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The impact of food on history
A taste for chocolate has done more than break the will power of people across the generations. It's also started wars. The fascinating impact of food on history is told in the new book, Food Fights… Audio
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Petition seeks NZ govt stand on abuses in West Papua
A public petition in New Zealand has urged government to take a strong stand on human rights abuses in West Papua.
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Blooms behind bars - Prison flower delivery succeeds
More than 400 Christmas posies have been delivered to Mount Eden Prison inmates, after the practice - banned this year as a security risk - was reinstated.
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Prison backs down on posies ban
Mt Eden Prison managers have agreed to allow Quakers to deliver flowers to inmates for Christmas. Audio
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Green Light for Quakers to resume prison deliveries
The Quakers have delivered flowers to inmates at Mt Eden Prison since the Frist World War. But this year's delivery was cast into doubt, due to security concerns from the Department of Corrections… Audio
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Quaker flower delivery tradition under threat
The Quakers have delivered around four-hundred posies of flowers to Mt Eden Prison at Christmas since the First World War. But the prisons tightened security is putting the tradition under threat… Audio
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Quakers and prison staff to meet about flower ban
Mt Eden prison management will meet today with the Quakers to discuss its sudden ban on the group delivering Christmas flowers to inmates.
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Prison flower delivery ban under review
Corrections is hinting it might reverse its sudden ban on the Quakers taking flowers to Mt Eden Prison for Christmas.
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Pacific churches up their call for human rights justice
Audio 16 Nov 2016Church groups around the region are calling for justice on longstanding issues undermining the rights of the region's people. Audio
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Man killed by Sydney police a NZer
A man shot dead during a confrontation at a Sydney police station was a New Zealander, his family have confirmed.
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A Quaker's View
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Spiritual Outlook: The moral dilemma for Military Chaplains
Mike Gourley explores the moral dilemma for Christian clerics serving in the Military in discussion with: Stephanie du Fresne, Advocate for Quaker Peace and Social Witness; Rev John Neal, former… Audio
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Quaker Acres
Residents of the Quaker Settlement in Whanganui aim to live lightly on the land and use permaculture practises on their eight hectares near Virginia Lake. A dam at the back of property now collects… Audio
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Quaker Acres
Residents of the Quaker Settlement in Whanganui aim to live lightly on the land and use permaculture practises on their eight hectares near Virginia Lake. A dam at the back of property now collects…
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Woman charged over baby in drain
A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of her newborn baby boy, found in a drain in Sydney yesterday morning.The baby is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
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Snack bars 'not everyday eating'
Consumer New Zealand says many snack bars should not be considered everyday eating, as only nine out of 35 rated well under the new voluntary health star-rating system.
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Sydney nurse admits 11 murder charges
A former nurse who deliberately lit two fires at an Australian nursing home has pleaded guilty to 11 counts of murder.
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Ideas for 19 May 2013
The Quakers not only played a leading role in the anti-slavery movement - they founded many of Britain's best known companies. The Seventh Day Adventist church founded, and still owns, New Zealand's… Audio
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A Quaker's View
Curator Paul Diamond on why a collection of watercolours painted from 1843 to 1845 by an English Quaker and potential colonist, is exclusively of Maori subjects. The exhibition is called 'Head and… Audio
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Nurse pleads not guilty to murder
A nurse has pleaded not guilty to murdering 11 elderly residents by setting fire to a Sydney nursing home.
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More charges laid after fatal fire
Police in NSW have laid two more murder charges against the man accused of lighting a fatal nursing home fire at Quakers Hill in north-west Sydney last November.
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More murder charges laid over nursing home fire
Police in Australia have laid two more murder charges against a man accused of lighting the nursing home fire in November that killed 11 people.
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Nursing home fire toll now 11
The death toll from a fatal fire at a western Sydney nursing home on 18 November, continues to rise. There was an 11th fatality on Tuesday.
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Sydney nursing home fire death toll rises to 10
The death toll from last week's fatal fire at a western Sydney nursing home has risen to 10.
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Fire accused not in court for charges
A Sydney man charged with lighting a fatal nursing home fire has chosen not to attend his court hearing on murder charges.
