Paul Barber

Just over $116 landed in the bank accounts of 2 million New Zealanders yesterday, the first of three cost-of-living payments from the government for those earning under $70,000.

But what are they… Audio

The Salvation Army is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic could exacerbate "unacceptable" levels of poverty and inequity in New Zealand. Audio

Most political parties aren't being ambitious enough when it comes to seriously addressing the housing crisis.

This is according to the Equality Network - an organisation made up of social advocacy… Audio

Paul Barber, co-author of the Salvation Army's State of the Nation report out today, talks about the areas where New Zealand is still failing parts of society badly. Audio

A coalition backing a capital gains tax is being launched at Parliament on Monday. Tax Justice Aotearoa says it wants a fairer tax system starting with a capital gains tax and focusing on all wealth… Audio

Ben Stokes has described feeling "vulnerable and frightened" and "under threat of immediate attack" moments before he became involved in a brawl outside a Britsol nightclub in September last year. He… Audio

The British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has resigned, becoming the third minister in 24 hours to walk out of the government rather than back Theresa May's plans for a new Brexit. Commentators have… Audio

Plant pathologists here have been trying to get an eye-in-the-sky project off the ground that would use airborne cameras and thermal imaging detectors to map at risk trees, long before symptoms are… Audio