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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
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'We need a change' - Grandmother feeding the homeless
In the four years Debbie Munroe has been helping fill Manurewa's bellies she's seen an explosion in the numbers of people sleeping rough, she says.
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Chch candidates grilled over quake insurance, housing
There was heckling and hollering at Christchurch's largest polytechnic today, with political candidates taking questions from local voters. Video
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UN recommends inquiry into state care abuse
The United Nations has recommended the New Zealand government establish an independent commission of inquiry into the abuse of children and adults with disabilities while in state care from 1950 to…
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Sexism pure & simple, blamed for gender pay gap
New Zealand research is showing what some people have always suspected, that sexism, not women's unwillingness to bargain, or their chosen occupations is the likely driver of the gender pay gap. Motu… Audio
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Government U-turns on refuge funding
Two months ago Voices reported that Shakti Ethnic Women’s Refuge in Wellington had been declined government funding and would have to close. Now on the eve of the election the government has changed… Audio
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Government U-turns on refuge funding
Two months ago Voices reported that Shakti Ethnic Women’s Refuge in Wellington had been declined government funding and would have to close. Now on the eve of the election the government has changed…
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F-bombs, lipstick on pigs and the PM's pimples
New Zealand’s longest serving political leader suddenly signed off this week warning that superficial stuff seemed to be drowning out real political issues in the media. Week one of the election… Audio
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F-bombs, lipstick on pigs and the PM's pimples
New Zealand’s longest serving political leader suddenly signed off this week warning that superficial stuff seemed to be drowning out real political issues in the media. Week one of the election…
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UBI answer to broken system - economist
The time has come for a universal basic income, says British economist Guy Standing. Audio
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Will Steffen - the beginner's guide to the Anthropocene
It is now widely accepted among scientists and environmentalists that we are now in a new geographical epoch - the Anthropocene. Audio
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Weekly Reading: Best longreads on the web
Tina Fey's cake eating; Dylan Roof's radicalisation; sexism in Silicon Valley; and much more.
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Surge in voter enrolments as printed roll date lapses
Up to 5000 people a day are enrolling to vote, with enrolments tracking slightly ahead of the 2014 election, the Electoral Commission says.
