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The Vibe Lifter PodcastMeet Harita Gandhi-Kashyap - Vibe Lifter Award WinnerToday, we’re honored to chat with the inspiring Harita Gandhi-Kashyap—our Vibe Lifter Award winner, passionate volunteer, and host of the thought-provoking Coconut Chats podcast. 🌟💬Harita is a force of nature, juggling a full-time accounting job with countless volunteer roles, including coordinating the Chip Packet Project NZ, which turns used chip packets into blankets for the homeless. 🛏️❤️Join us as we dive into her journey of giving back, the causes that energize her, and her incredible work uplifting communities across New Zealand. 🌍✨Don’t miss this chance to hear from a woman who’s making waves and bre...
2024-10-1340 min
Conversations With WāhineDeva Mahal - MusicianHarita Gandhi-Kashyap, Haley Rachel Rolls, and Viola talk with singer, Deva Mahal!Deva Mahal was born with music in her blood. Beginning from her upbringing in Kaua’i, Hawaii to discovering her voice in New Zealand. Deva’s star continued to rise in New York City where in 2018, she released her aptly named debut album, RUN DEEP, followed by a series of singles and independent releases in 2019. She has distinguished herself as song writer by being a finalist for the 2021 Apra Silver Scroll and the 2019 A2IM Indie Awards; as well as providing her original compos...
2024-03-2651 min
Conversations With WāhineJessica Hammond - The Opportunities PartyListen in while Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap chat to Jessica Hammond, the Ohariu candidate for TOP - The Opportunities Party.13/03/2024We talk about what she has learnt during the last 3 general elections, what policies Jessica and TOP would introduce if they were in parliament, how she manages family life with a busy career, health obstacles, her passions for writing plays, comedy and blogging and much more.
2024-03-261h 13
Conversations With WāhineEmma Chatterton - National party candidateJoin your hosts Aimee Tang, and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap as they chat to New Zealand National Party MP Emma Chatterton for Remutaka about education, gender issues, social change, her Remutaka electorate, and much more.See our 21/09/2023 zoom call on:https://youtu.be/Xst0EoqvWU0Emma Chatterton has been selected as National’s candidate in Remutaka for the 2023 General Election.Ms Chatterton is currently a senior leader at Wellington-based social investment company ImpactLab. She has previously worked as a teacher, including as director of a Hutt Valley school’s music cent...
2023-10-081h 14
Conversations With WāhineSarah Pallett- Labour MPJoin Haley Rachel Rolls, Jenna Clark-Hannah, Harita Gandhi-Kashyap, and our humorous guest, New Zealand Labour Party's Sarah Pallett - MP for Ilam, for conversations about the health system, free prescriptions, ethics, politics, family, and more.28/09/2023See our zoom call on https://youtu.be/TUrIQQb_4jISarah Pallett - MP for IlamCurrently, Sarah sits on the Health Select Committee, the Petitions Committee, and is the Chair of Labour Wāhine Caucus.She is a member of the New Zealand Parliamentarians' Group on Population and D...
2023-10-0858 min
Conversations With WāhineCelia Wade-Brown- Greens Party candidate and ex Wellington MayorJoin Harita Gandhi-Kashyap and guest Celia Wade-Brown.Previously Wellington, New Zealand's Mayor, she's a candidate for Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand in the upcoming elections.See their zoom call on: https://youtu.be/R9UGV4sXlhQ 05/09/2023Elected as Councillor and then Mayor of te Whanganui-a-Tara, she led Wellington towards being a truly Green capital. Previously, she was a teacher, then worked in IT.Celia led a number of important city projects, improved earthquake resilience, funded core infrastructure, introduced Environmental and Climate Change Grants, led our Council be the first in...
2023-10-0756 min
Conversations With WāhineLouise Upston- National MPListen in while your hosts Haley Rachel Rolls Harita Gandhi-Kashyap, and Aimee Tang chat to New Zealand National Party MP, Louise Upston MP about child support, tourism, employment, "back room bureaucracy," cost of living, and more.20/09/2023Louise is the Member of Parliament for #taupō, a seat she has held since the General Election of 2008. In December 2016, Louise became a Cabinet Minister and was appointed Minister of Corrections. She was also the Associate Minister of Education, Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment and Associate Minister for Primary industries. She previously held roles in Lan...
2023-10-0740 min
Conversations With WāhinePenny Simmonds and Chris Penk - National MP'sJoin your hosts, Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap as we chat to New Zealand National Party MP's Penny Simmonds MP and Chris Penk MP about Education, Youth Crime, Māori Representation, Ram Raids, Boot Camps, and more. 11/09/2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkyqI_kSyJQ&ab_channel=ConversationsWithW%C4%81hine-NCWNZRadioPenny Simmonds MP is the Member of Parliament for Invercargill, New Zealand, elected in 2020. She is currently the Opposition Spokesperson for Tertiary Education, Spokesperson for Disability Issues Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture, and Associate Spokesperson for Transport, and sits on the Health Select Committee.
