the sleaze in Wellington. Right now:• Two political parties are under investigation for irregular donations• Two lobbyists have been employed as Ministerial staffers with full access to Cabinet papers while remaining directors of their lobbying firms• The Speaker is being sued over allegations he wrongly slandered a parliamentary staffer as being a criminal• The Deputy Prime Minister can’t competently fill out his Superannuation forms, and there’s the uncomfortable mystery of how this fact -as secret as your tax records- became public• The Provincial Growth Fund is practically an invitation to corruption. There is no real public purpose for taxing some businesses and giving money to others. Shane Jones openly says people must vote for him to get the money, and conveniently forgets he met close associates who applied for the money.In March last year, ACT broke the story about Shane Jones helping to get $4.6 million through the Provincial Growth Fund for an organisation he once chaired. Of course, Jacinda Ardern looked the other way. But what NZ First’s slush fund really means is that you don’t get rich by creating products people want to buy at prices they can afford. No. Instead, you either need connections in the Beehive, or they need to come to Wellington and beg for largesse. These are not the values of a free and prosperous society.This is not a picture of the world’s least corrupt country. The problems lie almost exclusively with the three Governing parties. One reason we need to change the Government is to restore the standards of the world’s least corrupt country in Wellington. And by the way, if it’s legal for two companies controlled by one person to donate more than the declaration limit on the same day, then our electoral laws need to change.Spin Over SubstanceUnder Jacinda Ardern we live in the age of gesture politics. One well-meaning policy after another is marketed brilliantly, but does not work.You just have to ask how the Prime Minister got to be the Prime Minister. Marketing. She has a degree in marketing. She became Prime Minister by selling the same policies that David Shearer, David Cunliffe, and Andrew Little couldn’t sell.The lesson she took is that good marketing can cover off bad policy. Jacinda Ardern has invented the politics of gesture.Banning Plastic bags will not reduce the amount of plastic going into the ocean. Plastic bag litter from New Zealand is not the source of ocean plastic – but it is a fantastic gesture.Doing a market study into petrol companies will not reduce the price of petrol -the petrol companies’ slice is tiny compared with the price of oil and government taxes – but bashing big business is a great gesture.Having the Government build houses will not solve the shortage of housing -the real problem is a shortage of land to build houses on – but it is a great gesture.Buying the least powerful firearms off the most law abiding New Zealanders will not stop the next terrorist, but it is a great gesture.Reporting income statistics, as required by the Child Poverty Reduction Bill, will not reduce child poverty. The real problem is child neglect, but passing a Child Poverty Reduction Bill is a great gesture.I’m sure there’s a phrase used to describe people who are content with simply signalling their virtues.Taken together, the Prime Minister is tackling the housing crisis, saving the oceans from plastic waste, making petrol more affordable, protecting us from terrorism, and fighting child poverty. That’s why she has fans.The only problem is that every initiative is an empty gesture. None of it will actually make New Zealanders’ live better.But we shouldn’t place the blame entirely on the Prime Minister. We’re unable to have a serious discussion about policy in New Zealand. The standard of political debate is woeful. There is no substance. We are focussed on personalities rather than policies. At Waitangi, Winston Peters won’t stand next to Simon Bridges, so he got James Shaw to stand between them. Jacinda Ardern and Marama Davidson giggled during Simon Bridges speech. This is the level of debate. We could instead be talking about how Jacinda Ardern ended charter schools and sent Maori students back to the state school system that had failed them. But it is easier not to address the difficult issues. If we didn’t cheekily adopt Donald Trump’s slogan for today’s event, we wouldn’t have the company of our friends from the media!The other political parties prioritise spin over substance. We at ACT have a core set of beliefs and we’re prepared to put them into action. We are principled and we’re effective.This year the whole country will vote on the End of Life Choice Act. If a majority make it into a law, it will be a great triumph for human compassion and human freedom. It will mean that a person suffering at the end of their life need not suffer to fit in with someone else’s reality. It will be your life, your choice. That’s what a single ACT MP can achieve. That achievement is why we need more ACT MPs in Parliament.Confronting our Long Term ChallengesBeing unable to have serious discussions about which policies are best for New Zealand means we’re less able to solve our long-term challenges.ProductivityIt seems like nearly every week another group of patients and their families petition Parliament for new pharmaceuticals. Of course people are upset that their loved ones are dying, but what has made it a political issue? If I was dying Parliament’s the last place I’d spend my time, believe me.It’s a political issue for one very simple reason. The Australians get the good drugs. Maybe they pay higher taxes and give up other stuff to get the drugs? Nope, they pay lower taxes. They just have more money.This issue is one of productivity. So is keeping the next generation in New Zealand. So is inequality, because when people get left behind in a more and more competitive world we’re really saying they are suffering low productivity.Unfortunately we’re in the lower left corner of the productivity charts. Left because we started low. Lower because we’ve made little progress in productivity growth this century.Some countries started high and cruised along. Others started low and grew quickly. We have the worst of all worlds. Low productivity growth from a low starting point.When you look at the priorities of this Government, and the previous one, low productivity growth is no surprise because productivity growth has not been a priority.Successive governments have ignored policies that harm our productivity and favoured policies that do nothing for it.Having a wellbeing budget. Does nothing for productivity.Government building homes in competition with the private sector?Paying people more to stay home? Doesn’t help productivity.Being the highest taxed country in the Asia pacific region? Doesn’t make people want to work, save and invest.Having the fourth highest company tax rate in the developed world? Doesn’t help productivity.Cancelling basic infrastructure projects for two years then admitting they’re a good idea after all because there’s an election? Doesn’t help productivity.Building regulations where getting permission to build something often takes longer than actually building it? Does not help productivity.Cancelling charter schools that were working because other schools didn’t like losing their students? Doesn’t help productivity.Giving taxpayer money to kids from high decile schools wo were going to high school anyway? Doesn’t help productivity.Banning oil and gas exploration with no consultation or even a Cabinet paper? Scares the living daylights out of investors and doesn’t help productivity.This is insane. We have a Government that