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Petition calls for urgent changes to welfare system
The government is not moving fast enough to reform the welfare system and it must make urgent changes to lift children and whānau out of poverty, advocates for the country's poorest families say.
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Parents fear more disability terminations: 'We were under immense pressure to have genetic counselling'
As submissions close on the government's Abortion Legislation Bill, some parents of children with disabilities say they're concerned the bill will lead to more abortions on the grounds of disability.
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Solo mums on benefits having to decide between food and fuel
Solo mums say benefits just aren't enough to raise a family and food banks say they're seeing unprecedented demand from parents. Sarah Robson investigates the Coalition government's promise to… Audio
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Anti-abortion charities received $300k taxpayer money
Internal Affairs has approved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of community grants to anti-abortion pregnancy counselling organisations over the past 15 years. Susan Strongman reports.
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Gay penguin couple given egg after failing to hatch stones
A pair of male king penguins at Berlin Zoo are about to become parents, by adopting an egg abandoned by its mother.
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CNMI seeks federal help to curb birth tourism
The Northern Marianas governor Ralph Torres has sought federal government help to curb the practice of birth tourism in the commonwealth.
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How 'toxic parenting' is failing children
John Marsden, Australian educator, principal and acclaimed author of more than 40 books for teenagers and children, talks about his new book The Art of Growing Up. Audio
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Sexual violence courts to be permanent after pilot's success
The courts should be rolled out nationwide after the scheme reduced victims' anxiety, improved trial speed and quality and increased guilty pleas, a report says. Audio
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Same sex couples want equal access to IVF public funding
A same-sex couple wanting to have their first child want to see IVF treatment publicly funded for couples in their situation. Ryan and Jerome Curran-Pacquing have launched a give a little page to… Audio
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Birth of new climate action: Women decide against kids
A "no-brainer", a "form of protest" and a "bitter pill to swallow": New Zealand women discuss not having kids due to concerns about climate change.
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Dr. Nick Duffell: Why boarding schools produce bad leaders
Dr. Nick Duffell says former boarders who suffer 'privileged abandonment' often turn out to be bumbling politicians because they have grown up in an institution, rather than a family environment. Audio
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Legality and 'disconnection' between Māori kids and whānau
A law that allows state caregivers to become 'special guardians' of a child, and decide how much access they have to their parents, has come under fire from Māori lawyers.
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Three-month report: Over 100 children harmed in state care, majority Māori
More than 100 children in Oranga Tamariki care were harmed in the three months to March - and three-quarters of them were Māori.
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Today's world news: All you need to know
The United States says one of its Navy ships has "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Mediawatch Midweek: Critical cricket and more
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay some up-close coverage of the fallout from 'Taken by the State' - and how the media dealt with what the hell happened at… Video, Audio
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Mediawatch Midweek: Critical cricket and more
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay some up-close coverage of the fallout from 'Taken by the State' - and how the media dealt with what the hell happened at…
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How closed adoption robbed Māori children of their identity
Under the 1955 Adoption Act, thousands of Māori babies were adopted into Pākehā families. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui investigates the impact on Māori who grew up desperate to re-connect. Audio
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Cricket World Cup: Who to support when you're New Zealand-Indian
First Person - Growing up a New Zealand-Indian, Ravinder Hunia faces the tough task of choosing who to support in tonight's Cricket World Cup semifinal.
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Time's up for volunteering
Volunteering is facing a crisis. Teresa Cowie investigates how essential services can survive as more and more people decide they can't make on going commitments to help out.
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Nanfu Wang: the untold history of China's one child policy
Filmmaker Nanfu Wang uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by it. Her documentary One Child Nation won the Sundance Grand… Video, Audio
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Mosque attack widow fears family will be forced to leave NZ
A woman who lost her husband in the March 15 mosque attacks says she doesn't know how she'll cope if her family has to return to Pakistan. Amna Ali says the prime minister promised her she'll be… Video, Audio
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Ombudsman to investigate Oranga Tamariki uplifts
Ombudsman Peter Boshier has announced he will be investigating Oranga Tamariki's practice of removing new born babies deemed at risk - the third inquiry into uplifts announced in the last four days… Video, Audio
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Terrence Forrester: sugar tax, malnutrition and weight loss
Professor of Experimental Medicine Terrence Forrester speaks with Kathryn Ryan about imposing a sugar tax in his home country of Jamaica, and how early malnutrition affects health later in life. Audio
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Kaupapa-Māori approach urged for Māori kids in state care
Māori academics are urging the government to adopt long-standing kaupapa-Māori approaches to keep Māori children out of state care. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui asks an expert what it means.
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Budget 2019: Critics and fans among those affected
There are too few mental health workers to fulfill the Budget's plan, DHBs seem left short, and beneficiary families still don't have what they need, academics, advocates and unionists say.
