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Top Stories for Wednesday 4 August 2021
Audio 4 Aug 2021Top stories this morning... Lisa Carrington makes Olympic history The Government admits its scheme to help first home buyers has got things wrong We'll hear from the Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern on… Audio
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'We've done it before': Housing crisis solution must mirror post-war effort - advocates
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub and others agree it's time to reframe housing as a human rights crisis and say the solution demands the same political will shown after World War II.
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Housing must be viewed as a human right - economist, tenants' advocate
A leading economist and a tenants advocate support the push to view housing as a human right.
The Human Rights Commission has announced an inquiry into housing, but some say the road map out of the… Audio
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Disabled people in relationships paying for the price of love
People with disabilities in relationships are paying for the price of love - losing their allowances because they're coupled up.
MSD assumes people in relationships share their finances, but for… Audio
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Te Tiriti and Māori must be at forefront of housing inquiry
An independent Māori Housing body says Te Tiriti and Māori must be at the forefront of a national inquiry into the housing crisis. The Human Rights Commission has launched the inquiry, saying… Audio
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HRC inquiry: Housing crisis a 'massive human rights failure'
The Chief Human Rights Commissioner says for generations governments have promised to create the conditions to enable everyone to live in a decent home, but that has not happened. Audio
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Human Rights Commission announces inquiry into housing crisis
The Human Rights Commission is this morning announcing a national inquiry into the housing crisis.
It says successive governments have failed to give New Zealanders decent homes and the housing… Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 2 August 2021
Busy start to week two of the Olympics for New Zealand; Labour drops in latest Newshub - Reid Research poll; Human Rights Commission announces inquiry into housing crisis; Covid-19: Mass vaccination… Audio
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Debate on Fiji Land Bill heats up amid detention of MPs and rights advocates
The political tussle amid a worsening Covid-19 crisis continues in Fiji.
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Fiji opposition MPs taken in by police
Several leading opposition politicians in Fiji have been detained following their criticism of government land legislation.
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Covid-19 may have pushed thousands more children into poverty
New research from the Child Poverty Action Group shows that, in the year since the nationwide lockdown, many more whānau have been doing it tough, with Māori and Pacific the hardest hit.
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Bridie Jabour: How millennials can be happy
Guardian Australia columnist Bridie Jabour calls millennials the miserable generation so set out to discover how 30 somethings can learn to be happy. She shares her roadmap for navigating a path away… Audio
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Buller Mayor's regional council criticism over flood crisis 'not personal'
Buller members of the West Coast Regional Council say criticism levelled at them by Mayor Jamie Cleine over the Westport flood was unfair and unfounded.
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Inside an intentional community: The people who call Kāwai Purapura home
The site of the notorious Centrepoint community is now home to 100 people. In part two of our series on what became of the former Centrepoint site, we meet some of the residents who live there now.
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The problem with economists' forecasts
Audio 25 Jul 2021The data is clear: economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more caveats and disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media? Audio
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The problem with economists' forecasts
The data is clear: economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more caveats and disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media?
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Number of rejections for emergency housing tripled in 2020
About 3000 requests for emergency housing were rejected by the government last year, nearly triple the number the year before. Audio
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Nearly 3000 emergency housing requests denied in 2020
Nearly 3000 requests for emergency housing were rejected by the government in 2020 - a figure the opposition National Party says represents a genuine crisis.
Social Development Minister Carmel… Audio
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Surging house prices lift household wealth, but savings slump - Stats NZ
Surging house prices have boosted household wealth but savings have fallen away, according to new numbers from Stats NZ.
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'It's terrifying': Angela Merkel shaken as flood deaths rise to 188 in Europe
The German Chancellor said governments would have to get better and faster in their efforts to tackle the impact of climate change, describing the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as…
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Week in Politics: 'Demand the Debate' campaign gets picked apart
Analysis - Judith Collins' "Demand the Debate" campaign is picked apart, the first mass vaccination event is announced, and the government offers councils a $2.5b Three Waters sweetener.
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Deadly floods sweep through western Europe, houses collapse
At least 80 people have died and hundreds more are unaccounted for in Germany after some of the worst flooding in decades.
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Concerns over Government's urban planning policy
We have a look at the challenges of urban planning amidst a housing crisis and fears new government policy could create 'urban slums'. Dr Claire Dale at Auckland University's Retirement Policy and… Audio
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Napier's council-owned housing may have to be sold
The future of council-owned housing in Napier is in limbo, as the city grapples with one of the worst social housing crises in the country.
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The challenges of parenting adult children
It's a trend on the rise around the world - in the UK research into the "boomerang" phenomenon found two thirds of childless single adults aged 20 - 34 had either never left or moved back into the… Audio