does everything but help raise productivity, and lots of things that will actively harm it.ACT in government will make productivity growth a priority. We need to stop taxing and regulating for the sake of it. We need to create the environment for investment, jobs and growth. If we fail, the consequences will be more and more serious over time.We will struggle to keep the promise of New Zealand Superannuation. Younger taxpayers will seek greener pastures. Those without skills will be left stranded, competing with those who lack skills in poor countries around the world. It is a recipe for division and conflict in our society.HousingNot far behind weak productivity is housing. Quite simply it is the biggest public policy failure of the last thirty years.I try not to fill my speeches with numbers but here are three. Since the early nineties, inflation has gone up 60 per cent. The cost of building per square metre has gone up 240 per cent. The price of the median Auckland section has gone up 900 per cent.Let me put that in context, that’s almost as much as shares in Apple. Apple in that time revolutionised the music industry, the personal computer, and the cell phone. Auckland sections were just made scarce by red tape and regulation.Anyone who doesn’t think there’s a problem needs to ponder those numbers. They need to ponder how a country that’s practically uninhabited can run out of sections because of bureaucracy.The consequences are many and dire. Overall home ownership rates are falling, but taking the overall rate masks the much greater declines that are occurring amongst younger, poorer, browner New Zealanders. If we wanted to set up a divided society of haves and have nots, our RMA, Local Government Act, and Building Act are the right way to go about it.It’s also a problem for productivity. It’s hard to attract global talent to your firm if they can’t afford to live here. Every New Zealand firm is paying a hidden tax. That’s the extra wage bill going to its employees’ mortgages.Unless we change our land use planning, our infrastructure funding, and our building consents, we will become a poorer and more divided society.ACT has the answers. People in the building industry quietly tell me they’re the only answers that will get more houses built.First we need to replace the Resource Management Act in urban areas. The Productivity Commission has already produced an excellent report ‘Better Urban Planning’ that lays out how planning could be done in urban areas if we wanted to actually build homes.Second we need to give councils a cut of the central Government’s taxes on new builds. If councils have to give consent and build the infrastructure for new developments, then they need money and they need incentives. ACT’s policy of giving the consenting council half the GST on new builds in their territory would not only give them money, it would dramatically change their incentives.Third, we need to get councils out of the building consent business. They should have been sacked from this role after leaky buildings. Instead, ACT would implement a regime of mandatory private sector insurance on new builds.Our goal should be that anyone who does the right things, works hard and saves their money, can own their own stake in New Zealand. It’s in all our interests to live in such a country.EducationThe final big issue facing this country is education.We spend $15 billion dollars on education, and we have some of the best schools in the world. But overall our education outcomes are highly unequal and slowly declining.The PISA study, which compares the reading, maths and science abilities of 15-year-olds across the world, shows our test scores are falling. A 2014 government report found 40 per cent of Year 12 students failed to meet literacy and numeracy standards even though they had NCEA Level 2.Large numbers of our children are leaving school unprepared for work and life. This is a disaster for our society and our economy. When it comes to the students who leave school without basic skills, our education system is – to borrow a phrase – a moral and fiscal failure.ACT wants to break up the government’s monopoly on education by giving educators freedom, and by giving parents choice.A one-size-fits-all education system doesn’t work and cannot work. The needs of students are diverse and our schools must also be diverse. All children - not just the well-off - should have a choice in education.Partnership Schools were an example of this philosophy in action. Schools had the freedom to innovate and families could vote with their feet by taking their children to a school that better met their needs.Any future government that ACT is part of will bring back Partnership Schools in even greater numbers.But freedom in the classroom is just the start. We also need to put power in the hands of parents.The issue of who should control education funding comes down to this: Do we trust the bureaucrats or the parents?Taxpayers will spend $250,000 on education over the life of every baby born this year, but parents have little control over how it is spent. We could get much better value for that money for all children - but especially disadvantaged children - if it was used to empower families to choose their school, public or private.ACT says that taxpayer education funding should be placed into student education accounts to be controlled by parents. Those who want to continue at their current school will be able to do so, however those who don't will have greater choice.ACTThe good news is ACT is in place to push back the incursions on our freedoms, push out the sleaze, and replace the politics of gesture with the politics of real policy that actually solves real problems.Every poll in the last three months has shown that, if an election were held tomorrow, Beth would be an MP. She’d make a great MP. She is an award-winning businesswoman. A former sheep and beef farmer. A mother of two. A three times elected member of the Rodney Local Board and elected Chair of that Board. Beth would be a better MP than 90 per cent of them on her first day.But there are other polls that haven’t been widely reported. When I tell you what they say you’ll understand why. Multiple sources have told me that Labour’s poll at the end of last year, Labour’s poll had ACT on 3.5 per cent. That’s five ACT MPs.Why is this happening? Because ACT is the only party working hard for a better New Zealand. If that sounds simple, it is.ACT is constructive. We worked with every party to pass the End of Life Choice Act.ACT is also principled. When it matters, we stand alone against every other party.The common theme is that ACT alone works issue by issue for a better New Zealand. Every other party is operating on the politics of gesture.The ACT Party stands to hold the balance of power after this election. How would we use that position?Again, very simple. We stand for people who want to make a difference in their own lives and the lives of those they care about. We stand against politicians with grand Government schemes to buy us a better tomorrow, with our own money.Let me put it his way. The ACT Party stands for those who do. We believe that the world is made a better place by human action. We oppose the marketing led gesture politics that makes us feel good but leaves us all the poorer.We are campaigning to roll back government incursions on our freedom and deliver practical policies that solve real long-term problems with productivity growth, homebuilding, and educational inequality.I hope you will join us in this fight for a Free New Zealand.Free SpeechACT New ZealandPolitics in Full Sentences - Podcasts NZSchool of Practical Politics

