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A Wellington apartment owner facing skyrocketing insurance premiums is demanding the government take over the natural disaster insurance industry.

Wellington City Council this week hosted the first… Audio

Rights groups say an internet blackout in Indonesia's West Papua marks a dangerous violation of free speech protections. Audio

The rate of hearing loss in prisoners is double that of the general population and legal and disability advocates are calling for all remand prisoners to have their hearing checked. Louise… Audio

The government will reveal details about a national suicide prevention strategy in the coming weeks. Official figures from the chief coroner's office out yesterday show the number of people dying by… Audio

The Māori Council is calling for more to be done for kaumatua. The council points to data that shows Māori reach retirement with a plethora of undiagnosed conditions and lower than average life… Audio

An NGO that has been speaking with veterans in Bougainville says many still face issues and they need more support to re-integrate into normal life in Bougainville. Audio

The Pacific Conference of Churches has condemned what it calls institutional racism against West Papuans in Indonesia. This comes amid widspread protests in Papua region in response to harassment of… Audio

A Syrian refugee who settled in Canada after months living in limbo at Kuala Lumpur airport now wants to help refugees in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Audio

Tongan businesses are worried a Facebook ban the government is proposing could drastically cut their sales. Audio

On Tuesday night in Papua New Guinea there was no EMTV news bulletin for the first time in more than 30 years, as newsroom staff at the television station stopped work in protest at the sacking of a… Audio

Act Party leader David Seymour's voluntary euthanasia bill has cleared another stage in Parliament. MPs voted 70 to 50 in favour of the End of Life Choice being given a third and final reading. But… Audio

A Syrian refugee who was privately sponsored to live in Canada now wants to extend the same offer to 200 refugees detained on Nauru and Manus Island. In Canada, refugees can be sponsored by… Audio

A public health academic has told a parliamentary committee that plans to fine parents for smoking in a car with children will be a waste of time, if protecting kids is the end game.

The health… Audio

A dengue fever outbreak has struck the Marshall Islands this month with the island of Ebeye in Kwajalein Atoll particularly hard hit. Audio

The days of stray cats roaming free and causing havoc in Hamilton are numbered with the launch of a 100-thousand dollar fund to desex and rehome them. Organisations that can show proof of a cat… Audio

New Zealand's way of regulating nightlife often restricts the opportunities for night owls. This has made nights overly tedious without improving issues of public health and security. Natanael Rother… Audio

New Zealand is putting nearly half a million dollars toward human rights monitoring in the Pacific. Audio

Struggling news media companies have been lobbying the government behind the scenes for some time. On Thursday broadcaster MediaWorks put it all out in the open, telling the minister responsible its… Audio

Neuroscientist Shane O'Mara is an avid walker who has just released a new book that is something of a hymn to the most basic of exercises, In Praise of Walking. He joins the show to discuss the… Audio

The police have arrested the man wanted in relation to the theft of two police-issue Glocks from a patrol car in Gore - but one of the guns is still missing.

They say the hand-guns were taken from a… Audio

Former Fijian prime minister and trade unionist Mahendra Chaudhry says the United Nations and the international community are dishonest or too weak to help the people of Fiji. Audio

The country's biggest power company, Contact Energy, has more than doubled its net profit for the year after some cost cutting and the shedding two of its businesses. Audio

Dave and Anne Jordan say the world would benefit from the widespread planting and use of hemp. They have been working for more than a decade to build a hemp industry in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery

A major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has called on people to eat less meat and dairy if they want to help save the planet. Audio