Search Results
Related tags:
-
Rally held on Courtenay Place over Wellington CBD safety
Hundreds of rowdy people turned out in Courtenay Place on Wednesday night, but it wasn't for the usual reasons.
Increasingly, Wellingtonians have been voicing their concerns about the city's… Audio
-
Low wage workers call for living wage after minimum wage rise
The minimum wage will rise to $20 an hour, from $18.90 an hour as of today.
This could mean an extra $44 each week before tax for people working 40 hours a week on the minimum wage.
For those… Audio
-
Union launches action in employment court on courier contracts
From dawn to dusk, courier drivers provide a vital service to New Zealanders - but they're not always treated like it.
As contractors, most drivers miss out on receiving the minimum wage, redundancy… Audio
-
Waikato DHB systematically failing Māori and Pasifika - report
Waikato District Health Board has been found to be systematically failing to meet the needs of its Māori and Pacific communities.
-
Amazon's influence in America
Headquartered in Seattle, Amazon is the second-biggest private workplace in the United States behind Walmart, employing more than 800 thousand people. It's CEO, Jeff Bezos, is the richest person… Audio
-
A serious shortage of Māori and Pasifika midwives
A Māori midwife says National midwifery services have been falling short of meeting the needs of Māori and Pasifika women whose pregnancies are overepresented in still birth and neonatal death. The… Audio
-
New initiative to address shortage of Māori and Pasifika midwives
New government initiative to increase and support Māori and Pasifika midwifery students in New Zealand. Audio
-
ACC change sees fewer birth tears covered
Women seriously injured while giving birth are being left without help they desperately need because ACC is taking a tougher approach.
The number of women covered for the most common type of birth… Audio
-
Inequality growing in NZ maternity care services
Long-standing inequities in New Zealand's maternity care are only getting worse, according to Otago University research. A study published in the International Journal of Midwifery compared surveys… Audio
-
Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom
Opinion - Renters have been thrown under a bus by the Labour government this week as the nation heads towards more homelessness and inequality, writes Bryce Edwards.
-
Māori health authority picks up pace
The arrival of a long-awaited independent Māori health authority is picking up pace.
Associate health Minister Peeni says the draft of an agency tasked with ending years of health inequity is going… Audio
-
Fears euthanasia training will just be online course
Palliative care specialists fear health practitioners with as little as six hours online training could end up providing euthanasia for patients who would have wanted to live if they had proper care…
-
Māori health authority would need $5b budget - expert
A health advisor says an independent Māori health authority will need a budget of about $5 billion a year.
Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare says a draft plan for an agency tasked with ending… Audio
-
Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom
Opinion - Renters have been thrown under a bus by the Labour government this week as the nation heads towards more homelessness and inequality, writes Bryce Edwards.
-
'Pope Francis is still the biggest ally of the gay people'
In his new documentary, Francesco, openly-gay, non-Catholic filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky had unprecedented access to Pope Francis and was allowed to tackle many pressing issues. He joins the show to… Audio
-
Rally protests against anti-Asian violence, abuse in US and NZ
More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop. Audio
-
Final investment properties bought before 10-year brightline starts
Investors who bought a house today will have scraped in on avoiding the government's extension to the brightline test.
Any property purchases, that are not the family home, made from next week, will… Audio
-
Doomscrolling the housing crisis: Soap opera, fairy tale or horrorscope?
Opinion - 'The Housing Crisis' saga defies all genre norms - somehow managing to be farce, tragedy and a drama about real people's lives all at the same time, Anna Rawhiti-Connell writes.
-
Middlemore ED patients waiting 14 hours for treatment, worker says
A worker at Middlemore Hospital's emergency department says it cannot cope with the demand for its services, and serious staffing shortages are now impacting on the treatment of patients.
-
Opinion: Non-homeowners paying the cost of Covid-19 recovery
In the past year, the average New Zealander effectively lost $54.59 for every hour they turned up to work if they did not own a home, Brendon Blue writes.
-
NZ says committed to getting vaccines into Pacific
NZ's Foreign Minister says her government is working to make it easier to get vaccines into the Pacific
-
Type-2 Diabetes could hit quarter of NZ's Pacific population
A quarter of New Zealand's Pacific people are on track to become Type-2 diabetics by 2040. Audio
-
Landlords still raising rents despite best financial circumstances - Swarbrick
The Green Party's housing spokesperson says landlords are crying "crocodile tears" after a year of amazing capital gains and falling mortgage interest rates. Audio
-
Housing package opens door to investor angst, renter despondency
Real estate agents say the government's housing announcements are causing angst and confusion amongst property investors, with some dropping listings or trying to rush sales through.
-
Illegal workers propping up construction sectors - Immigration
Whole sectors of the construction industry are being propped up by illegal exploited foreign workers according to Immigration New Zealand.
Ten Chinese nationals are being deported after they were… Video, Audio