2023-10-071h 08
Conversations With WāhineCamilla Bellich- Labour MPListen in while your hosts Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap chat to New Zealand Labour Party MP Camilla Belich MP about parental leave, 90 day trials, fair pay agreements, unions, emissions reductions targets, dental care, and more.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDX7EuRyCtk...7/09/2023Camilla Belich MP has worked as an employment lawyer and has been standing up for others since she was a teenager. She now brings these experiences to her role as a List MP based in Epsom and Chair of Labour Auckland...
2023-10-0755 min
Conversations With WāhineRicardo Menendez March - Greens MPListen in while your hosts, Aimee and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap are joined by Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand's MP, Ricardo Menéndez March MP, to talk political engagement within youth, improving the political system, the culture within parliament, the climate, and our international responsibilities, migrant exploitation, rental rights, dental policies, and more.25/09/2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-37H996ECI...Ricardo Menéndez March MP is a New Zealand activist and politician who, since 2020, is a Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Ao...
2023-10-061h 05
Conversations With WāhineTama Potaka - National MPJoin your hosts Haley Rachel Rolls, Harita Gandhi-Kashyap, Jenna Clark-Hannah, and our special guest, New Zealand National Party's Tama Potaka for Hamilton West.We cover a range of different topics, from supermarket chains, cost of living, growing your own vegetables, education, school attendance, housing, building infrastructure for productivity, youth crime, ramraids, bootcamps, to school lunches, and much more.28/09/2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lME-RYRarjU...Before Tama Potaka was our National MP for Hamilton West, he was the chief executive of Ngāi Tai ki Tāma...
2023-10-061h 12
Conversations With WāhineTerisa Ngobi and Jenny Salesa - Labour MPsJoin your hosts, Aimee, and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap as they chat to New Zealand Labour Party MP's Jenny Salesa MP, and Terisa Ngobi - MP for Ōtaki about housing, ethnic communities, unemployment, crime, gangs, public transport, lowering the voting age, increasing the seats in parliament, and more.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCZ3Huqvik...25/09/2023Hon Jenny Salesa MP is MP for the #panmure-#Ōtāhuhu electorate, in which she lives with her two daughters, husband and extended family. She is...
2023-10-0654 min
Conversations With WāhineGreg O'Connor and Jan Tinetti- Labour MPsListen in while your hosts Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap chat to New Zealand Labour Party MP's Greg O'Connor, and Jan Tinetti MP about crime, gangs, ram raids, poverty, equality, education, and more.02/10/2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0-xCjlcpF4...Greg is the Member of Parliament for Ōhāriu, a local Wellington, New Zealand electorate. He had a unique journey to Parliament, having been elected after a long and successful 41-year career as a Police Officer.After chairing th...
2023-10-051h 03
Conversations With WāhineTamati Coffey and Ingrid Leary- Labour MP'sJoin in on a sweet interview with your hosts Haley Rachel Rolls, Harita Gandhi-Kashyap, and guests, New Zealand Labour Party MP's Tamati Coffey and Ingrid Leary MP for conversations featuring surrogacy, journalism, media framing, our fertility rates, adoption, the economy, a wealth tax, our recession, (or lack thereof.) and . . . . Tamati's dodgy internet connection.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3JHqzwrtss...The interview took place on 14/9/2023Tamati Coffey is an award winning New Zealand TV Presenter, who took up the broadcasting career...
2023-10-0556 min
Conversations With WāhineNicola Willis- National Deputy LeaderHaley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap are joined by New Zealand National Party's Nicola Willis MP for a quick chat about journalism, politics, her tax plan, a wealth tax, the emissions trading scheme, and more.11/09/2023https://youtu.be/SsqhwF3gZXI?si=Jrf9v7b_CB5b2jCONicola Willis is a List MP based in Wellington, New Zealand, having entered Parliament in April 2018. She is National’s Deputy Leader, spokesperson for Finance and Social Investment, and National’s candidate for the Ōhāriu electorate in the upcoming general election.Prior to becoming an MP...
2023-09-3029 min
Conversations With WāhineDan Rosewarne and Rachel Brooking- Labour MPsJoin Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap as we chat to New Zealand Labour Party MP's Rachel Brooking, and Dan Rosewarne about the Hauraki Gulf, Māui dolphins, our environment, the military, Russia/Ukraine and more.14/09/2023https://youtu.be/xdtcnBIWoA0Rachel Brooking is a Labour List MP based in Dunedin, New Zealand and Otago.Degrees in science and law from Otago University, two decades practising law (including working for the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment) and experience as a c...
