Airing time: Thursdays 10am and replayed 6:30pm
With a sense of humour and no-nonsense approach, Angela Solomons manages to de-mystify the legal issues around buying into a retirement village, noisy neighbours, immigration, divorce, buying a house, surviving a zombie apocolypse, and just about any other situation you can think of.
As Education Co-ordinator with Taranaki Community Law, Angela is passionate about justice, and about real people.
She’s also very entertaining!
New show every second week.
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What Laws Apply to Santa?
Does Santa have to obey the law? And, which laws, if any, affect how he operates? It's all a bit more complicated than you might think.
Duration: 00:24:15 | Date: 19 December, 2024
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Duration: 28:09 | Date: 28 November, 2024
Whanaketia, Abuse in State Care - Recommendations
Recommendations by the Royal Commission for the present and future care systems. "The findings call for a complete overhaul of Aotearoa New Zealand's state and faith-based care systems
Duration: 27:26 | Date: 7 November, 2024
Whanaketia, Abuse in State Care - Factors That Led to Abuse
Angela unpacks some of the factors that led to abuse, including undervaluing the workforce, a lack of accountability, and dehumanisation. We also look at the recommendations made for redressing past wrongs.
Duration: 28:11 | Date: 24 October, 2024
Whanaketia, Abuse in State Care - Statistics
Reports from Martin Jenkins and DoT cover data that attempt to get some idea of the prevelance of abuse in State & Faith based care settings.
Listener discretion is advised as types of abuse are mentioned.
Duration: 29:06 | Date: 3 October, 2024
Whanaketia, Abuse In State Care -Types Of Abuse
Content Warning - This episode talks about various types of abuse suffered by some people in state care in some detail - listener discretion is advised
Duration: 27:50 | Date: 19 September, 2004
Whanaketia, Abuse in State Care - Who are the Survivors
What are the demographics of survivors of state and faith best abuse in this case? Where did the abuse and neglect take place?
Duration: 00:29:11 | Date: 29 August, 2024
Whanaketia - Inquiry Into Abuse in State Care
Find out about the historical context of why the inquiry came about and the number of people involved.
Duration: 00:29:04 | Date: 15 August, 2024
Harmful Digital Communications Act
The show is about the Harmful Digital Communications Act – what it is, when it applies and what you can do if you think you have suffered serious emotional distress.
Duration: 00:25:45 | Date: 1 August, 2024