Search Results
Related tags:
-
Flying Solo - a cop and a solo dad, Henare's story
In episode four of Flying Solo, Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets a Wellington police constable who has been a solo dad full-time since his son was five. Audio, Gallery
-
Brighter Future? Mangere community fights to get healthy
Mangere locals have some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in New Zealand, but they're hoping to change that - one dance step at a time. Video, Audio
-
Call to crack down on 'rogue landlords'
The government needs to introduce minimum living standards to prevent people living in squalor and in overcrowded boarding houses, a Parliamentary select committee has heard today.
-
State housing boost for Lower Hutt
The Government plans to build an extra 330 new homes in Lower Hutt to house people who are sleeping rough, and bring hundreds more up to warm, dry standards. Audio
-
Politicians warned they risk spreading ignorance on immigration
Politicians are risking creating "ignorance and misrepresentations" about immigrants, the Federation of Multicultural Councils says.
-
NZ's Pasifika men gather to challenge social ills
The over-representation of New Zealand's Pacific people in negative statistics is being targeted at an event in Porirua this weekend. Audio
-
Labour would boost minimum wage to $16.50
The Labour Party promises to lift the minimum wage and soften the government's 90-day trial period for employees, if it is elected to government.
-
Sitting in a grey area
Many view protesting as a human right but conflict can arise when a movement takes over a public space indefinitely - a bill before Parliament hopes to offer a balanced solution. Audio
-
Sitting in a grey area
Many view protesting as a human right but conflict can arise when a movement takes over a public space indefinitely - a bill before Parliament hopes to offer a balanced solution.
Audio -
Flying Solo - solo parent Tamsyn's story
In the third episode of Flying Solo, Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets single-working parent Tamsyn Matchett who knows a thing or two about being discriminated against, especially overcoming the stigma around… Audio, Gallery
-
Poverty debate skewed wrongly says NZIER
Talk about poverty not income inequality. Audio
-
Jane Goodall 'What we are doing to this planet is deadly'
Dame Jane Goodall is the world-renowned conservationist and primatologist in the 1960s she made history with through her groundbreaking study on the chimpanzees of the Gombe, in Tanzania. Video, Audio
-
Home ownership rates among Maori and Pasifika plummeting?
A National Maori housing organisation says a recent report showing a massive decline in Maori and Pasifika home-ownership is due to political inaction. The Victoria University and Deloitte report on… Audio
-
Salvation Army cannot meet demand for food, housing
Demand for the Salvation Army's food banks, emergency accommodation, and financial support has retuened to levels only previously seen during the global financial crisis. Audio
-
Gender quotas weed out incompetent men - study
“Quotas are bad news for mediocre male leaders who tend to be forced out.”
-
As RAMSI ends, Solomon Islanders look to the future
The regional security force that has been keeping the peace in the Solomon Islands for the better part of 14 years is leaving the country this Friday. The Regional Assistance Mission, or RAMSI as it's… Audio
-
As RAMSI departs, Solomons looks to shape a future
A former Solomon Islands foreign affairs minister says the departure of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands is an opportunity for the country to shape its own future. Audio
-
A minority 'not getting a fair go' is NZ's real worry, says researcher
Despite what people think, inequality in New Zealand has barely changed since the early 1990s and is less of a problem than poverty itself, NZIER researchers say.
-
NYU student goes undercover at Apple factory
New York University graduate student Dejian Zeng spent last summer working undercover at Apple's factory in Pegatron, China. He talks to John Campbell about the reality of working life in such… Video, Audio
-
China factory conditions exposed: 'I can't remember anyone smiling'
Brian Merchant got smuggled in to Foxconn's factory in China to see if anything had changed since workers committed suicide over conditions in 2010. Video, Audio
-
Teenage girls in Fiji caught in vicious cycle - welfare group
A community outreach group in Fiji believes there are a lot of young girls caught in a vicious cycle that includes poverty, broken families and sex exploitation. Audio
-
Awataha Marae responds to 'squalid conditions' claim
The chief executive of Awataha Marae says it is being caught in political crossfire after the Labour Party used it to house more than 80 international interns. Audio
-
The Pill
In 1961, the 'Pill' went on sale in New Zealand and women's lives were changed forever. The first truly reliable contraceptive, the Pill meant being able to control your fertility was now a matter of… Audio
-
Mental health workers lodge equal pay claim
The government has no intention of conducting more large-scale pay equity talks, the Prime Minister says, as thousands who missed out on the care and support workers deal seek their own claim through… Audio
-
TV facing the future
TVNZ's multimedia extravaganza What Next pondered New Zealand in 20 years' time. Over five consecutive nights, it aimed to spark debate about the big issues facing us all and prompt politicians locked… Audio
