Anusha Bradley
Samoan church welcomes displaced workers
Hundreds of RSE workers in Hawke's Bay have received shelter and comfort at a church in Napier.
The Samoan Assembly of God opened its doors on Tuesday morning to workers from around the Pacific… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Reporter evacuated in Hastings
RNZ In Depth reporter Anusha Bradley lives in Te Awanga, east of Hastings, and has had to evacuate her home as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down.
She spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
How can Auckland prepare for more flooding?
Auckland's floods may have been historic but experts say flooding on a similar scale will strike again soon.
What can Aotearoa's largest city do to prepare?
Anusha Bradley asks four experts for… Audio
$1.5m vaccination campaign after most vaccinated
An RNZ investigation can reveal most of the work, and spending on a $1.5 million dollar Covid-19 vaccination campaign happened after almost everyone had been vaccinated.
Delays, questionable content… Audio
Claims WorkSafe took weeks to see sites with explosive substances
An expert says WorkSafe took weeks to visit two sites that were identified as storing potentially catastrophic amounts of explosive substances.
One of the companies was described as an "onshore… Audio
More allegations of schools bullying failure
A primary school accused of badly handling complaints of sexual behaviour and bullying among its pupils, has a history of ignoring or minimising bullying complaints stretching back nearly a decade.
… Audio
School accused of poorly handling sexual behaviour complaints
A primary school is accused of poorly handling complaints of sexual behaviour and bullying among students.
Two families say it has been a struggle since their children started school in 2020 to… Audio
The Week in Detail: Pakistan, prime ministers and pepeha
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Is WorkSafe working?
At least two people have died at work every month since last January. Are our workplace whistleblowers up to the task? Audio
WorkSafe performance measures changed after failures
National is describing Worksafe's new performance measures as waffly and vague, amid warnings they will reduce the regulator's accountability.
Worksafe's health and safety targets have been scrapped… Audio
Independent review into WorkSafe can't find if agency is reducing harm
An independent review of WorkSafe cannot say whether the agency is reducing workplace harm or is cost effective.
The review was ordered by the Minister for Workplace Safety and Relations, Michael… Audio
Health experts want at-home Covid-19 deaths investigated
Eighty-seven people have died in their homes from Covid-19 since March and public health experts are calling for their deaths to be investigated.
The figure means on average four people a week have… Audio
WorkSafe reducing focus on adventure tourism activities
WorkSafe says a lack of funding is forcing it to reduce its focus on adventure tourism activities, which have been in the spotlight since the Whakaari eruption.
It also says funding pressure means… Audio
ACC's problem-filled $74m system worth the price tag - CEO
An internal review of ACC's new 74 million dollar case management system finds the benefits are still unclear and it's uncertain whether the expected savings of almost half a billion dollars will be… Audio
Frustration over no ACC cover for image-based sexual abuse
A woman who suffers from PTSD after a sex video of her was uploaded to a porn site, is dismayed a group of MPs has decided its too complex and costly to extend ACC cover to victims of image-based… Audio
Wellington toddler stuck in hospital for nearly three months
A bureaucratic bungle left a disabled toddler stuck in Wellington Hospital for nearly three months.
Her mother had to provide intensive care-level nursing for her despite the rest of the family… Audio
ACC mixed up files of two people
ACC mixed up the files of two people and used the medical notes of one to decide how much compensation the other - a sexual abuse survivor - should receive.
The abuse survivor discovered the mistake… Audio
Mother of seven pitches tent, cites lack of WINZ help
A homeless mother with seven young children says she had to pitch a tent in a park during a storm after Work and Income told her it couldn't help.
Mariska Kruger, from Napier, says despite the agency… Audio
ACC service set up to challenge its decisions fails
A service the ACC set up to help people better understand how its dispute process works has failed.
Documents obtained by RNZ show the so-called Navigation service created in 2019 has not worked… Audio
ACC gives boy cover after five year battle
An 11-year-old boy who was left disabled by a botched birth has finally been given ACC cover after a five-year battle.
But his family says the win is bittersweet, because it highlights the two-tier… Audio