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War on the Waterfront
Five months without work, scant food and the whole nation against you... Katy Gosset hears a first-hand account of the 1951 Waterfront Dispute. Audio
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Someday Stories 2020: Serving
A young lawyer is asked to serve legal documents in a case she knows nothing about, and realises she might be more culpable than she hoped. Video
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What information is being shared by intelligence agencies?
After the mosque attacks in Christchurch this year, many were asking which agencies should have been keeping New Zealanders safe from extremism.
Were there plans and strategies in place to identify… Audio
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National MP says benefit cuts could be good for Māori
National MP Joanne Hayes reckons benefit cuts could be good for Māori. She says cutting benefits could strengthen whānau - if they're resourceful. Her comments have been condemned by the Māori… Audio
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4: Te Tiriti o Waitangi
In Europe, factions debated the future of Aotearoa, while Māori had their own ideas how to handle the growing number of Pākehā here. In the end, Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed, but the early promise… Audio
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Making sport accessible to all
The practice of sport is a human right, but why is there still segregation, and discrimination, based on gender? To find a solution we unpack traditional sports practices, the physical side of sport…
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Social Procurement: A match made in heaven?
Nikki Mandow tells us why social procurement is way more exciting than it sounds - and how it might change the world. Audio
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Beef about sausage rolls
John Bishop has penned an opinion piece about wanting to get a sausage roll from a local petrol station. Chloe Ann King is a hospitality advocate, behind Raise the Bar, a hospitality industry union. Audio
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Xu Zhiyuan - The New China
Artist Ai Wei Wei calls Xu Zhiyuan the most important Chinese intellectual of his generation. In Xu's book, Paper Tiger - Inside the Real China, he writes about the strangeness and complexity of… Audio
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Jenesa Jeram: how we measure child poverty
New Zealand Initiative policy analyst Jenesa Jeram says the way we measure poverty isn't consistent. She says the Child Poverty Reduction Bill is underwheming. She's part of the "Improving Child… Audio
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George Floyd protests continue across US - latest details
After more than a week of protests, authorities in the United States have now laid charges against all four police officers involved in the death of African-American man George Floyd.
The murder… Audio
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Alice Snedden's Bad News | Trailer
Alice Snedden’s Bad News is an eight-part docu-comedy series that wrestles with some of the most confusing and contentious political and social issues confronting Aotearoa in 2020. Video
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Labour leader may have elicited one concession from Australia
The Labour Party leader, Andrew Little, may have managed to wring one concession on his visit to Canberra for the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia. Audio
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Begging - what is the right approach?
How should we respond both personally and as communities to the increase in begging? Dame Diane Robertson from the Auckland City Mission, former youth worker Scottie Reeve, and Christchurch City… Audio
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Ramin Bahrani: mortgages and morality
American-Iranian director and screenwriter whose new feature film, 99 Homes, is set around mortgage foreclosures in Florida. Audio
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Matthew Desmond: eviction, poverty and profit
Toby Manhire interviews Matthew Desmond, co-director of the Justice and Poverty Project at Harvard University, and author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Audio
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Breaking Silence | Episode 8: Say Something
Domestic abuse affects many Pacific families, but it is rarely spoken about. Simonne meets the actors from "Say Something," a video dramatising domestic abuse in a Pacific family. Video
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Alice Snedden's Bad News | Episode 5: Women's Bodies
Why are we so scared of breasts? In this episode, Alice attempts to change the minds of viewers using exposure therapy and her soap-opera fantasies. Video
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Christchurch Girls' High School sexual abuse survey 'shocking'
Serious sexual assaults including group rape have been disclosed by students at Christchurch Girls' High School in a whole of school survey conducted last month. 59 percent of survey respondents said… Audio
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Disabled people in relationships paying for the price of love
People with disabilities in relationships are paying for the price of love - losing their allowances because they're coupled up.
MSD assumes people in relationships share their finances, but for… Audio
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Fresh approach: Socially aware startup pays cleaners more
The cleaning industry is notorious for paying workers low wages. Most cleaners earn the minimum wage - that's $15.75 an hour for adults. Wellington start-up The Fresh Desk wants to change that. Its… Audio
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Solo mums who don't name father won't face benefit cuts
Solo mothers on a benefit who don't name the father of their child won't have their welfare payments cut under the Labour-led Government. The Social Development Minister, Carmel Sepuloni, has… Audio
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Kelly Chibale: African health innovation, and malaria
Kim Hill talks to Dr Kelly Chibale, Founder and Director of H3D, Africa's first integrated drug discovery and development centre, based at the University of Cape Town. He and his team have potentially… Audio
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Kiwi kids see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day
Media headlines, industry figures and research confirm what many parents suspect: marketing to children has not only grown in scale but also in sophistication.
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Food insecurity: Advocates push for South Auckland community gardens
Community gardens could help bridge the gap for families struggling, one local board chair says.
