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'Voting for a park I'm probably never going to play in'
RNZ reporter Laura Tupou spoke to a group of Mangere College students who are voting for the first time this year. Housing and jobs are what they worry about the most. Audio
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Study calls for improved renters' rights
A report on problems faced by people who rent their homes has found many landlords provide poor living conditions.
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Greens say capital gains tax's time has come
The Green Party has restated its commitment to implementing a capital gains tax if it gets into government, saying it is "time to just get in with it".
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Australia's refugee refusal creating political deadlock
An emeritus Oxford professor of refugee law says Australia has painted itself into a corner by refusing to resettle maritime arrivals. Audio
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Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide
Rescue workers have unearthed 499 bodies since last week's devastating landslide near Freetown, according to the city's chief coroner.
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Insight: How Safe is Your Drinking Water?
As warnings over threats to drinking water supplies continue to grow, Philippa Tolley asks what the final answer might be, how willing communities are to accept change such as universal chlorination… Audio
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'How do you think it's going to affect their world view?'
Nearly 1100 students need urgent psychological help after having to deal with murder, drugs, alcohol, and poverty at home, Northland principals say.
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Sir John Key knighted by Governor-General
Sir John Key has officially been made a knight of the New Zealand Order of Merit today.
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Renting in New Zealand (and what politicians are promising to change)
As politicians talk up their housing policies ahead of the election, renters share stories of stress, illness and why the current system doesn’t work.
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Lifting LVR limit will hurt first home-buyers - ex-RBNZ economist
Former Reserve Bank economist Kirdan Lees is warning first home-buyers could suffer if Loan to Value ratios are lifted. He joins us with the Property Institute's chief executive Ashley Church. Audio
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Queenstown considers radical solutions as housing dreams fade
Brett Paterson, 32, who grew up in the resort town, is among those who have tried but failed to buy a section as prices spiral out of reach. Audio
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'Most Republicans would consider me a progressive today'
Audio 15 Aug 2017John Dean was a White House attorney for Richard Nixon during Watergate. He says the Trump presidency is in a world of trouble for operating in the shadow of treason and the sooner everyone cooperates… Audio
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Queenstown council intervenes after house prices fail to cool
Queenstown's council is considering more radical solutions to the town's housing crisis after the Government's Special Housing Areas failed to bring down prices. RNZ's Otago-Southland reporter Ian… Audio
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Watch your words, China urges Trump
China's President Xi Jinping has urged Donald Trump and North Korea to avoid "words and actions" that worsen tensions, state media says.
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Why North Korea and the US won't go to war (probably)
Analysis - Tough talk between the US and North Korea has ramped up this week, with fears it could be a precursor to military conflict. But experts say you should not panic - just yet.
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Scars likely to linger for Greens
Power Play - The wound that threatened to split the Green Party has been cauterised, but the scars will linger, writes Jane Patterson.
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Greens hold crisis meeting to debate renegade MPs' suspension
Green Party MPs have held a crisis meeting at Parliament as they debate suspending two of their MPs from the party's caucus. Audio
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Forecast raises expected peak of building boom
An industry already struggling with labour shortages will have to find another 56,000 workers to keep up with the latest prediction.
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The Singles Life: How NZ hip-hop artists are telling stories that no one else can
Avondale emcee MeloDownz is making waves with tales of the suburb he knows best. Katie and Hussein talk about why setting the scene is essential for the stories Kiwi artists have to tell.
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'When you’re in politics in New Zealand you can’t live in a bubble'
Jacinda Ardern talks to Jesse Mulligan about the challenge of taking Labour forward as the new leader just 8 weeks from the election. Audio
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Question Time for 1 August 2017
JACINDA ARDERN to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement on the housing crisis that “I wouldn’t call it a crisis. We have strong demand, we have an uplift in prices – these are good…
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Gentrification and the new urban crisis
Fifteen years ago one of the world's leading urbanists urged city leaders to make urban areas more attractive to the creative classes it has worked rather too well, he says. Audio
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Auckland housing projects stalled by council delays, says developer
An Auckland developer's plans to build 1500 houses in a special housing area have been set back by more than two years after delays in council consents, he says.
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Slice of Heaven - Theory and Practice
New Zealand is one of the great immigrant nations. Everyone here has a link to someone from somewhere else. But that doesn't mean everyone can agree on who should get to come here next. In the third… Audio
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Firearm found at Whangarei killer's property
Northland police have found what they think is a firearm, next to the suspected remains of the man who shot two women dead in Whangarei on Wednesday. Video, Audio
