Life And Society

Kathryn chats with Clinical Psychologist Jacqui Maguire about how to help highly sensitive children manage their emotions. These might be children who have large empathy for others, who are deeply… Audio

When Alison Mau launched a nationwide project to support victims of workplace sexual abuse and harassment in sharing their stories, critics wondered if the results would even be newsworthy. Audio

RNZ Afternoons producer, Alix Higby, has been listening to a podcast on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders called America's Girls. Audio

An impressive handwoven raft caught the attention of Arrowtown locals recently, as it carried a group of preschoolers down the Arrow River. Arrowtown Preschool kaiako June Caples tells Jesse where it… Audio

A new rating system has been developed to measure support for mental wellbeing so workplaces can develop more effective strategies, Matthew Steans explains the systems Stigma Statistics have… Audio

One day after International Women's Day and there's a call for meaningful action to back up the platitudes spread around on that day. Rebekah White is the Editor of New Zealand Geographic and is… Audio

People devastated by the scenes of destruction and desperation in Ukraine have taken to a new way of getting money to the country's under-seige residents. Thousands of accomodation bookings are being… Audio

This week on TradeMe - RAT tests - actual Rats, plus and an amazing loft apartment in central Auckland. But first, TradeMe's Ruby Topzand tells producer Jeremy Parkinson about a great opportunity for… Audio

Are you up for a fun, free kayaking trip and doing some environmental good on the west coat of the South Island? Then the Gorsebusters want you! Barry Hughes talks to Jesse about their working bee.  Audio

A report obtained by RNZ has laid bare a series of failures during the escape of two offenders from a Youth Justice Residence in 2020.

At the time both boys were detained at the North Island… Audio

Rēkohu / Chatham Island / Wharekauri - Three peoples, one land. The Chatham Island archipelago is 45 minutes ahead and 800 kilometres east of Aotearoa. Video

Rēkohu / Chatham Island / Wharekauri - These remote islands have a profoundly beautiful and devastatingly sad history that is still felt today. Video

Rēkohu / Chatham Island / Wharekauri - Living on a rock in the middle of the ocean 800 kilometres from Aotearoa means the islanders have to be resilient. Video

The main Chatham Island is the big smoke for the 46 inhabitants of Pitt Island. There are no shops, no gas stations, and it's a whole different world. Video

The land and the sea are everything on the Chatham Islands. Looking after the land and the sea—and also each other—is an essential part of life on this isolated archipelago. Video

Lois Croon and husband Val came to the Chatham Islands in the 1970s with four kids under five, and $100. Lois had a dream about the land. 40 years later, the islands have been discovered big-time. Video

We were taught that Moriori didn't exist. Today is the beginning of a new story as Moriori rebuild their cultural traditions, language, identity, and whakapapa, piecing it back together. Video

Every year New Zealanders take the World on and return with the spoils of victory in the form of World Cups, Oscars, World Championships, Opens, Majors, Baftas, Scholarships, Masked Singer Wins, more… Audio

In this episode, we're talking football, inclusivity, visas and the opportunities to play in an amateur league when you're an immigrant in New Zealand. Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Waiheke United and… Audio