August 2008
What's in Part 1
Duration: 10 minutes
Our first show introduces the programme concept and your hosts. Hear about how Family Care Radio leads the world as an innovative web-based programme just for carers, including information, advice, entertainment and support. Includes an interview with Family Care Radio creator Laurie Hilsgen.
The New Zealand Carers' Strategy
Duration: 14 minutes
Family Care Radio was there when New Zealand's first Carers' Strategy was launched at Parliament in April. Hear interviews with the Minister for Social Development and Employment, Carers Alliance Chair John Forman, and Baroness Jill Pitkeathley, who encouraged Carers NZ to establish the Carers' Alliance and pursue a Strategy for New Zealand. Read the NZ Carers' Strategy.
Tina Cross talks caring
Duration: 14 minutes
Entertainer Tina Cross has had several caring experiences during her life. The first when she was a child and her family returned to the Far North to support her grandfather, who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. The second was when her mother became ill after being the primary caregiver. This experience was a factor in Tina's choice of Hospice NZ as her sponsored charity for Dancing with the Stars.