Globally, there appears to be a rise in hatred threatening to destroy societal harmony and the foundations of peace. Against this backdrop, this panel discussion, held last year to commemorate International Tolerance Day, features leading practitioners who are working on identifying ways to promote societal cohesion and democracy using human rights as a beacon. Panellists speak to a broad range of issues related to tolerance and intolerance, especially on the intersections between freedom of expression, freedom of religion or belief and the rights of minorities, and consider conceptual challenges in addressing ‘hate speech’ and concrete examples of good practice. Professor Sir Malcolm Evans outlines the relationship between freedom of expression and freedom of religion or belief, focusing on the challenges imposed by the spread of ‘hate speech’, and highlights the core elements of a human rights-based approach. Malcolm is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Bristol. He is a member and Chair of the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture and is also currently a member of the Commission on Religious Education established by the Religious Education Council.

 Simona Cruciani highlights the role of the United Nations in addressing hate speech and preventing incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence, focusing on the recent launch of the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech. Simona is Political Affairs Officer at the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG) where she runs the Global Program with Religious Leaders on Preventing Incitement to Violence that could lead to Atrocity Crimes. Promoting tolerance is an aim many teachers cite for Holocaust education, but the subject is challenging for both teachers and students. Dr Ruth-Anne Lenga will discuss these challenges and how those at UCL's Centre for Holocaust Education are working to respond to them. Ruth-Anne is Programme Director at the Centre for Holocaust Education at the University College of London and provides strategic leadership and management to the Centre. She is a UK delegate to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and advises many organisations including the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.

