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Aged care workers take plea for better staff numbers to Parliament
Imagine working in a rest home and having to choose who gets care and who misses out.
Care workers who took their plea for enforceable minimum staff numbers to Parliament today, say that's what's… Audio
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Stubbed out: Cigarette sales to be banned for younger generations
New world-first laws will ensure young people will never legally purchase cigarettes, with the age of a ban on sales rising each year, the minister says.
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Lecornu due back in New Caledonia after referendum
The French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu is returning to New Caledonia and is likely to arrive after the territory's third and final referendum on independence from France, on Sunday.
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More Māori need to be on gout treament to achieve equity - report
A Pharmac report estimates 10,400 more Māori should be on preventive treatment for gout each year to achieve equity in access of these medicines.
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The uninvited Christmas guest: is New Zealand prepared for Omicron’s inevitable arrival?
Opinion - As New Zealand gets ready for the festive season under the new traffic light system, the emergence of the Omicron variant is a reminder this pandemic is far from over.
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Slow pace of welfare reform increasing pandemic-related inequity - report
Faster action on welfare reform could have eased some of the pressure on struggling families over lockdown, the Child Poverty Action Group says.
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Govt unveils 25-year plan to stop domestic, sexual violence
The government has unveiled a 25 year plan to stop domestic and sexual violence, but those at the coal face says now is the time for the real mahi to ensure this isn't just lip service.
The strategy… Audio
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Dunedin charity's Christmas lunch cancelled due to Covid
A Dunedin charity lunch that normally feeds hundreds of people on Christmas Day is off, because of Covid complications including navigating whether guests are vaccinated or not.
The Act of Kindness… Audio
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Government reveals 25-year plan to tackle family and sexual violence
Te Aorerekura represents an evolution in the journey to address violence in homes and in communities, says Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence Marama Davidson.
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NZ resumes peacekeeping role in troubled Solomons
New Zealand forces are being sent to the Solomon Islands to help calm growing unrest in what is most definitely not a tropical tourist paradise. But the portents for a lasting peace are not good. Audio
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NZ resumes peacekeeping role in troubled Solomons
New Zealand forces are being sent to the Solomon Islands to help calm growing unrest in what is most definitely not a tropical tourist paradise. But the portents for a lasting peace are not good.
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2025 smokefree goal 'unlikely' to be hit
The West Coast District Health Board is the only one in the country meeting the national target of advising people to quit smoking - but the advice is largely falling on deaf ears.
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Crown under fire on Māori inclusion in Covid-19 response
Today was the first day of a special hearing into whether the Crown has breached Te Tiriti in its Covid-19 response.
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Child poverty report shows Māori, Pasifika, disabled falling behind
The government may be making in-roads in tackling child poverty, but yet another report shows Māori, Pacific and disabled tamariki are in danger of being left behind.
The latest Child Poverty Monitor… Audio
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Health Ministry 'traffic light' advice for aged care inconsistent - Aged Care Association
Aged Care Association chief executive Simon Wallace has told Checkpoint the advice from Ministry of Health for rest homes has been inconsistent.
"In the space of 12 hours on Thursday night, Friday… Video, Audio
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Whānau Āwhina Plunket on the latest child poverty figures
Māori, Pacific and disabled children are two to three times more likely to go hungry than Pākehā children, but advocates say that doesn't have to be the case.
The latest Child Poverty Monitor figures… Audio
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WHO public health expert on the risk of Omicron
As more countries around the world report cases of Omicron, much remains unknown about the new Covid-19 variant. It's less than two weeks since Omicron was designated a "variant of concern" by the… Audio
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Need for Māori values and life experiences in nutritional guidelines for pēpi - study
New research has found there is a need for Māori values and life experiences to be incorporated into national nutritional guidelines for pēpi during their formative years.
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Covid-19: Seeds of vaccine mistrust sown by neglect of Northland
Analysis - Vaccination rates are slow in Te Tai Tokerau, where government neglect of the region has created fertile ground for mistrust, writes RNZ reporter Nita Blake-Persen.
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N.K. Jemisin: how sci-fi illuminates humanity's biggest themes
In 2018, N.K. Jemisin became the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, each award going to a book in her widely-heralded Broken Earth series. As a child the New… Audio
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A sit-down with National leader Christopher Luxon
Audio 4 Dec 2021In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson talks to National's leader Chris Luxon in his new office to assess what his leadership will look like. Video, Audio
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A sit-down with National leader Christopher Luxon
In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson talks to National's leader Chris Luxon in his new office to assess what his leadership will look like.
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Beef about sausage rolls
John Bishop has penned an opinion piece about wanting to get a sausage roll from a local petrol station. Chloe Ann King is a hospitality advocate, behind Raise the Bar, a hospitality industry union. Audio
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Vaccine pass complications add to inequity concerns
More than 91 percent of Wellingtonians are now fully vaccinated but deep pockets of low coverage persist in some areas, particularly poorer neighbourhoods.
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Pharmac to improve decision-making processes after review criticisms, says CEO
Pharmac boss Sarah Fitt says the drug-buyer needs to work on communicating better with the public and making decisions faster and more transparent. Audio
