Refugees And Migrants
Escape to Gold Mountain - Re-drawing history
Lynda hears from Canadian Architect, Graphic Novelist and Activist David H.T. Wong and Australian Academic Daphne Lowe Kelly about retelling lost histories. "This graphic novel is dedicated to those… Audio
Richard Bedford: future New Zealand
Professor of Migration Studies at Auckland University of Technology and a member of the panel that wrote the report, Our Futures/Te Pae Tawhiti: the 2013 Census and New Zealand's Changing Population.
…Our new Kiwi Brothers - the South Sudanese Community
Community Leader Abann Yor fled tragedy and genocide in South Sudan for a life of hope here with his family. He and his wife Mary share their stories from their home in Mangere, Auckland. Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 13 July 2014
Work and Worship - Exploring religious diversity in New Zealand workplaces. Audio
Charles Murigande: genocide and conciliation in Rwanda
Tokyo-based Rwandan High Commissioner to New Zealand and Australia who returned from exile to his home country in 1994, after the genocide of over a million people. Audio
WISE Women - Former Refugees Empower Others
June 20 marks World Refugee Day. Lynda travelled to the Night Markets at the New Lynn Community Centre to meet the WISE collective (Women - Inspired - Strong - Empowered and Enterprising). That's… Audio
Voices - Parenting the 'Chiwi' way
Chinese parents raising their children in New Zealand can find themselves caught between two cultures and as a result, face the challenge of negotiating the best parenting approach to use. Eva Chen… Audio
Pollyanne Pena: #YesAllWomen
Coordinator for Shakti Ethnic Women's Refuge, and the Wellington Young Feminists, discussing the Twitter hashtag #YesAllWomen Audio
From Humble beginnings - Judge Singh
Judge Ajit Swaran Singh: He was the first Fiji-born Indian Judge to be appointed to the District Court bench in New Zealand, serving in Manukau, our country's third largest city holding the most… Audio
Arranged Marriages
Arranged marriages are popular again, especially amongst our young professionals within the South East Asian community. Lynda travels from the Hindu Temple in Kilbirnie, Wellington to Auckland's Tapac… Audio
UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane
The UN's disarmanent head, who lead the difficult and tense negotiations on the ground in Syria over the country's use of chemical weapons. Audio
Middle East Correspondent - Francesca Borri
Francesca Borri is one of the few foreign correspondents still operating within Syria's borders from where she joins us via telephone. Audio
Australia's Asylum Seekers
The Australian government is looking to more Pacific Island nations for help to "shoulder the burden" of the country's asylum seeker issue. This comes amid ongoing problems at the existing asylum… Audio
Ideas for 26 January 2014
To focus attention on what he called "one of the central moral issues of our time", prolific Australian author Thomas Keneally last year edited and contributed to A Country Too Far - Writings on… Audio
Asian Report for 17 September 2013 - Refugees as Survivors
Seven-hundred-and-fifty quota refugees on average come into this country per annum. The current crisis in Syria may see as many as two million people displaced, many orphaned children. Lynda… Audio
Drama in Dramatic Places
The importance of theatre for refugees and asylum seekers is demonstrated by Handala, an Alrowwad Theatre production at Aida Refugee camp in Bethlehem, and the inspiration behind the concept of… Audio
Driving lessons
The team of volunteers teaching refugee women how to drive. With Naomi Tocher at ChangeMakers Refugee Forum, learner drivers Abeba Yehdegela and Julia Tha, and Valerie Townsend of the 'Turning the… Audio
Iranian food
Minoo Officer and Lobat Parsi cook up two Iranian delicacies, fessenjoon and tachin. Audio
Outspoken for 11 August 2013
Philippa Tolley investigates the latest migration statistics – is the shine going off life across the ditch? Audio
Ideas for 23 June 2013
Wellingtonian Murdoch Stephens this week launched the Doing Our Bit Campaign, aimed at convincing New Zealanders of the need to double our refugee quota from the current 750 to 1500. Murdoch tells… Audio