Unpack Podcast with Thabi & Kii Thabi Sibanda & Kiidotcom

CW: Domestic violence, pedophilia, child abuse.

This episode, we breakdown the removal of Michael Jackson's music on NZME radio stations in the last few years. New Zealand's media outlets faced public scrutiny, specifically one; Tauranga café. We hope you enjoy x

Part Two of the Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori starts with a Patreon shoutout. We continue to dissect the discourse around the language, the culture and the most liked articles surrounding the subject.

This week, we focus on Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, and just a few of the articles surrounding conversations for/against the normalisation of the language. We look at the 'compulsory in schools' narrative, as well as commercialism and tension with Te Reo. Please note, this is a separate episode from our frequently requested episode on 'Cultural Appropriation'.

From the archive, we pull out a topic that emerged when Facebook and Twitter were still in their baby stages. The aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake cannot be unpacked in one episode. This week, we focus on the most talked about point on social media a year later. Marmite, Sanitarium and all things shifty are unpacked in this episode.

This week, we release the second part of The Dole episode where we focus more on the Metiria Turei situation, tone deaf replies to beneficiaries and some privileged af comments. If you haven't listened to last week's episode, go check that out first b.

This week’s episode has been one of the hardest topics we've written on. In 2014, an armed man fatally shot two case managers at a WINZ office in Ashburton & in 2017, Metiria Turei was lambasted for benefit fraud. We discuss this, tax, welfare and also fraudulent matters on this episode.