Aid And Development
CYF manager admits agency failed in Southland toddler death
RNZ News obtains a secret recording in which a Child Youth and Family manager admits the agency failed multiple times when it sent a Southland toddler back into a P-using household where he died. Audio
Christchurch rebuild offers training for Pasifika peoples
Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the Pacific. Twenty-four workers from Fiji, Tonga and… Audio
Auckland Mayor cautiously welcome powerful agencies
The Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is cautiously welcoming a government proposal to create powerful new agencies to drive major urban developments. Audio
Life soon to return to Christchurch's Cathedral square
Cathederal Square has remained largely untouched by developers since the 2011 earthquake. That is about to change, with work beginning on a series of hotels. Audio
NZers giving directly to causes, less to charities
Belt tightening and a rise in ad-hoc donations through sites like Givealittle is being blamed for a fall in New Zealanders' donations to non-government organisations and charities.
Child sponsorship dwindling
A survey has found New Zealanders' donations to NGOs and charities has fallen 15 percent in the past decade.
English on Trump order: 'We don't agree with it'
Prime Minister Bill English disagrees with US entry restrictions on citizens from Muslim countries, but has not made his views known to Donald Trump. Audio
Humanitarian crisis escalating in Lake Chad basin
A New Zealand aid worker in Nigeria says half a million children are malnourished in the Lake Chad basin as their families battle famine and the Boko Haram insurgency. Audio
The 'One Health' programme
A group of 24 already well qualified international professionals are heading to New Zealand to graduate from Massey University with their masters in One Health. Audio
Erin Joyce
Erin Joyce is a World Vision child protection and conflict specialist who has just returned from Zelikan Camp near Mosul in northern Iraq. She has seen the effects two years of ISIS occupation has had… Audio
Enormity of task ahead for Kaikoura starting to sink in
A third visit by Prime Minister John Key to quake affected Kaikoura brings the realisation for the Government, and many locals of the enormity, of the recovery ahead. Audio
Council support for Ruataniwha dam ebbs following election
Hawkes Bay Regional Council support for the Ruataniwha Dam ebbs following the weekend's local election. Audio
Aid agency calls for rethink of climate funding to Pacific
Aid agency Caritas has called for a rethink on climate funding for the Pacific, as a new report shows a noticeable reduction in the access to nutricious food and safe drinking water over the past… Audio
Child poverty 'a community responsibility' says councillor
As officials argue over what measures to use to record child poverty rates, a community leader and Flaxmere councillor says we simply need to get on with reducing child poverty. We speak with… Audio
UN critical of lack of aid getting into Syria
A UN aid convoy is still waiting to be allowed to cross into Syria to take humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of civilians in Allepo. The UN is frustrated. Audio
Petra Bagust and Ido Drent - Witnessing Human Trafficking
Television presenters Petra Bagust and Ido Drent have been in Thailand and Cambodia getting a first hand experience of one of the world's fastest growing criminal industries: Human trafficking. They… Audio
Fears Unitary Plan won't answer affordable housing need
Community housing groups say Auckland's revised Unitary Plan may not mean more quality homes for those on low incomes. Joanna MacKenzie reports. Audio
Give a little to Givealittle: Crowdfunding charity to start charging fundraisers
Popular crowdfunding website Givealittle is about to start charging fundraisers a flat fee of 5 per cent of the total funds they raise.
MSD funding cut affects at-risks kids
Ros Rowe of the Leg Up Trust talks about funding cuts which are affecting her horse therapy business which helps disadvantaged young people. Audio
Fadela Novak-Irons - Refugees in the Warm Heart of Africa
New Zealander Fadela Novak-Irons is just completing a three-month emergency assignment as Senior Emergency Coordinator for UNHCR in Malawi, to help coordinate the refugee response following an influx… Audio
