Life And Society

Corrections is being accused of inertia and moving at a glacial pace when it comes to improving "barren and undignified" jail conditions and the treatment of inmates.

The Chief Ombudsman says it is… Video, Audio

Rivalries, fights over toys, different bedtimes, playing favourites and divided attentions.

It's going to be new terrain for Chinese parents who have grown up without siblings under China's one child… Audio

Teenagers worried about the cost of getting to the ball now have a helping hand, in the form of two modern-day fairy godmothers. Audio

Whakatane residents are breathing a sigh of relief that the city's mill has been sold. Audio

Imagine watching 16 years of hard work wash away in a few short but hellishly stormy hours.

That's what's happened to Waikuku Holiday Park owners Rex and Debbie Jefcoate.

Torrential rain and water… Video, Audio

Charlie Gilmour spent his childhood trying to understand how his biological father could abandon the family. He writes about his upbringing and the power of love in his memoir, Featherhood: A Memoir… Audio

Edith Gibson lives in the heart of suburban Auckland with her collection of 3,000 Dolls, repairing and caring for them. In a short documentary Edith invites you into her home, shares her prized dolls… Audio

Mark Watson is a photographer by vocation and an adventurer by nature. His most ambitious journey yet is a 46,000km transcontinental bike trip from Alaska all the way to Patagonia. Audio, Gallery

This week on TradeMe, a really, really long Hummer and another item for your 'Things signed by Jacinda Ardern' collection. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with TradeMe's Millie Silvester… Audio

We're joined by Cindy Nguyen from Papatoetoe High School & Arunan Noble from Wellington High School. Audio

Artist Claudia Kogachi talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about what it's been like exploring her personal family relationships and dynamics through creative work. Audio

A new documentary, Heaven and Hell - The Centrepoint Story - airs tonight. It's a gruelling but powerful watch - mainly from the perspective of some of the former children of the commune, including… Audio

Bike Auckland's Liberate the Lane took place at Point Erin Park in Ponsonby this morning, before the cyclists made their way across the harbour bridge. The Chair and Spokesperson for Bike Auckland… Audio

Panelists Josie Pagani and Chris Wikaira are looking at the Canterbury weather, the idea of a four-day work week, white privilege, and halting licences for new bottle stores because of increasing… Audio

Principals are demanding the Ministry of Education do more to support schools who are forced to enrol violent pupils.

Currently, if a child is excluded or expelled from one school, the Ministry can… Audio