 Andrew Copson of Humanists UK speaks on the right to freedom of religion or belief and the non-religious, surveying the global situation for nonreligious people’s enjoyment of this right and discussing why the rhetoric of ‘religious freedom’ needs to be replaced with renewed focus on the human right to freedom of religion or belief. Andrew has been Chief Executive of Humanists UK since 2010 and President of Humanists International since 2015. His most recent book, Secularism: A Very Short Introduction, was published in July 2019 by Oxford University Press. 

Professor Paul Hunt responds to the mosque massacres of 15th March 2019 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attacks have forced New Zealanders to confront Islamophobia, racism and antisemitism. Paul considers the role of national human rights institutions in responding to such events and, more broadly, in promoting social cohesion. Paul has lived and undertaken human rights work, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Aotearoa; he became the New Zealand Chief Human Rights Commissioner in January 2019. In 2000, he was appointed professor at Essex University School of Law and Human Rights Centre. Paul also served as an independent expert on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1999-2002) and as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (2002-2008). This discussion was moderated by Dr Ahmed Shaheed, who is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and co-Deputy Director of the Human Rights Centre. He is also currently the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

Paul doesn't look old enough but he's been working in Financial Services since 1987. He's hands-down the most connected man in the industry. We chat all the things marketing, PR and hear about Paul's story, the changes over the years and what he thinks the future holds.

