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The government has no idea how big the housing shortfall actually is in New Zealand.

The Housing Minister says there are so many different figures being thrown around - from 28,000 to 200,000 - that… Audio

There are now more than 4,000 children growing up in motels across New Zealand, devastating parents who are desperate to find a permanent place for their kids to live.

Skyrocketing house prices are… Video, Audio

Reviews, resignations, recriminations - New Zealand sport is rife with bullying accusations, particularly against women and girls. What's being done to change the landscape?  Audio

The Salvation Army is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic could exacerbate "unacceptable" levels of poverty and inequity in New Zealand. Audio

New data from Statistics New Zealand shows household incomes and other key measures were on the rise before the country went into lockdown. Journalist and researcher, Max Rashbrooke, that's not all… Audio

Midwives in the Wellington region say they are working themselves to physical and emotional exhaustion, because if they don't, mothers and babies could die.

The Capital and Coast DHB confirms that of… Audio

A Dunedin teenager is butting heads with his high school over his hairstyle.

Lewis O'Malley-Scott's corn-rows were deemed to be extreme by King's High School.

But, as Timothy Brown reports, his… Video, Audio

The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee releases its 14th annual report this morning, looking at how New Zealand is tracking with deaths of mothers and babies and recommending changes in… Audio

A new study reveals that alcohol consumption by Pacific men in New Zealand has declined, yet they still meet the threshold for hazardous consumption. Audio

A show where personal stories underscore barriers Māori have to accessing health care is playing in the Auckland Fringe Festival. Barrier Ninja is a one woman performance, based on real-life… Audio

A managed isolation cleaner says she and her colleagues are the forgotten border workers - overlooked and underpaid for the work they're doing to keep the country safe from Covid-19.

Most cleaners… Audio

Rez Gardi was just six when she came to New Zealand from a refugee camp where she was born. Her Kurdish family spent nine years living in the camp, after they fled to Pakistan from Iraq and Saddam… Audio

The Chair of the Volunteer Firefighters' Association, the UFBA, and its Chief Executive are the sole directors of a limited liability company registered two weeks before the chair commissioned an… Audio

Do you ever feel like a failure? Enter widely acclaimed observer of daily life Professor Joe Moran, not to tell you that everything will be OK in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an… Audio

Commemorations at Waitangi have been somewhat muted by concerns over Covid-19, but most politicians still travelled north this week to mark the signing of the Treaty in 1840.

A miscommunication meant… Audio

The Prime Minister has not been empty handed when she arrived at Waitangi this year - but will it be enough to address the inequities Maori have faced at the hands of the crown? The traditional… Audio