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The first person ever to be convicted of both human trafficking and slavery in New Zealand has been sentenced in Napier.

For over twenty years, Joseph Auga Matamata promised people a better life if… Audio

Pandemics brought down the greatest human empire of all time - who knew? Kyle Harper is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease and the End of an Empire, which examines the collapse of the… Audio

How does it feel to become part of a system that fails Maori? In her new podcast Getting Better: A Year in the Life of A Maori Medical Student, trainee doctor and award-winning writer Emma Espiner… Audio

Legislation passed last night empowering women to negotiate for pay equity is being called the biggest win for gender equality in nearly forty years.

It provides a process for industries with a… Audio

Landlords rejecting Māori from homes is such a prolific problem that people with good incomes are going to housing agencies for help.

Yesterday, RNZ spoke to Te Iwi Kemp, who had applied for 10… Audio

Female-dominated workforces have been legally empowered to negotiate the same pay as comparable male-dominated workforces.

Parliament passed the Equal Pay Amendment Bill under urgency just before… Audio

Trainee doctor Emma Espiner introduces her new podcast, Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student. Audio

A new report suggests New Zealand's not as inclusive as it could be, when it comes to getting Muslim women involved in sport. Researchers at Waikato University have looked at the experiences of Muslim… Audio

A justice advocate says an assault on a teenager by a police officer was an abuse of power and culturally violent. The officer was charged after cutting the 14-year old boy's hair, following a fleeing… Audio

A Maori woman missed out on 10 rental properties in Christchurch in two weeks and then she westernised her name, reapplied for the rentals and heard back from three of the landlords. Human Rights… Audio

A woman says she caught a racist landlord red-handed, after she was rejected for a property because she is Māori.

Te Iwi Kemp has applied for 10 Christchurch rentals in the past fortnight, but was… Audio

A wahine Māori has caught a racist landlord red-handed, after she was rejected for a property and then re-applied with a Western name.

Te Iwi Kemp has applied for 10 Christchurch rentals in the past… Audio

A staffer for former Prime Minister David Lange says in his time sexual activity in Parliament was rife, and ousted Cabinet minister Iain-Lees Galloway is a victim of the current political climate.

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Shannon LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Jefferson through his relationship with a slave woman. He gives us his perspective on America's reckoning with racism and the controversy over statues to… Audio

Some of the country's largest retailers have signed up to a campaign launched today, NZ Retailers Against Racism Pledge.  Z Energy's Gerri Ward explains who's signed up and what it means. Audio

Food banks around Wellington are bracing themselves for extra demand as the government's wage subsidy scheme draws to an end.

Winter is already a busy time for food banks, but Covid has stretched… Video, Audio

A homeless man living in his car in Queenstown has been told he's not allowed to park up in town anymore, due to freedom camping rules.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council issued Shane Neary with… Audio

There's been an increase in racism against Asian New Zealanders since the Covid-19 pandemic began, says the Human Rights Commission. Audio