Craft Brew News 10/25/2019(Courtesy of Brewbound – www.Brewbound.com)Smithsonian to Open Beer Industry ExhibitA new exhibit that the Smithsonian National Museum of American History will highlight beer and its history in the U.S. “Brewing a Revolution” will join the museum’s permanent “FOOD: Transforming the American Table” exhibit on Friday, October 25.According to a press release, “Visitors will see artifacts, archival materials and photographs that originated in the homebrewing and microbrewing movements of California and Colorado in the 1960s through 1980s — the beginning of the craft beer ‘revolution,’ Key artifacts on display include the coveralls of former Anchor Brewing owner Fritz Maytag’, a homebrewing spoon that belonged to Brewers Association founder Charlie Papazian, and a travel notebook that belonged to New Belgium Brewing co-founders Kim Jordan and Jeff Lebesch.The opening of the display will be showcased in November during an event for Smithsonian Food History Weekend. “The Last Call: Brewing History After-Hours” takes place on Friday, November 8 and features Maytag, Papazian, Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman, and University of California, Davis professor emeritus Michael Lewis. Braxton Brewing’s Vive to be Official Hard Seltzer of the Indiana PacersBraxton Brewing Company’s Vive Hard Seltzer is now the official hard seltzer of the NBA’s Indiana Pacers, a move that brings the brand into Indiana and continues its string of sponsorships of professional sports teams.The product will be available in 16 oz. cans at the Pacers’ arena, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, in Indianapolis. Cans will be available at off-premise retailers in Indiana in early November.In addition to the Pacers, Braxton has struck partnership deals for Vive with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals, the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets and MLS’ FC Cincinnati.“With a fast upward trajectory, Vive continues to establish itself as a leader within the hard seltzer category,” a press release said.Ex-BrewDog CEO Launches CBD Beverage LineFormer BrewDog USA CEO Tanisha Robinson will launch a line of sparkling, CBD-infused drinks, according to a report from Columbus Alive.BrewDog founders James Watt and Martin Dickie will invest in Robinson’s new company, W*nder.Robinson was tapped to lead the Scotland-headquartered craft brewery’s U.S. operations in 2017.W*nder plans to donate 4% of profits to investments in entrepreneurs in communities that cannabis prohibition has harmed, according to the outlet. It will launch with four flavors with pop culture-inspired names: Breakfast Club, which has blood orange, mint and ginger; Born to Run, which has lemon and rosemary; Fast Times, which has cucumber, mint and lime; and Night Moves, which has blueberry and basil.Allagash Brewing Company Pledges to Help Keep Portland’s Drinking Water CleanAllagash Brewing Company has announced a pledge to donate ten cents for every barrel of beer brewed to Sebago Clean Waters (SCW), a collaborative effort of nine conservation organizations working to protect water quality, community well-being, a vibrant economy, and fish and wildlife in the Sebago region through voluntary forestland conservation. At an amount of approximately $10,000 per year, these funds will go directly toward helping SCW preserve the quality of the drinking water in Sebago Lake.Portland draws its water from Sebago Lake, located just northwest of the city. One out of six Mainers (more than 200,000 people) and Maine’s fastest growing businesses depend on Sebago Lake for their drinking water. The lake supplies 22 million gallons of clean drinking water per day.That clean water is largely due to the forests that surround the lake—84% of the 234,000-acre Sebago watershed is covered by forests. The goal of the SCW and Allagash partnership is to conserve more forests surrounding the lakes, streams, and rivers that feed Sebago Lake. Currently, only 10% of Sebago watershed forests is permanently conserved.Paul Hunt, the Portland Water District’s Environmental Services Manager said “Sebago Lake is so pure that it is one of only 50 public surface water supplies in the entire country that require no filtration before treatment. “The forests are the natural filtration plant for Sebago Lake. 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Despite evidence that pricing is the most critical predictor of profitability, the science of pricing is still relatively underdeveloped for most portfolio companies, and few have optimized their pricing to maximize profits. Pricing is therefore often one of the first levers Private Equity firms should be looking to look to optimize – gaining control over pricing strategy, processes and establishing the foundation for value-based pricing. Paul Hunt, Global President of Pricing Solutions, talks through the underlying technology required to optimize pricing. Pricing Solutions has worked with industry leaders implementing cross-pollination of best pricing research, management and intelligence practices across industries. In this episode you’ll learn: * The unique value of a pricing specialist versus other data analytics skills * The different levels of pricing expertise and technology and infrastructure requirements * Who should be accountable for pricing in a portfolio company * Benefits of pricing automation Links and resources mentioned in this episode: * Pricing Solutions - https://www.pricingsolutions.com/ * Paul Hunt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pspaulhunt Thank you so much for joining us this week. This show was co-hosted with Lisa Weaver-Lambert.

