Life And Society

Every week we catch up with the brilliant reporters from the Local Democracy Programme, which is dedicated to covering parts of New Zealand that sometimes get overlooked by the big news outlets.

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Being locked down also means for many people being locked out of meaningful face to face interactions - for them, Level 3 is a tense and frustrating time.  Audio

More than 9,000 frontline border workers have received the Covid-19 jab, and their families are next on the list.

A retirement village resident says older people should come straight after that.

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Aucklanders who beat lockdown and hightailed it to other parts of the North Island are being urged to keep Covid-19 alert level 3 with them.

Thousands left the city in between the lockdown being… Audio

Commodore of the Classic Boat Club of Southland Brian Railton is on a quest to restore a century old fishing boat to its former glory. Brian found the twenty seven foot vessel in Dunedin in a fairly… Audio

A top chef is giving out advice on how to safely use a kitchen knife following a recent supermarket promotion which saw millions of blades given out to customers.

Stories abound of a rise in kitchen… Audio

The Police Commissioner is rejecting calls to sack the ringleaders responsible for the toxic culture of bullying in the police force.

A review by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found… Audio

Victims of bullying in the police are calling for the Police Commissioner to get rid of those to blame for toxic culture where bullying is rife.

A report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority… Audio

Victims of bullying in the police are calling for the Police Commissioner to get rid of those to blame for toxic culture where bullying is rife.

A report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority… Audio

It has been a year since New Zealand's first case of Covid-19, with more than a quarter of a million Auckland school students now spending their ninth week learning from home in lockdown. And they're… Audio

It was an exciting day for Peter Beck's RocketLabs yesterday as they announced the Neutron, an 8 ton re-usable rocket bound for mega constellations. Most of the fascination in New Zealand centred… Audio

The new series of the RNZ podcast Healthy or Hoax is available this week, and the first episode features our very own Ellie Jay trying out a Kim Kardashian style waist trainer. Nathan Rarere asked… Audio

Nights Geographer Louise Richards is back - tonight she's joined by Warwick Murray and they're looking at Globalisation. Audio

The 1pm update, adverts, Facebook updates, emergency push notifications - the government has tried numerous ways to get us to Unite against Covid-19.

But after a number of people broke isolation… Audio

The government is being warned it will have blood on its hands unless it reconsiders what the inquiry into drug-buying agency Pharmac examines.

The terms of reference of the long-awaited independent… Audio

While many and various events up and down the South Island have been cancelled due to being locked down in Covid-19 alert level 2, some of the regions mayors insist its where they need to be. Video, Audio

An independent report has detailed a toxic culture and a "boys club" operating within the police force.

Some are bullied so badly their hair has fallen out - and others have suffered from PTSD.

The… Audio