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RNZ recognised at Radio and Podcast Awards
RNZ recognised at Radio and Podcast Awards

RNZ News

time20 hours ago

  • Business
  • RNZ News

RNZ recognised at Radio and Podcast Awards

Alexa Cook (left) won best journalist, while Kate Green was awarded best new journalist. Photo: RNZ RNZ has won plaudits for its news and podcasts at the annual Radio and Podcast Awards. RNZ's Alexa Cook won best journalist, and reporter Kate Green was awarded best new journalist. RNZ's journalism was also recognised for best team coverage on the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui . RNZ was also a finalist in the category for its coverage of the Tangi of Kiingi Tuheitia. RNZ won five podcast categories, including best podcast producer or producing team. The Detail , a Newsroom production for RNZ, again picked up best news and current affairs podcast. Nellie's Baby , a hit podcast by RNZ investigative journalist Kirsty Johnston, won best society and culture podcast. In the radio categories, Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking was awarded best talk presenter, ahead of stablemate Heather du Plessis, RNZ's Lisa Owen for Checkpoint and Morning Report' s Corin Dann and Ingrid Hipkiss. Sunday Morning host Jim Mora was recognised for services to broadcasting. Newstalk ZB won network station of the year and More FM Northland won local station of the year. The Sir Paul Holmes Broadcaster of the Year was Newstalk ZB's Heather du Plessis-Allan. The full list of winners is here . Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.

New immigration rules accused of splitting up families
New immigration rules accused of splitting up families

The Independent

time08-05-2025

  • Politics
  • The Independent

New immigration rules accused of splitting up families

Britons on low incomes are being forced to live apart from their families because of new immigration rules that rate their marriages as "second class", campaigners say. New Home Office regulations that have been in force since July mean millions of people earning less than £18,600 are unable to get visas for partners from non-EU countries. Since the changes, thousands of British citizens who previously would have been granted a spousal visa are forced to choose between ending their relationship, splitting up their family or attempting to live abroad. The income threshold is above average earnings in parts of the country, including the north-east. Immigrants' rights groups claims the new rules have created a two-tier system that rates the marriages of wealthy people higher than those of the less well-off. Don Flynn, director of the Migrants' Rights Network said: "Being able to start a family in your own country should not be subject to the amount of money somebody earns." "These measures create a two-tier system: those who are rich enough to live with whom they choose and those deemed to be too poor to live with somebody from abroad." Next week a group of cross-party MPs and peers will launch an inquiry, chaired by shadow Equality Minister Kate Green into the impact of the new family migration rules. Speaking to The Independent ahead of the launch, Ms Green said: "Women, young people, people with disabilities will find its harder to meet this threshold and find it harder to bring in family members. We want to look at what the impact is on families and on community integration." A UK Border Agency spokesperson said: "To play a full part in British life, family migrants must be able to integrate – that means they must speak our language and pay their way. This is fair to applicants, but also fair to the public. "British citizens can enter into a relationship with whomever they choose but if they want to establish their family life here, they must do so in a way which works in the best interests of our society." Case Studies: 'A price on love' 'We just want to be ministers together' Ashley, 30, and Teya, 22 I met my wife, who is from Georgia, while training to become a minister in the Salvation Army. We got married in June, weeks before the visa changes. Teya is here on a religious worker's visa, helping me run a community church in Addlestone. When that expires she'll have to leave the country unless we meet the new requirements. I get about £7,000, along with accommodation, as part of my commitment to the church, but the new guidelines don't take that into account. It may not seem like much, but it's enough to live on. We just want to be ministers together serving our community. Every person should have the right to live with the person they love. "A lot of people don't need £18,600 to live" Keith Thomas, 68, and Barbara Riley, 65 I met my fiancée on a pen-pal site 18 months ago. I wasn't looking for romance, but she came from America we realised we were in love and wanted to spend our lives together. The problem with the £18,600 threshold is that a lot of people don't need that much to live. We have about £1,200 a month between us and it's enough. I dread to think about if the law doesn't change. "This approach puts a price on love" Les Hudson, 43 and Becky Hudson, 33 I met Becky in 2008, while she was studying. We got married this year. Under the old rules we would have been successful. But I think we'll have to move to America when Becky's visa runs out in November. I have a daughter – if I'm forced to leave the UK the chances of keeping that relationship is slim. I feel I would have to either abandon my daughter, or abandon my wife. This approach puts a price on love.

Traveller charity urges police watchdog review
Traveller charity urges police watchdog review

Yahoo

time24-04-2025

  • Yahoo

Traveller charity urges police watchdog review

A police watchdog has been urged to investigate an incident in which officers were accused of being "heavy-handed" after large groups of Romani Gypsy and Irish Traveller youths were stopped from attending a city's Christmas market The groups were met by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) at Manchester Victoria on 23 November last year and allegedly "forced" back on to the trains they arrived on. The Traveller Movement said the force's response to its complaint about the incident was "deeply flawed" and it had now asked the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) to review the case. Both GMP and the IOPC have been contacted for comment. GMP previously said a dispersal order was put in place on the day in response to "intelligence" about anti-social behaviour on trains and in the city. The Traveller Movement alleged children were racially profiled by officers and excessive force was used. GMP met representatives from Romani Gypsy and Irish Traveller communities in the aftermath of the incident and expressed "regret at the distress and upset these events had caused". Greater Manchester deputy mayor Kate Green previously found the dispersal order raised concerns about discrimination and could have been avoided. Ryan Bradshaw, from law firm Leigh Day which represents the Traveller Movement, said: "Our clients are hopeful that an IOPC review will expose what they believe is the clear institutional racism that led to this appalling incident." It is alleged by the charity that children were forced onto trains heading to unknown destinations, separated from their families and subjected to physical abuse and disparaging remarks about their ethnicity. Pauline Melvin-Anderson OBE from the Traveller Movement said the police response to the charity's complaint was "deeply flawed and lacks transparency". She said it was a "blatant attempt to justify the unjustifiable". "Our children were humiliated, physically harmed, and placed in vulnerable situations because of discriminatory assumptions about their communities," she said. "We will not rest until a full inquiry takes place." The Traveller Movement has called for the IOPC to step in and investigate and for GMP to apologise and disclose the "intelligence" it relied upon to justify its actions. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. Dispersal order 'could have been avoided' - deputy mayor Traveller charity angry at police dispersal order Police accused of 'heavy-handed' dispersal response The Traveller Movement

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