2023-09-3058 min
Conversations With WāhineSteph Lewis and Dr Anae Neru Leavasa- Labour MP'sJoin Harita Gandhi-Kashyap and Haley Rachel Rolls for a conversation with New Zealand Labour Party MP's Steph Lewis MP for Whanganui and Dr Anae Neru Leavasa MP about the medical system, Covid 19, our grocery duopoly, ethnicity considerations within healthcare, and more. 07/09/2023Watch our zoom video over on https://youtu.be/82v0DCYLhx8Steph Lewis is our Labour candidate for #whanganui. Borrn in Whanganui; she grew up between Kaitoke Prison village, where her Dad worked as a Prison Officer, and her family’s farm in Waverley.She's worked as an employment advocate, a lawy...
2023-09-2747 min
Conversations With WāhineBarbara Kuriger- National MPJoin Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap with our guest, New Zealand National Party MP, Barbara Kuriger.Listen in while we discuss the dairy industry, legal aid, farming and emissions, water quality, scientific developments, and more.30/08/2023Now in her third term, Barbara brings experience, enthusiasm, drive and direction to her role as MP for Taranaki-King Country.She splits her time between her electorate, Wellington and other parts of the country, as the demands of her responsibilities require.With her lengthy career in dairy farming, and agribusiness, Barbara is a...
2023-09-1654 min
Conversations With WāhineSoraya Peke-Mason- Labour MPTune in to hear Haley Rachel Rolls and Harita Gandhi-Kashyap interview Soraya Peke-Mason MP Labour MP for Rangitikei 28/08/2023Soraya has her roots planted in the Rangitīkei electorate. It has been her home for over two decades after working in Australia during the 1990s where she established businesses in construction, tourism and hospitality. She is uri o Te Awa Tupua o Whanganui, has iwi connections to Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa in Marton, Ngatī Haua in Taumarunui and Uenuku in Raetihi. She chaired her tribe Ngāti Rangi in Ohakune through its Post Settlement Governance proces...
2023-09-1634 min
Conversations With WāhineMichael Wood - Labour MPJoin in as your hosts, Harita Gandhi-Kashyap, Haley Rachel Rolls, and Tracey Patterson touch on a vast array of topics with New Zealand Labour Party MP, Michael Wood.Topics include gender equality, paid parental leave, Covid 19, refugees, the wage subsidy for our disabled work force. We also touch on Electric Vehicles, emissions reductions targets, our power grids capacity to handle the extra use of electricity, the focus on training for fire services when responding to rare electrical fire events, and more.07/08/2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-i4b8z6ng&ab_channel...
2023-08-2048 min
Conversations With WāhineVanushi Walters- Labour MPJoin your hosts, Harita Gandhi-Kashyap and Haley Rachel Rolls as we speak with New Zealand Labour Party MP, Vanushi Walters for Upper Harbour Labour.We touch on a her personal experience as female and Sri Lankan born Politician; an impending election, and more.24/07/2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rTu5zdiF8g...Meet VanushiA Sri Lankan New Zealander, Vanushi’s family moved to New Zealand in 1987. She has a background in law and advocacy and has both national and international experience and has wo...
2023-08-2037 min
Conversations With WāhineEpisode 14: YWCA - isabel Kelly and Rhianna MorarThe YWCA is a proud feminist organization championing gender equality around the world. YWCA’s Wellington Branch board-people Isabel and Rhianna come on the show to promote the fund they’re launching for young women, E-hine fund. Listen in to learn what it provides funding for and how Wellington women can apply. Interviewed by Harita Gandhi-Kashyap
2022-10-2121 minConversations With WāhineEpisode 15: Shuari NaidooNot so fun fact: every 10 years your period might cost you around $4000 in products that will also cost the environment untold damage if they’re non-biodegradable. Tackling period poverty and the environmental catastrophe at the same time, Shuari Naidoo is an award-winning social entrepreneur on the show to tell her success story of launching Moraka Menstrual Cups.Interviewed by Harita Gandhi-Kashyap
2022-10-2119 minConversations With WāhineEpisode 16: Jenoveva RobertaWe take the opportunity during Wellington’s Fringe Festival of luring a roaving theatre producer into the studio. Jenoveva Roberta is producer of and actor within three plays during the Festival. We’re interested to know more about a theatre production and stage-acting lifestyle and whether it’s as romantic as it sounds.Interviewed by Harita Gandhi-Kashyap
2022-10-2119 min
American Born Confused Desi (ABCD)speak up - ft. Harita Gandhi-KashyapWelcome back this week for a short snip with a personal fan who has gone through some tough life experiences, who wanted to share, to get others to come forward.
2021-10-0324 min