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Law's glass ceiling exposed by numbers
Women make up about a quarter of partners at New Zealand's 11 biggest law firms, despite outnumbering male graduates since the 1990s.
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Pensioner in poverty: Life in a caravan
Lynette Haines, 69, lives in the Bay of Plenty and says she has no choice but to live in a caravan at a campground because her pension is not enough. Video, Audio
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Tax brakes: Labour eases up on working group changes
Power Play - Labour has been forced into a major shift in approach after ongoing attacks against its tax policy saw it losing grasp on the election, Jane Patterson writes.
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Butter boom: Grocery prices churn higher
The cost of baking just got more expensive with butter prices hitting a record high, and chocolate also becoming more costly.
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Elections - just like Bollywood?
How well do candidates know their local ethnic communities? Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at a public forum in Wellington to hear candidates being grilled in the hot seat, in today's Voices programme Audio, Gallery
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Elections - just like Bollywood?
How well do candidates know their local ethnic communities? Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at a public forum in Wellington to hear candidates being grilled in the hot seat, in today's Voices programme
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Turnbull calls for a 'Yes' vote for same-sex marriage
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged the country to vote yes in the postal survey on same-sex marriage.
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Insight: NZ's Mental Health at Breaking Point?
NZ's mental health system is groaning under the weight of growing demand. Catherine Hutton asks how well the service is coping and what needs to change. Video, Audio
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Hex summon the riffs
Hex is the genesis of G G and Kiki Van Newtown, married both in music and life, and since conception in 2010, Hex released their first EP last year and have been a dominant force on the local music… Audio
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Who is Jacinda Ardern?
Only just tuning into the election campaign and wondering what Jacinda's all about? RNZ has you covered. Video, Audio
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Who are New Zealand's precariat?
For New Zealand's precariat, life is a daily struggle: they live in barely adequate insecure housing and are in constant fear of losing their income, often derived from working more than one job. Audio
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Rugby's drinking culture under scrutiny in review
More than half of the misconduct investigated over the past four years involved alcohol, the review sparked by last year's stripper scandal has found.
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Australia same-sex marriage survey to go ahead
Australia's High Court has ruled the Federal Government's $122 million same-sex marriage postal survey will go ahead.
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Family has no trust in HNZ register: 'This is not right'
The government has tried to get a family back on the social housing register after RNZ reported how they had been living in a South Auckland lodge for seven years. Video, Audio
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EU and Forum sign agreement to tackle gender inequality in Pacific
The European Union and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat have signed a Financing Agreement to tackle the root causes of gender inequality and violence against women and girls in the Pacific.
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Marriage equality reaches halt in Australian high court
Australia will find out the future of its same sex marriage postal plebiscite today. For the past two days Australia's highest court has been hearing legal challenges against the government's national… Audio
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Tenants wait years for state houses, boarding house owner says
Raymond Teinaki and his family, who have lived at a boarding house for seven years, have given up hope of ever getting a state house.
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Ministry accused of breaching abuse claimants' privacy
The Ministry of Social Development gave information about state care abuse claims to police against victims' wishes, their lawyer says. Audio
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Voters' choice becoming clear as poll looms
Power Play - National is offering more of the same, while attacking Labour's vision-with-values, writes Jane Patterson.
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National changes stance on child poverty reduction target
National has done an about face on setting a child poverty reduction target. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson asks the parties what they think about that. Audio
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The reality of child poverty at NZ's biggest primary school
John Campbell visited Finlayson Park Primary School in Manurewa and spoke to long-serving principal Shirley Maihi about the problems she sees day-to-day. Audio
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Minor parties wade into child poverty debate
The setting of a child poverty reduction target by the National Party leader - out of the blue - has been met with some surprise, but also plenty of support.
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Main parties shy away from specific suicide reduction target
Neither National nor Labour will commit to a specific target to reduce suicide, but their health spokespeople say 20 percent would be a sensible one.
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Gender pay gap shrinks, but no downward trend
The gender pay gap in New Zealand has had its biggest reduction since statistics were first recorded - but it is still not as low as it was five years ago.
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Gender pay gap decreasing according to Statistics NZ
Statistics New Zealand says women were paid 9.4 percent less than men in June this year - down from the 12 percent gap in June last year, but up from 9.1 percent in 2012. Audio
