Richard Bedford

In today's episode, the government has introduced legislation that would require people to enrol to vote or update their details before advance voting begins; Auckland councillors have kicked for… Audio

Nearly half of the New Zealanders applying for Australian citizenship weren't born here. Emeritus Professor Richard Bedford spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

A Pacific research institute in New Zealand is being overhauled after a government review found it was failing its purpose. Audio

A new review by the peak science body, the Royal Society, says many New Zealanders may be consuming harmful amounts of sugar without even knowing it. Audio

The presents and the Christmas dinner are behind us, the next set of festive decisions looming are New Year's resolutions. But why stop at a year? What about decisions that could shape the next 5, 10… Audio

The number of people moving here or staying long-term hit 47-thousand-700 people in the year to October, an all time high. Audio

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.

The Auckland lawyer for Ioane Teitiota of Kiribati, who has asked the High Court to recognize him and his family as climate change refugees on the grounds that they face serious harm if they return to… Audio

There's new evidence the so called brain drain to Australia may not be as bad as some make out. Audio

More people are leaving New Zealand permanently than are arriving for the first time in a decade. Audio

The Government is looking into the possibility of having a census every ten years instead of every five. Audio

The government wants to sponsor research that will help grow the nation's economy. It's re-jigged the Ministry of Research Science and Technology to form the Ministry for Science and Innovation… Audio

Professor Bedford is the Director of the Population Studies Centre at Waikato University. He has recently been awarded the Dame Joan Metge medal after forty years of study into Pacific migration. Audio

Couples without children will become the country's most common family type from next year. Audio

New statistics show people are shifting out of Auckland, bucking the traditional trend of a northward population drift. Audio

Is the migration of New Zealanders to Australia an exodus, and should we be worried about it? Audio