Life And Society

The country's spy agency watchdog says the SIS behaved in a "questionable" way when it decided not to tell police it knew a serious crime was being committed.

The report by the Inspector-General of… Video, Audio

A prolific Hawke's Bay dog breeder, at the centre of a Checkpoint investigation into the commercial trade of puppies, has been ordered to cover an unhappy client's vet bills.

Auckland woman Justine… Audio

This years election saw the biggest youth voter turnout in more than two decades.

Eighty-two percent of young people voted - with 94.1 percent of people aged between 18 - 24 enrolled - the highest… Audio

This week's TradeMe real estate feature is an absolutely magnificent property in 'Omokaroa' near Tauranga. Ataahua is described by the agent as a "beautiful Italian-Kiwi affair", boasting more than 6… Audio

Some Māori academics are skeptical about whether one of the country's oldest media organisations - which has owned up to perpetuating racist narratives about tangata whenua - can change.

Stuff has… Audio

An investigation by a group Muslims has found their community knew they were vulnerable to a terrorism attack, but were failed by the government agencies that were meant to protect them.

The… Audio

The world of Covid-19 has forced some people to switch their livelihoods around entirely.

A Havelock North woman used to sell safari trips to Africa - now she's working as a coffee roaster.

She's… Audio

Border restrictions in the Pacific due to Covid-19 are keeping New Zealand-based Pasifika apart from their families back in the islands this Christmas.

For many families, it's an annual tradition to… Audio

Dogs are the new lab rats. Zach Silver is studying our most loyal companions to figure out human behavior because the canines have spent thousands of years studying us. Audio

Down the years critics, campaigners, scholars and journalists have pointed out racial bias - and outright racism - in our media. And when the Black Lives Matter movement went global this year, some…

We're off to South Bend, Indiana to meet the couple who in non-Covid times host a Thanksgiving dinner for around 60 guests, many of them black students from a predominantly white University. Audio

The first transgender contestant to compete in the Miss New Zealand pageant talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about her journey with identity, gender reassignment and winning the Miss Intercontinental NZ… Audio

The Wellington City Council has apologised to families attending the city's Christmas Festival for a double booking which saw an animal rights march take place at the same time.

People have… Audio