Navigation for News Categories
Here Now headlines with summaries.
-
India's big issues - a student speaks out
18 Jul 2016Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us a story from RNZ's Lynn Freeman who is in rural Kanha, central India. Lynn meets a young Indian student to hear about the big issues in India….sexism, women's safety, the…
Audio -
Rhythm for the Blues
11 Jul 2016India has one of the highest rates of depression in the world and for men within the age of 15 to 29 the suicide rate is very high. The Indian community in New Zealand is also deeply affected but an…
Video, Audio -
The Real Iran - Elham's Story
4 Jul 2016Get to know the real Iran - Elham's story: Elham Salari grew up in Iran's capital Tehran and the war dominated her childhood memories. She moved to Hawkes Bay with her husband five years ago…
Audio -
Lucky Eight! Hawke's Bay's Multicultural Association Celebrate
27 Jun 2016For the Chinese, eight is a lucky number! From just a few stalls and tiny public gatherings to an International Cultures Day in the iconic Cornwall Park attracting hundreds, the lucky eight year…
Audio -
Sweet Rewards: Indians celebrate 125 years in New Zealand
20 Jun 2016Vaisakhi Mela the harvest festival for the Punjab region of India is as important as New Year. Around 20,000 Sikhs live in New Zealand. One of the first to settle arrived around 1890, his legacy is…
Audio -
African Youth Speak Out
13 Jun 2016A report on encounters between African youth and police in Auckland sought to highlight bias in the justice system. But negative backlash from the public in social media after its release has shocked…
Video, Audio -
Heart of the Tiger - NZ's first female Indian police officer
30 May 2016Leaving behind an abusive arranged marriage as a teenage bride in North India Constable Mandeep Kaur struggled as a single mother in a foreign country to become New Zealand's first Indian female…
Audio -
Thingyan! Burmese celebrate their New Year
23 May 2016It’s Thingyan time. Auckland's Burmese community are celebrating their New Year Festival, showcasing the seven ethnic nationalities with cultural and traditional performances, food stalls and more.
Audio -
A Most Diverse Beat - Constable Rob Stanton
18 May 2016Ethiopian coffee, radio shows, and rappers are part of the daily grind for Constable Rob Stanton. Dubbed an honorary African he’s a crucial outlet for the community to voice their concerns even if…
Audio -
I AM – not your stereotypical African!
16 May 2016Some migrant and former refugee Africans in New Zealand say they are tired of being painted in the media as symbols of perversion, poverty, crime and shame. The 'I AM' project aims to turn this…
Audio -
From Slavery to Steelpan – NZ's Freedom Music
NZ's first Steelpan Caribbean Orchestra drum up Carnival Night in Auckland, inspired by drumming traditions from Africa - originally developed to tolerate the inhumane practices of slavery in the…
Audio -
Best NZ Poems go bilingual
The first ever bilingual publication of 25 of New Zealand’s best poems translated into Chinese, with a huge potential readership in China, is launched with a tea ceremony, calligraphy and readings.
Audio -
Chinese Anzacs finally recognised
25 Apr 2016A buried history has come to light. Chinese New Zealanders who fought in places like Gallipoli during the First World War have been recognised in Wellington and finally have their moment in history.
Audio -
Stop domestic violence - help the men
18 Apr 2016Meet the team behind Gandhi Nivas - a ground-breaking early intervention initiative first created within Auckland's Indian community that might just revolutionise the way domestic violence cases are…
Audio -
Young, Muslim, Black and Representing NZ!
4 Apr 2016Chosen from among 4588 applicants across the globe, Fatumata Bah is young, Muslim and black - and she's representing New Zealand at the Commonwealth Young Leaders Programme in Scotland.
Audio -
Inside China: the secret art of Chinese tea
21 Feb 2016Mandarin skin aged for 25 years makes an expensive brew. Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in Southern China to learn the secrets in the art of tea making within generations of one tea growing family.
Audio -
"I could've had a brother" - legacy of China's one child policy
14 Mar 2016Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in China to hear one woman's personal account of the enforced abortions that took place at the time of the one-child-policy and how this affected her relationship with her only…
Audio -
Incredible alchemy: renowned ceramicist Liu Jianhua
7 Mar 20161500 ceramic objects like teddy bears and baby shoes - or liquid pools of gold made of porcelain, internationally renowned Chinese artist Liu Jianhua shows at the Dowse Art Museum in Wellington.
Audio -
Children discover Chinese dance
29 Feb 2016They've performed over 40 times around the world but now an international folk dance troupe from Xiamen are giving schools across Wellington workshops in Chinese Folk Dance, celebrating Chinese New…
Audio -
Total dedication - the life of young Chinese acrobats
22 Feb 2016They begin acrobatics at the age of five and will have chalked up to 8000 hours practice by the age of ten. Child acrobats of Zirka Circus perform in Wellington City for Chinese New Year.
Audio -
Chinese New Year - dancers, dragons and football!
15 Feb 2016Football kicks off the eve of Chinese New Year when Wellington Phoenix play against rivals Perth Glory with a spectacular collaborative performance of Chinese Dance and Dragons!
Audio -
Sikhs seeking new life in Hawkes Bay
1 Feb 2016Around 20,000 Sikh's live in New Zealand. First built in 1999 the Sikh temple in Hastings served a tiny community but now around 1500 Sikhs live in the Hawkes Bay. What draws them there?
Audio -
Giving back - Leprosy Mission NZ in Bangladesh
25 Jan 2016There are about 5 million people affected by leprosy around the globe. Lynda Chanwai-Earle and Justin Gregory bring us a story about high profile Asian New Zealanders in Bangladesh bringing aid to…
Audio -
"Boat People" - a Vietnamese family remembers
18 Jan 2016More than three million people were killed during the Vietnam War. The Chung family arrived in Wellington as part of the first wave of former refugees, known then as 'the boat people' from Vietnam.
Audio
Listen to the full Here Now podcast over on the RNZ podcasts page.
Follow Here Now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, YouTube Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Top News stories
- Council calls for tougher dog laws as attacks and euthanasia rates climb, rescuers overwhelmed
- NZ Warriors rookie Maarire Puketaphu choses league career over softball
- Departing councillor: ‘Social media abuse has got out of hand’
- Call for wider consultation on memorial for patients' unmarked graves
- All Blacks complete clean sweep against France
Subscribe
Get the top 8 headlines each day at 8am with our daily email newsletter.
