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5 Mar, 2021 03:14 AM
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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield prepare to give a Covid-19 update. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield prepare to give a Covid-19 update. Photo / Mark Mitchell
John Pulu is one of the best-known television and radio personalities in New Zealand s Pacific community.
He not only fronts TVNZ s Tagata Pasifika Saturday morning show, but also hosts a four-hour Tongan-language current affairs and talkback programme on Pacific Media Network s 531pi radio station every Wednesday afternoon.
More evidence that UBIs work
The report is back on another Universal Basic Income trial, this time in the USA. And as with the others, it shows that this policy works:
After getting $500 per month for two years without rules on how to spend it, 125 people in California paid off debt, got full-time jobs and reported lower rates of anxiety and depression, according to a study released Wednesday.[…]
When the program started in February 2019, 28% of the people slated to get the free money had full-time jobs. One year later, 40% of those people had full-time jobs. A control group of people who did not get the money saw a 5 percentage point increase in full-time employment over that same time period.
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“As journalists, it is our responsibility to draw sustained attention to these issues.”
He described Professor Robie, former coordinator of USP Journalism Programme and the founding director of the Pacific Media Centre based at New Zealand’s Auckland University of Technology, as a “champion” of media freedom and media development in the Pacific.
Professor David Robie with his wife, Del Abcede, and Tagata Pasifika broadcaster John Pulu at the Pacific Media Centre’s symposium last month when David and Del were farewelled after 18 years with the university. Image: PMC/John Pulu
“Professor Robie introduced these awards 20 years ago and it is only fitting that on the 20th anniversary of the awards he is honoured for his contribution to media in the region,” he said.