Gender
New Zealand women in farming
Women have been sharing their experiences of running farms in New Zealand in a thread on Twitter. Audio
Coffee linked to lower body fat in women
Dr. Katherine Black joins the show to discuss the latest in coffee research, including the finding that women who get a caffeine fix two or three times a day have less body fat than those who drink… Audio
Professor Stephanie Coontz: How to Make Your Marriage Gayer
Professor Stephanie Coontz recently wrote an opinion piece saying "many different-sex couples would have happier and more satisfying marriages if they took a few lessons from their same-sex… Audio
Musician Frank Turner on the stories of 'No Man's Land'
English folk-punk singer Frank Turner's about to come back to New Zealand next month, and he's just put out his eighth studio album, No Man's Land, which is entirely made up of the stories of… Audio
TVNZ's gender pay gap revealed
Dr Kaisa Wilson joins The Panel to talk about the gender pay gap at TVNZ, which the organisation tried to hide. Figures showed that male presenters at TVNZ earn an average of 40 K more a year than… Audio
Community Midwives' big push
As Canadian midwives celebrate a landmark legal decision to end a gender pay gap, the New Zealand College of Midwives are stopping short of a threat to revive their High Court claim here. Meanwhile a… Audio
Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta
Several Pacific countries have taken heavy-handed measures in an effort to stop a new and largely unknown coronavirus from taking hold in a region already strained by several severe epidemics. Koro… Audio
Female academic? Here's your lifetime pay gap
Researchers from Canterbury University have found that an average female scientist at a New Zealand university earns $400,000 less than her male counterparts over her lifetime. It also found that… Audio
Ada Calhoun: what midlife crisis looks like for Gen X women
Many western women born between the late '60s and the mid-80s (aka Generation X) were raised to believe they can do it all and have it all. But that's a hell of a lot of pressure – especially when… Audio
Male-dominated networking events deter women financial advisors
A study has found the barriers to women becoming financial advisors include feeling uncomfortable at networking events centred on alcohol and dominated by men. Otago University researchers together… Audio
Top features of 2019: gender and feminism
Best of 2019 - The workplace #MeToo backlash, queer life in Sāmoa, ditching the makeup bag, tales of female desire and do women have better sex in socialist states?
Political hashtags make people less likely to believe the news
A new study set out to find whether people responded differently to the presence or absence of political hashtags in news stories in major publications. Study co-author Eugenia Ha Rim Rho is with us… Audio
More than two thirds of Kiwis support End of Life Choice bill
Seventy per cent of New Zealanders polled in a Research New Zealand online panel have stated they are in favour of the legislation which allows terminally-ill adults to request a medically-assisted… Audio
Women's sex lives under socialism
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument. Audio
Work to do on gender equality in Fiji - Minister for Women
Fiji's Minister for Women says she's encouraged by the work New Zealand has done on gender equality but both countries have work to do. Audio
Fiji's gender based budgeting a possible model for NZ - National MP Hayes
National MP Jo Hayes says gender based budgeting in Fiji would be useful to examine as a potential model for New Zealand. Audio
Women still absent from the boardroom
A new survey out this morning shows for the first time, women on the boards of the top 100 NZX companies has passed a quarter. 25.9 per cent of the top 100 have women on the board, compared with 24.1… Audio
Cheap alcohol fuelling NZ's worsening drinking culture
Data released from New Zealand's largest annual health survey shows that our drinking culture is continuing to move in the wrong direction. Alcohol Healthwatch Executive Director Dr Nicki Jackson says… Audio
Determinants for academic success among LGBT students
A new study has found that teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are more likely to achieve if they are at a supportive school, where teachers have high expectations of them… Audio
Women call for end to structural and systematic barriers
More than 150 civil society groups in the region say they are disappointed at the outcome of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting on the review of women's human rights in Beijing last week. Audio