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Lessons from lockdown
A new report on learning in the first lockdown finds inequities in the education system were highlighted and made worse. The report by The Education Hub, a non-profit organisation set up to promote… Audio
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Covid-19: Pacific health leader warns 'recipe for really bad outbreak is there'
Pasifika health leaders fear a 'wildfire' outbreak of Covid-19 in the Pacific community if the government doesn't act fast. Audio
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Alice Snedden's Bad News | Episode 3: Healthcare Inequity
Why do Māori live seven years fewer than Pākehā? Alice delves into the health system and asks if more money should be spent on Māori health and less on her digestive system. Video
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Covid-19: Pacific leader warns virus can spread rapidly through community
A Pacific health leader is warning that Covid-19 could move rapidly through New Zealand's Māori and pacific community.
The Pacific community has disproportionately been affected by this latest… Audio
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Brannavan Gnanalingam tackles toxic masculinity in new novel Sprigs
We often see people at their worst when they're put to the test and looking for an easy way out, says Wellington writer Brannavan Gnanalingam. His new novel Sprigs explores the story of a… Audio
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Notting Hill Carnival goes from street party to screen festival
This year's Notting Hill Carnival will swap the streets of West London for computer screens around the world in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The effort to change our wasteful food habits
We waste $1.16 billion worth of food every year. Nearly 160,000 tonnes.
With more and more people needing help putting meals on tables in the wake of the coronavirus, Two Cents' Worth looks at… Audio
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Daryl Davis - making friends with the Ku Klux Klan
Daryl Davis has helped more than 200 Ku Klux Klan members leave the organisation. Audio
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Alice Snedden's Bad News | Episode 2: TERFs
What is a TERF and why are they ruining feminism? In this episode, Alice heads to Wellington to find out. Video
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Family fights chaotic system in caring for disabled foster child
A Woodville family has spoken about their nightmare ordeal trying to get funding and support to look after their severely disabled foster child.
Dairy farmers Pip and Jules Cook care for 15-year-old… Video, Audio
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Opinion: Quarantine belongs under public health, stop categorising travelling Kiwis
Making compassion the exception for trips and short-term stays is a frightening prospect, Áine Kelly-Costello writes.
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Rising food parcel demand brings winter like no other - charities
Charities are warning they are entering a winter like no other, as they experience record demand for food parcels in the wake of Covid-19.
The Auckland City Mission is distributing a thousand food… Audio
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Leader interviews: Ardern's vision not 'defined' by Covid-19
Labour's campaign slogan "Let's Keep Moving" is hardly the most inspirational but reflects the conservative game plan - trade on the Covid response and stay on track. Video
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Lip-service to diversity blocking Pasifika pathways in sciences
Pasifika and Maori scientists continue to be "severely under-represented" in New Zealand universities and Crown Research Institutes, according to a new study. Its authors say the data shows… Audio
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'Getting Better' podcast - Tuparehuia
Emma Espiner is in the Northland with Dr Kyle Eggleton who runs a weekly clinic in the remote outpost of Tuparehuia, he talks about his own method of drawing to break down the power inequities between… Audio
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Oranga Tamariki bosses front up to Waitangi Tribunal
Oranga Tamariki's bosses have fronted up to the Waitangi Tribunal today to explain why Māori fare so badly in the state care system.
The tribunal's urgent inquiry is underway in Wellington. It comes… Audio
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Oranga Tamariki accused of 'brutal' treatment of parents
Oranga Tamariki has been accused of "appalling" and "brutal" treatment of parents with intellectual disabilities when taking their children from them.
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Calls to urgently support a Maori Health Authority
The Public Health Association is calling for the Health Minister to urgently support a Māori Health Authority - with more power - before the election. The Health and Disability Review released in June… Audio
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Māori doctors urge self-swab cervical cancer tests
Māori doctors are urging the Ministry of Health to reconsider postponing a self-swabbing cervical cancer programme they say is more effective, less invasive and more affordable. Audio
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Women more vulnerable to job losses, commissioner says
The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner says the government needs to do more to ensure women aren't left behind after employment figures showed they were disproportionately affected. Audio
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Best of First Up for Thursday 6 August
Audio 6 Aug 2020On the podcast today: sequencing the genome of the tuatara will reveal mysteries; we cross to Beruit in Lebanon, now in a state of emergency after yesterday's massive explosion killed at least 113… Audio
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Dentists sink their teeth into advocacy for oral healthcare funding
Dentists are running a clinic on the forecourt of Parliament to highlight the need for better dental care for low-income and vulnerable New Zealanders. Audio
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Funding for self-screening cervical cancer test delayed again
The roll-out of a cervical cancer test women can do themselves has been delayed again, with doctors saying women will die unnecessarily as a result. Audio
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Doctors want self-testing cervical smear rolled out
Doctors are pleading with the Ministry of Health to ditch a "substandard" cervical screening test, saying its costing lives.
They want a new, more accurate test that women can do themselves but a… Audio
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A close-up lesson in white privilege
He came home from school one day and told his mother he no longer wanted to be brown. Peter Meihana talks life as a Māori in a Pākehā world, and then as a Pākehā in a Māori world. Audio