An Auckland Grammar student is taking his school to court after he was punished for not cutting his hair.James Hunt, who is in Year 9, was stood down for a day last week after refusing to cut his hair. The school's rules state that students' hair must not touch the collar.James last cut his hair in January to allow him to begin school. The 13-year-old wore his hair long in memory of his grandfather Paul Hunt, who died a day before he was born and was once expelled from school for his long hair.James has employed lawyer Jol Bates to challenge Auckland Grammar's rule. Bates successfully defended St John's College student Lucan Battison in 2014 after the then-16 year-old was suspended for long hair.TVNZ Sunday Journalist Pippa Wetzell joins The Panel on The Weekend Collective to discuss this, along with the big issues making news headlines this week.

The Human Rights Commission is closely watching developments in Christchurch.Chief HRC Commissioner Paul Hunt told Jack Tame that the HRC is horrified by the events yesterday.He says New Zealand welcomes all backgrounds and all ethnicities. "Diversity enriches us all, and Islamophobia, antisemitism, xenophobia, racism, intolerance in all its terrible forms do not belong in modern Aotearoa New Zealand." Hunt says how we respond to yesterday's events will define us."Human rights have to guide our response," which he says ultimately make up the values to "live a safe, peaceful, dignified life".He says that we have to show solidarity with the Muslim community. However, as we move on, Hunt says we have to reflect on the dark underbelly in New Zealand. "We need to underscore our values. We need to fight intolerance in all its forms. We need to think about how better to educate communities and in schools of our multicultural beliefs." Hunt wants us to affirm them throughout our society. Hunt says that this incident is akin to the July 22 2011 massacre in Norway in terms of scale and how it affected a small country, and we can follow their example to come back. "I am sure New Zealand will bounce back." 

This week, Con Murphy and Conan Byrne chat to Paul Hunt and Trish Fennelly-Hunt, two goalkeepers playing for national league clubs who also happen to be married. And Bohemians defender Darragh Leahy talks about derby wins and dreams of Cup glory.

After a 2 week break, Burke & Brier are joined by no less than 5 guests including Dundalk's Brian Gartland, LTFC 'keeper Jack Brady and Cobh number one Paul Hunt.

Guest speaker Paul Hunt preaches out of the book of Proverbs, sharing his thoughts and Proverb's wisdom on the importance of marriage and the key to a thriving marriage

Custom emoji fonts, :hedgehog:, Clippy, the difference between gender neutral and gender inclusive, and what is a merperson? With Jeremy Burge and special guest Paul Hunt, a font designer from Adobe.

Our guest today is Paul Hunt, a guy who grew up in the same projects as me - Aliso Village in Boyle Heights. He was one of the few kids who dreamed of the world outside the projects and worked as hard as he could to get there. He recently wrote a book, "Project Theory" that describes our lives in these projects where there were about 10 gangs in a 2 square mile area, problems at home and at school, etc. Despite being a smart, athletically talented kid, his struggles are an example of what it's like to fight an uphill battle every day and still question if it's worth it. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Paul Hunt: Buy his book "Project Theory" from one of these places: https://www.criminalwrites.com/store/p8/ProjectTheory%22AStoryOf_Survival%22.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0996273611?keywords=paul%20hunt%20project%20theory&qid=1458289045&ref=sr11twipap2&sr=8-1 Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr TUMBLR: RodrigoTorresJr.Tumblr.com Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) www.VoodooGlowskulls.com Ernesto Yerena (he designed our podcast logo) INSTAGRAM: @ernestoyerena Lesa Esparza (Producer, editor, "What's Up Fool?" podcast) TWITTER: @WhatsUpFoolPod

Paul Hunt was the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health from 2002 to 2008. Katie Marriner asks him about his work in the role, including his investigation into whether pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has a responsibility under the right to the highest attainable standard of health.

Paul Hunt, Environmental Manager for the Portland Water District, Thom Kyker-Snowman, Environmental Analyst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Fred Gliesing, Senior Forester for the City of New York, discuss the management and protection of urban water supply systems.

It's getting colder in Edinburgh, but BioPOD is just heating up. This month, Tom Little answers about cancer, Paul Hunt has a persistence for malarial resistance, Rolf Kümmerli proclaims on social games, and Sarah Hollingshead flavours the podcast with the taste of genetically engineered yogurt.