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In an attempt to help people buy their first home, the government has eased restrictions on First Home Grants and Loans.

Both are subject to property value caps. In Auckland, that cap will increase… Video, Audio

The government's new housing fix-it package will do nothing to help first home buyers according to a market expert who says it time to go back to the drawing board.

The suite of changes includes… Video, Audio

Disability campaigners gathered on the steps of Parliament today asking to have a seat at the table.

A quarter of the population have disabilities - but campaigners say they are not represented in… Video, Audio

Technologist and writer Xiaowei Wang examines the drive of capitalism into the Chinese countryside, for better or worse.

Kiwis are gambling more than ever before - with approximately $250 million spent at the pokies in final months of 2020.

That's the highest figure on record, according to new data from the Ministry of… Audio

Corrections has admitted it could be in for a hefty compensation bill, over the treatment of women in its custody.

Minister Kelvin Davis has ordered an urgent overhaul and review of women's prisons… Audio

TVNZ is being told it should scrap the reality show 'Police Ten 7' because it is guilty of racist stereotyping.

The Race Relation's Commissioner Meng Foon says the show is "biased" and "racist" -… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is being told the government needs to apologise for failing to ensure Māori have adequate housing.

The hearing into how the Crown has perpetuated Māori homelessness is underway… Audio

Auckland Women's Prison faces a major overhaul of the way it handles inmates after revelations by RNZ about the degrading and inhumane treatment of Mihi Bassett and other women at the prison.

… Video, Audio

The dreams New Zealand teenagers have for the future are, according to new research, limited by gender and racial stereotypes. 

Researchers from the University of Canterbury interviewed hundreds of… Audio

The Wellington City Mission has partnered with New World to create a social supermarket where those in need of help can now come and choose their own groceries, rather than being given a food parcel… Audio

Suzi McAlpine was a senior executive, mother of three, her husband busy with his first CEO role, when she first realised she was experiencing burnout. It's a phenomenon on the rise: a 2019 Gallup… Audio

The police are investigating whether they are biased against Māori. 

It's launched a long term research project with Waikato University and a criminal justice advocate looking at how the police can… Audio

Confusion remains over how police are using photos they take of teenagers, mostly Maori, without getting proper informed consent.

That's despite the Police Commissioner speaking up yesterday and… Audio