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Lana Hart

Christchurch
As seen in: Stuff.co.nz, Manawatū Standard, The Marlborough Express, The Nelson Mail, The Southland Times, The Timaru Herald, New Zealand Herald, Radio New Zealand (RNZ), Backstage, Samoa Observer, The Press (New Zealand) and
Covers:  Social themes, especially refugee and migrant issues, scientific and human curiosities, and soft political and environmental issues
Columnist @Stuff, podcast producer @plainsfm and @radionz, writer, etc. Check out my podcast series Widows of Shuhada on rnz.co.nz/programmes/wid…

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Lana Hart’s Biography

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I am a columnist for stuff.co.nz, providing fortnightly opinion pieces on social, political, and environmental issues. I regularly contribute in-depth features to the Weekend Herald, Herald on Sunday, and The Press, as well as radio pieces for Radio New Zealand National.

Following the Christchurch mosque attacks of 15 March 19, I produced and hosted a weekly radio programme to better understand and analyse the issues and people involved in the attacks. After March 15, produced at Plains FM, …

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Widows of Shuhada

Widows of Shuhada

Four Muslim women widowed by the Christchurch mosque attacks share their journeys through grief and take step…

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Just one more time: Binge-watching and the brain

Just one more time: Binge-watching and the brain

Netflix, Lightbox, TVNZ OnDemand: everyone's doing it now. But instead of having to wait for next week's exci…

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Hole in our anti-discrimination laws must be plugged

Hole in our anti-discrimination laws must be plugged

OPINION: New Zealand enjoys some of the strongest human rights protections in the world with its 13 grounds o…

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Christchurch shootings: The 22-year-old who converted to Islam after the mosque attacks

Christchurch shootings: The 22-year-old who converted to Islam after the mosque attacks

Megan Lovelady is one of three people who have converted to Islam at the Christchurch mosque where 43 people …

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After March 15th

After March 15th

Three days after the terror attacks at two Mosques in Christchurch, the region's Community Access Radio stati…

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Christchurch mosque shootings: Inside Al Noor's area for women

Christchurch mosque shootings: Inside Al Noor's area for women

A month after the Christchurch mosque shootings Lana Hart was invited to the women's prayer session at the Ma…

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Articles

Short Film: REFLECT (Short Film) | Backstage

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By Lana Hart
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EXPIRES: Seeking talent from Denver, CO Roles paying up to US$750 COMPANY DETAILS Duskline Pictures Kennon Fleisher, Director Member since Jun 18, 2024 PROJECT DESCRIPTION LOGLINE: When two FBI agents stop at a small-town diner to discuss a missing person case, a slice of cherry pie triggers a revelation that exposes their investigation may be part of something far larger and more mysterious than they realized.
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Samoa Observer | Back to reading

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By Enid Westerlund, Lana Hart, Shailendra Singh
| Samoa Observer Verified
February is around the corner and kids will be back at school soon. How did you spend your holidays? I know there was too much eating, not enough sleep sometimes, hosting all our overseas friends and relatives as well as worrying about the budget for January, when school is in full swing and the bills come rushing in. To top it off, this weather is not helping, when there is too much water to rot crop roots and skitzo winds that will leave farmers in a state of rebuilding again.
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Fiji's new politics

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By Sosikeni Lesa, Lana Hart
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Fiji’s 14 December 2022 election will go down as a momentous occasion in the nation’s history – including for potential impacts on Suva’s diplomatic ties with Pacific partners. Immediate tasks identified by new Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s tripartite coalition include the revival of the pandemic-scarred economy, the re-examination of foreign relations, and the restoration of democratic institutions, which never quite recovered from the battering of the 2006 coup.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Travel journal, London, 1990s. Beer money for writing stories of my travels.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tin Tin

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Being lucky enough to have platforms that people read and listen to.
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