The Frontline with Dr Gary Payinda

Dr Tim Welch, urban planning researcher, talks to The Frontline about how faster speed limits can actually lead to slower driving times. And he introduces us to the concept of "network delay", which may be stripping our economy by up to 2% of its productivity.

HIV/AIDS, Covid, Syphilis, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. What, if anything, have we learned about the social determinants of health that will help us battle the next epidemic more successfully? Dave 'Bear' Hookway-Kopa talks to The Frontline about a lifetime looking after the people of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Malcolm Mulholland is the chair of Patient Voice Aotearoa, a patient advocacy group that The Frontline is happy to help support. They fought for better medicines access for New Zealanders, and now are fighting for public healthcare in NZ. Malcolm has traveled the length and breadth of Aotearoa holding community meetings and talking with patients and healthcare workers. He has stories to share about what's really happening to our healthcare system, and what we need to do to fix it.
Sign the Buller Declaration, and donate to Patient Voice Aotearoa here: www.patientvoice.nz

Today the Frontline talks with Dan Short, paramedic, rescue swimmer and lifelong surf lifesaver...back by popular demand. We discuss some daring rescues, some good and bad outcomes, and what it means for society when 'regular New Zealanders' step up to help others. Is this a model for how we build a New Zealand that looks after its own people?

Around 20% of New Zealanders have tattoos. Around 350 people a year in New Zealand die from melanoma.
Is there an association between melanoma and tattoo inks?
Given the huge cultural importance of tattoos/moko in Aotearoa, and the widespread uptake of tattoos by so many,  especially in younger age groups, are regulators doing everything they can to make sure what goes in our skin is as safe as it can be?
Swedish toxicologist Dr Emelie Rietz Liljedahl discusses the sometimes poor international regulation of tattoo ink ingredients and discusses her research on whether there is an association between tattoo inks and skin cancer.
Link to the study: ⁠https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-025-01326-6⁠