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Call to backpay people denied benefits due to redundancy payout
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to proactively backpay people who have been denied a benefit because they got redundancy pay when they were laid off.
An RNZ investigation… Audio
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'The time is right to create equality' - Netball NZ boss
The inequalities women's sports face were laid bare to the Epidemic Response Committee today.
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ERC meeting: How should gyms operate under level 2?
ExerciseNZ's chief executive told the Epidemic Response Committee 10-15 percent of gyms will close because of the pandemic and suggested how they could re-open.
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Sam Cane: New blood or the same old?
Sam Cane has completed his ascent from schoolboy prodigy to All Blacks captain, so what kind of leader will he be? Joe Porter investigates.
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Without Keytruda, 30 deaths a week in NZ from cancer - Lung Foundation
Pharmac's decision to backtrack on funding Keytruda is a major blow for equality in New Zealand's health system, a leading oncologist says.
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Māori health professionals left out of Epidemic Response Committee meetings
Māori health experts and industry leaders have largely been excluded from Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee meetings, leaving many feeling extremely frustrated and left out.
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Lockdown social cohesion likely to fall as 'acute' phase ends - scientists
The sense of national unity felt during the lockdown may disappear as social isolation and economic costs hit home, a report by leading social scientists warns.
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Coronavirus: Lockdown prompts change on rough sleeping
Could the lockdown signal the end of rough sleeping? Former rough sleepers and community housing groups think it could.
More than 1000 people have been housed in last five weeks and the government… Audio
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Police officer jailed for six years over rape of colleague
A disgraced police officer who raped his female colleague as she slept has been jailed for six years.
Jamie Foster raped the woman at a Kerikeri motel they had been put up in while working during… Audio
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Govt warned of huge rise in poverty following Covid-19
New Zealand should brace itself for a new wave of immense poverty and mental distress as it grapples with the fallout from Covid-19.
That was the warning to MPs on the Epidemic Response Committee… Audio
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Human Rights Commission makes 30 recommendations in report on Covid-19 response
The government's response to Covid-19 has been good, but much more could be done to ensure the Treaty and human rights are central to decisions, Human Rights Commission says.
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Concerns indigenous people will suffer more from Covid-19
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is concerned indigenous people will suffer worse health outcomes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It says Māori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait… Audio -
Quarantine exemption process 'cruel' - daughters of dying mother
Two sisters battling to get out of mandatory isolation early to see their dying mother says the exemption process is cruel and flawed.
The pair flew back to New Zealand from Melbourne on April 18, 11… Audio
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Air NZ crews hoping to halt redundancies until alert level 2
Air NZ has hit heavy turbulence with an escalating industrial dispute over claims hundreds of flight attendants are about to be laid off, and ongoing questions about whether the company is doing… Video, Audio
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Post Covid-19: The case for a job guarantee scheme
Opinion - New Zealand has won praise for its bold response to Covid-19, but should be equally ambitious in refusing catastrophic levels of unemployment, Cat MacLennan writes.
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'GPs are feeling almost abandoned'
The Epidemic Response Committee has today heard from medical specialists, midwives and community support workers.
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DHBs need to prioritise cancer treatment - Cancer Society
Up to 400 people could die from cancer if hospitals don't catch up quickly enough after the lockdown, the Cancer Society says.
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At least 33,000 NZers on benefit since level 4 lockdown began
In the four weeks since the country's been in lockdown, 33,000 more people have ended up on the benefit.
The Ministry of Social Development says the demand is higher than the peak of the global… Audio
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Covid-19 level 4 lockdown: How has it been for Manurewa?
Friday marks New Zealand's final Friday in level 4 lockdown.
With all things going to plan, this will hopefully be the last time we are under these restrictions.
The lockdown has been like nothing… Video, Audio
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Ōtara volunteers work hard to get food to vulnerable
In Auckland's Ōtara a team of locals has been working hard to get food and essentials out to some of the suburb's most vulnerable residents.
Every Thursday the team has been gathering to fill large… Video, Audio
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A dog's POV during lockdown
Audio 23 Apr 2020Mimicking his Golden Labrador Lara while they both wear neck ruffs made from rolls of toilet paper, is the Covid-19 lockdown project of New Zealand academic and performance artist Dr Mark Harvey. Video
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GPs fear for jobs, midwives feel ignored from funding
Community healthcare providers say they are being shortchanged during the Covid-19 crisis, and it'll be services that suffer.
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London lockdown offers glimpse of more neighbourly future
Opinion - Lockdown in London has given Clementine de Pressigny a new appreciation of her neighbours, people she had very little contact with before.
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Coronavirus: Foodbanks hit by 'Christmas on steroids'
After four weeks in lockdown, food banks around the country are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of people needing help to put food on their tables.
Demand for food parcels has jumped nine-fold… Audio
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Food banks swamped with demand during lockdown
Food banks around the country say they have been operating at levels similar to Christmas during the four weeks of lockdown.
Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly says more and more people - some… Audio
