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The Netherlands' state-run rail company has agreed to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their relatives for transporting Jews to a Nazi transit camp. More than 100,000 Jews were taken to the… Audio

Former New Zealander of the Year, Dr Lance O'Sullivan, says he will quit medicine in two years if the "f*****" health system doesn't change. He tells Lisa Owen incompetent doctors are harming people.

Labour MP Louisa Wall says people who don't support transgender rights shouldn't be in the Pride Parade. Ms Wall was secretly recorded at a hui about the Auckland pride parade making comments about… Audio

Amnesty International is hoping a last ditch effort will convince the government to keep a refugee programme running. The programme which was launched at the beginning of the year in Nelson… Audio

New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement. The Hague Convention was created in 1980 to force the… Audio

Every year, Creative New Zealand pays tribute to Māori artists at the Te Waka Toi Awards. Justine Murray meets two of this year's winners – internationally renowned printmaker Marilynn Webb and… Video, Audio

Wellington City Councillor Fleur Fitzsimons says it’s unacceptable the Basin Reserve does not cater sufficiently for women and those with disabilities, but says the council is addressing the… Audio

South Taranaki mayor Ross Dunlop says he has no plans to resign after it was revealed he was on a judging panel that awarded second prize to a float in an A&P parade featuring people in 'blackface'. Audio

A former coach says the Wellington Rugby Union has no respect for its women's rugby programme. Dave Jensen coached the top Wellington Women's rugby team, Pride, for three seasons up until last year… Audio

New Zealand soprano Madeleine Pierard is part of an organisation helping to change the opera scene for women and parents. Video, Audio

Hanelle Harris is the creator of the successful and ground breaking web-series, the Baby Mama's Club. It's ground-breaking because all four lead characters are Maori or Pasifika women which is unusual… Audio

Gabrielle Baker is a Maori health expert and advocate for a pro-equity, anti-racist health system. She is a former public servant who now works as a consultant with a range of health sector agencies… Audio

A plan to ban begging and rough sleeping in Tauranga is one step closer after a city council vote. The ban is proposed for Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Greerton CBDs and will prohibit begging and… Audio

The inquiry into abuse in religious and state institutions will have the ability to compel people and institutions to appear before it. The Royal Commission's Terms of Reference were gazetted… Audio

Churches will be included in the government's abuse inquiry, after lobbying from religious institutions and those subjected to abuse under their care. The expansion means the Royal Commission inquiry… Audio

A sexual abuse survivor is encouraging old boys from his school who he knows were molested, to speak up at the Royal Commission. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday the government's… Audio

A Hutt Valley church community that has previously protested about the shortage of social housing in the city is putting its money where its mouth is and building five new homes for needy people. In… Audio