Tackling stigma, discrimination and passivity... these are our top ten features about Kiwis making a difference.
Aigagalefili Fepulea'i-Tapua'i: speaking up for South Auckland students
Amidst the Covid-19 lockdown, Aorere College head girl Aigagalefili Fepulea'i-Tapua'i took a stand against the continuing negative media portrayal of her community and became a powerful voice for her peers.
Aigagalefili Fepulea'i-Tapua'i Photo: Supplied.
This Is Us: Latifa and Mahmood
Latifa Daud is a university graduate and freelance writer who has muscular dystrophy. Her grandfather Mahmood Bhikoo’s family arrived in New Zealand 1908 from Gujarat, India.
Latifa Daud and Mahmood Bhikoo Photo: Ainsley Duyvestyn-Smith | @ds_documentary
Activist Rob Greenfield: green to the extreme
Eating roadkill, getting a vasectomy at 25 and reducing your worldly possessions to 44 items. It all makes sense if you follow environmental ethics to their logical end, says American entrepreneur Rob Greenfield.
Rob Greenfield Photo: Sierra Ford Photography, L.L.C.
Breaking Silence: David White
David White’s daughter, Helen, was shot dead by her husband Greg Meads in 2009. Since then David has become a staunch campaigner, fighting to end domestic abuse.
David White Photo: Magnetic Pictures / Stuff NZ Ltd.
Philanthropic Kiwi couple giving away more than $50 million
By the time Christchurch couple Grant and Marilyn Nelson retire, they will have given away more than $50 million through their charitable trust The Gama Foundation.
Christchurch philanthropists Grant and Marilyn Nelson Photo: Supplied
Emma Espiner: witnessing a health system that fails Māori
More power-sharing, more trust in Māori, and more funding of Māori initiatives are needed to achieve better health outcomes for Māori, says trainee doctor Emma Espiner.
Emma Espiner Photo: supplied
Jess Hill: power, control and domestic abuse
When Australian investigative journalist Jess Hill realised everything she thought she knew about domestic violence was basically wrong, she began a six-year investigation into the subject.
Jess Hill, author of See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse Photo: Supplied
Natalie Coates: death, mana and Peter Ellis
New Zealand legal history was made in September when the Supreme Court allowed former Christchurch Civic Creche worker Peter Ellis's appeal against charges of sexual offending to continue after his death. Ellis' lawyer Natalie Coates talks about the cultural significance of this precedent.
Natalie Coates Photo: supplied
This Is Us: Kareem Adel Ismail
Dr Kareem Adel Ismail says last year's Christchurch atrocity is a wake-up call that everything is not okay in New Zealand society.
Department of Conservation employee, Dr Kareem Adel Ismail, said mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch last year that left 51 people dead was not surprising. Photo: Supplied / Ghazaleh Golbakhsh
Brad Olsen on building pipes, not pipe dreams
New Zealand faces a "looming collapse of critical infrastructure networks" unless urgent action is taken, warns senior economist Brad Olsen.
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