Life And Society

Has 2020 messed with our sense of time?Dr Sarb Johal joins The Panel to discuss why this might be the case. Audio

A nationwide survey of New Zealand parents explores how families coped with Covid lockdown. Our regular parenting commentator Nathan Wallis was an advisor on the survey, conducted by health insurer… Video, Audio

It's been more than a year since the Dunedin City Council announced its intention to buy 42 hectares of Foulden Maar, a fossil-rich diatomite reserve near Middlemarch.

Locals with an interest in the… Audio

Inmates from New Zealand's biggest women's prison say they spent a week handwashing their clothes and towels in a shared bath before hanging the dripping laundry in their cells.

A current prisoner… Audio

Māori social service providers are pushing for government ministries like Corrections to start putting money into Whānau Ora to rehabilitate their people. 

They say they've proved their approach… Audio

The top District Court judge has announced a fresh approach to the way the country's busiest jurisdiction operates.

'Te Ao Marama' is modelled on the specialist Rangatahi and Alcohol and Drug courts… Audio

The head of the South Island Whānau Ora commissioning agency says expanding the model across all government departments is well overdue. 

Māori social service providers say they're limited in the… Audio

Denmark's government has decided to cull all its mink - up to 17 million animals - because of the spread of coronavirus, shocking the nation last week.

That turned into a political outcry, after the… Audio

Despite covid-19, Santa Claus is still coming to town, but getting a photo with the jolly man in red and white will be different this year. The festive tradition will still go ahead but this time… Audio

A mass brawl and numerous serious alcohol-related incidents in New Plymouth have been pinned on the city's alcohol control bylaw lapsing.

Police learned the bylaw was unenforceable in March - but it… Audio

A Wairarapa woman who is dying from brain cancer is begging the government to make an exception to get her UK-based sister home.

With managed isolation filled to capacity, the only option for Kiwis… Audio

The population of the Tasman District is booming and is now home to more people than neighbouring Nelson.

Marlborough, on Nelson's other flank, is also fast catching up.

What's putting the brakes on… Audio

New Zealand is one of only a handful of countries with prior arrangement to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine which has just been found to be 90 percent effective in trials.

Many questions remain to be… Audio

A leading health official says the distribution of any Covid-19 vaccine will be a complex process and he hopes it will be explained clearly to the public.

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech… Audio

The workplace safety watchdog chose not to investigate the Ruapehu fatal bus crash under health and safety laws even though there was no one else who could do the job.

The crash happened at a time… Audio

The government's top legal adviser is accused of breaching guidelines by giving two men immunity from prosecution for rape and murder.

The men's evidence led to the conviction of Gail Maney for the… Audio

A medicinal cannabis company says the results of the recent cannabis referendum won't pull the rug out from under its business.

The cannabis referendum recently failed by a slim margin. A little over… Audio