Wondering Women

Mai Tamimi is from Palestine and is now a New Zealand citizen. She has worked supporting women in both countries and is passionate about encouraging refugee women to find and use their voices help themselves and their families as they adapt to their new culture and surroundings. In this episode we hear a bit about Mai's journey to New Zealand and the process she uses to help women advocate for themselves. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Here we talk with Carmel Tapelu around her travels from Samoa to Wellington and eventually landing in Dunedin. We touch a little on her faith and her beliefs around that as well as what she would like to do for her future. Even though our futures are always changing we hope to see her embracing hers. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Mahina grew up on Te Hauturu-o-Toi Little Barrier Island which is a Department of Conservation Nature Reserve protected in partnership with Ngāti Manuhiri and Ngāti Rehua. We talked about her life there and environmental and social issues she's passionate about. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Today we interviewed our youngest guest to date, Nora Paicu. Nora is an inspiring young woman who is very active in working for justice. She is passionate about women's rights, the environment and in making the world a better place. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Life is amazing, live it! - Kiaora, today we had the beautiful Ro R-G on our show. We talk about her travels to Germany, to America to see family, seeing first hand how breast cancer affects our women and her understanding the struggles and strength that women go through as such a young age. We discuss about much more such as covid vaccination, the science behind it. We talk about plants and life. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

We talked with Hannah Higgison about her studies in Sociology and Te Reo Māori at Victoria University including her learning about the links between colonisation and capitalism, the history we're taught in school, and the importance of learning outside of university and from wider sources and experiences. We also went into the importance of good teachers and the power and influence that teachers have in our lives. We finished off disucssing Hannah's passion for te reo Māori and the importance of teaching both the language, the culture and history. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Social Work, Volunteering, and Saviourism with Alisha Jefferis - Alisha is a student of social work at the University of Otago. We discussed her degree, experience with voluntourism in the past, and how attitudes of 'saviousim' impact the way we do things. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

The privilege of nursing with Amy Simons - In this episode we hear from Amy Simons, a nursing lecturer at Otago Polytechnic, about nursing in different cultures and being part of the Covid vaccine roll out. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Just an everyday conversation with Mia O'Keefe - We talk about life with Mia. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

In this episode we chat with Olivia Dawson, ecumenical chaplain at the University of Otago. She shares with us what it is like to be in a caring position in our current world climate and some wisdom on how to allow ourselves recovery time in chronic stressful situations. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Discussions with Tessa Brown - On this episode we have a discussion about moving from New York to various places before settling in New Zealand, CCS (Crippled Children Support) Disability Action, sports in the US compared to here in NZ along with simple life advice. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Today our conversation with Zarghona explores the challenges and blessings of multi-cultural living. Zarghona shares with us some of her journey as a refugee to New Zealand from Afghanistan twenty years ago and describes the gift of living in New Zealand and the refreshing openness of New Zealanders. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Fashion and Faith with Tabitha - Tabitha is a fashion student at the Otago Polytechnic. We discussed her love of fashion, how her faith plays a part in that, and her Tourette's. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Alofa Lale - In this episode Amy sits down with Alofa Lale, Mission Coordinator at Mercy Hospital. Alofa talks to us about being a Pasifika women in the deep south, and how a lot can happen over a casual cup of coffee. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz