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Funding boost shows housing crisis real - opposition
The government insists there is no housing crisis in New Zealand despite a surprise announcement yesterday of a $300 million injection for emergency housing.
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Govt to spend $300m on emergency housing
The government will spend $300 million on emergency housing, funding an extra 1400 places around the country, the Minister for Social Housing says. Video
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Labour sticks to 'best-start' policy
Labour has reaffirmed its best-start policy, which would pay $60 dollars a week to families with children under one year old, deputy leader Annette King says.
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Gender-balanced parliament would bring 'a great dynamic'
Parliament has been told it needs to seriously look at introducing a gender quota system to get more women in the house.
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Racial discrimination often unreported - Commissioner
The Race Relations Commissioner says the kind of racial discrimination experienced by an Auckland councillor's family is something she hears about all the time. Audio
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Sport: PNG hoping to be competitive in women's rugby debut v Fiji
Papua New Guinea have claimed underdog status for today's Oceania Rugby Women's Championship clash against Fiji in Suva.
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New policy expected at Labour's annual conference
Labour is turning its sights to next year's election as party members and MPs gather in Auckland tonight for the party's annual conference.
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Swearing-in discrimination "different day, same rubbish"
The Auckland councillor whose Samoan family were refused VIP seating at this week's council swearing-in ceremony says the incident is just the latest example of systemic racism in New Zealand. Audio
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Protest in Auckland against precarious work
Nine people have been arrested for trespassing following a protest at a recruitment agency in Auckland.
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Northland women waiting 4 months for gynaecology cancer treatment
Nearly two-thirds of Northland gynaecological cancer patients are not being treated within the recommended time, a new report has found.
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Another woman claims police application was unfairly rejected
A second Whakatane woman has come forward saying her application to join the police force has also been unfairly rejected. Audio
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Discrimination mars swearing in for Auckland councillor
A new Auckland councillor has accused staff of racism after his Samoan family were refused access to VIP seats at the Town Hall to watch his swearing in. Audio
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New Auckland Councillor's Samoan family refused seats
A newly elected Auckland Councillor's Samoan family has been refused access to specially-arranged seating at the council inauguration, in what he regards as racial discrimination. Audio
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Bookmarks with Max Rashbrooke
On Bookmarks today is Wellington author, journalist and academic Max Rashbrooke who primarily writes about politics, economics and social issues. Audio
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Budget service says it's been hit in pocket for helping working poor
A budgeting service that has missed out on government funding says it lost the contract because it deals with the working poor rather than beneficiaries.
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Fairtrade CEO says successful FTA's need to benefit the poorest
Fairtrade CEO says free trade agreements need to target the most marginalised to be truly successful. Audio
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Don't blame baby boomers for the housing crisis
At last, something Baby Boomers aren't being blamed for. The BNZ's economist Tony Alexander and Grey Power say it's not baby boomers fault as housing crisis aggravates intergenerational inequity. Audio
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NZ discussions on lifting Pacific people out of poverty
Audio 31 Oct 2016Trade negotiators, NGO leaders and economists discuss the best combination of trade and aid to lift people out of poverty. Audio
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Indridi Indridason: Iceland politics
Kim Hill talks to Indridi Indridason, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside and an adjunct professor in the Department of Political… Audio
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Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Kim Hill talks to Birgitta Jónsdóttir, an Icelandic "poetician" and activist, who was elected in 2013 as a Member of the Althing for the Southwest Constituency and heads the list for the Icelandic… Audio
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NZ rises slightly in latest global gender gap index
New Zealand has moved up one place in the latest global gender gap index compiled by the World Economic Forum.
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Equal pay? Not for women of colour
According to Statistics NZ, women from our Pasifika communities earn the least in our country, on average only 67% of what a Pakeha male might earn. Gender inequity is a global issue but how does it… Audio, Gallery
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Equal pay? Not for women of colour
According to Statistics NZ, women from our Pasifika communities earn the least in our country, on average only 67% of what a Pakeha male might earn. Gender inequity is a global issue but how does it…
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Word Christchurch 2016: The State of America
Audio 24 Oct 2016America has been a strange and interesting place in 2016: the most divisive, alarming and downright bizarre primaries and presidential race in recent history, one of the country's worst mass shootings… Audio
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Special education demand up, satisfaction down - report
There were about 2000 more requests for help for children with special needs last year, but satisfaction with the service fell, the Ministry of Education annual report shows.
