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Widening inequality gap
More than half the world's wealth will soon be owned by the wealthiest one percent of the population.
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Top 1% to own half world's wealth - Oxfam
More than half the world's wealth will soon be owned by the wealthiest one percent of the population, according to a study by anti-poverty charity Oxfam.
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Call for school decile system review
School principals say a review of the school decile system is urgently required and the system is not meeting the needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Audio
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Outspoken - School Decile Funding
John Gerritsen asks if the school decile system needs replacing. Audio
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Best things on screen
Film and TV reviewer Judah Finnigan shares his picks of 2014.
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UK news: pay inequality
Tracy McVeigh on a proposed UK law to make big companies publish what they pay their male and female workers; a first step to abolishing gender pay inequality perhaps? Audio
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UK news: pay inequality
Tracy McVeigh on a proposed UK law to make big companies publish what they pay their male and female workers; a first step to abolishing gender pay inequality perhaps? Audio
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Week In Review for week ending Dec 12 2014
Audio 12 Dec 2014A review of the week's news including... murderer and child sex abuser Phillip Smith says he had help from a prison guard to escape from jail, a New Zealander who is in prison in Bali for suspected… Audio
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The Panel with Ellen Read and Simon Pound (Part 2)
Topics - the economic cost of social inequality in NZ has been highlighted again. Where do you think all the Earth's water came from? A New Zealander is being detained in Myanmar after using an image… Audio
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Money for poor schools to tackle inequality
Education groups say an OECD report shows more funding for poor schools and more courses for poorly-educated adults could improve the New Zealand economy.
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MPs play blame game, go on holiday
Prime Minister John Key has rejected criticism his Government is not doing enough to reduce inequality and poverty, instead blaming the Green Party for the rise in income inequality. Audio
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Tax changes not the answer - English
Finance Minister Bill English is disputing an OECD report which says the growing gap between rich and poor in New Zealand is leading to lower overall economic growth. Audio
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PM rejects criticism his govt not doing enough on inequality
The Prime Minister has rejected criticism his Government is not doing enough to reduce inequality and poverty. Audio
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Question Time for 10 December 2014
Audio 10 Dec 2014- Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Prime Minister: Does he agree with the OECD that "when income inequality rises, economic growth falls"?
- ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he agree with yesterday's…
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'No trickle-down'
NZ has one of the fastest growing rates of income inequality among the world's richest countries, report says.
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NZ inequality stems back to 1990 policies
The Finance Minister says he does not accept that inequality leads to poor economic growth. Audio
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NZ gap between rich and poor growing
New Zealand has had one of the fastest growing rates of income inequality among the world's richest countries, according to analysis by a leading economic think-tank.
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Labour's take on inequality's effects
Labour's finance spokesperson, Grant Robertson responds to OECD report. Audio
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National's response to OECD report
It's long been claimed that inequality is unfair, now a new report says it makes us all poorer. Audio
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Greens back OECD report showing inequality hurts whole economy
The western world's leading thinktank the OECD says increasing inequality cost the New Zealand economy more than 10 percentage points between 1990 and 2010. Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 10 December 2014
Audio 10 Dec 2014National's response to OECD report; Labour's take on inequality's effects; CIA report to show US tortured prisoners; Government's terrorist fighters legislation passes final reading; Fonterra expected… Audio
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'Exhaustive' inquiry on police killing
US authorities have promised an "exhaustive and fair" investigation into a white New York police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a chokehold. Audio
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NZ immigration laws 'should match' Australia's
A campaigner in Australia is lobbying the Minister of Maori Development to change immigration laws in Aotearoa to match legislation across the Tasman.
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UN: Still time for PNG to convert resource wealth sustainably
The United Nations Development Programme says it's not too late for Papua New Guinea to convert its resource wealth into sustainable benefits for its citizens' wellbeing.
