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Tax is Love, says Shamubeel Eaqub
A panel at Wanaka's Festival of Colour considers whether taxation is love. Lynn Freeman talks to Max Rashbrooke, Prof. Lisa Marriott and Shamubeel Eaqub in April 2021. Audio
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South Africa: Calm restored to most places - president
Unrest that has ripped through South Africa in the past week is stabilising, but the destruction will cost the country millions of dollars, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Harrison Christian: the infamous mutiny on the Bounty
Audio 17 Jul 2021Many families have a tale of an adventurous ancestor - but some are far more interesting than others. Harrison Christian's ancestor, Fletcher Christian, was a seaman in the late 1700s who rebelled… Audio
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Te Waonui for week ending Friday 16 July 2021
Coming up on Te Waonui - Waitangi Tribunal claimants who suffered at the hands of state care say they are being shut out of Oranga Tamariki reform talks, Inequalities for MÄori and Pasifika could be… Audio
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MSD reimburses mother $13k after years of unfair sanctions
After more than year of waiting for a Ministry of Social Development review, a woman who was unfairly sanctioned for failing to name her child's father has been repaid.
Under the sanction, many women… Video, Audio
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Pasifika more likely to be hospitalised for Covid-19 - Study
Audio 16 Jul 2021A new article in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found Pasifika are most likely to be hospitalised for Covid-19; three times more likely than any other ethnic group to be hospitalised. Audio
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Women are still more likely to report news than be in it
Opinion - Women are more visible in the world's news than ever before - but they're still far from achieving parity with men, and this has deeper implications for society Associate Professor Susan…
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Canada reckons with abuse, killings of indigenous children
An indigenous woman says her experience in the forced residential school system for indigenous people in Canada made her ashamed to be brown.
Geraldine Shingoose says she has cried every day since… Audio
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Unemployment down, but are jobs enough to cover rising costs?
The government's counting another drop in unemployment numbers as a win - but others say they don't paint the whole picture.
Over the past three months, more than 31,000 people found jobs and got off… Audio
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MSD Minister discusses delayed reviews of sanctions cases
Thousands of women who had their benefits docked are still waiting for their cases to be reviewed more than two years after the Minister ordered MSD to take a second look.
The women had up to $28 a… Video, Audio
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Top earning emergency housing provider owes thousands in wage subsidies, tax
A now defunct Auckland company which received nearly $15 million to house the homeless now owes the government tens of thousands of dollars in wage subsidies and tax payments.
Silverfern Property… Audio
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Under 5s health reforms could address ethnic inequalities
Inequalities for Māori and Pasifika could be challenged by new healthcare services reforms for children under five. A Government review has found children are slipping through the cracks of its health… Audio
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Pasifika in NZ most likely to be hospitalised for Covid-19
A recently published New Zealand Medical Journal article, indicated that Pasifika are three times more likely to be hospitalised for the virus than other ethnic groups.
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The nurses' dispute - complications set in
Nurses have more industrial action planned as frustration with shortages and pay boil over - what's behind the anger? Audio
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The nurses' dispute - complications set in
Nurses have more industrial action planned as frustration with shortages and pay boil over - what's behind the anger?
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Government unveils plan to repurpose healthcare for babies
The government is promising a major shake up to expand the range of healthcare services for babies from ages zero to five years old.
It comes after a review of the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme… Audio
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Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
Voices - A new report on Asian students' health and wellbeing finds explores their experiences of lack of safe spaces, "achievement pressure", poverty, mental health, and discrimination. Audio
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Hospitalisation risk from Covid highest for Pasifika
Pasifika in New Zealand face the highest risk of hospitalisation due to Covid-19.
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Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
A new report paints a pretty detailed picture on youth well-being amongst East and South Asian students - and some of the stats are not pretty. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio
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Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
A new report paints a pretty detailed picture on youth well-being amongst East and South Asian students - and some of the stats are not pretty. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar
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'Emotions are still running high'
The government is being called on to hold an independent review of the country's opera sector, following claims of mismanagement by the New Zealand Opera company.
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Socio-economic hardship leading to premature deaths in South Auckland
Poverty, deprivation and poor access to healthcare are driving premature deaths in south Auckland, experts say.
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Inquiry launched into truancy: 'It has been getting worse'
Parliament's education committee says school attendance has been dropping since 2015 across "all regions, all ethnicities, all deciles and all year levels".
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Extra $20 a week not enough to fix housing crisis for beneficiaries - budgeters
While welcoming this month's benefit increase, a group of South Auckland budgeters say it is going to require more than a few dollars to fix the "horrifying" debt faced by so many of their clients.
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Covid-19: Canterbury vaccine rollout under close scrutiny
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout for Canterbury is under close scrutiny after the District Health Board admitted it won't be getting started on group four until mid-September.
It was already well behind… Audio
