Inequality
Rez Gardi: From refugee to human rights investigator
Rez Gardi was just six when she came to New Zealand from a refugee camp where she was born. Her Kurdish family spent nine years living in the camp, after they fled to Pakistan from Iraq and Saddam… Audio
New revelations about volunteer fire fighters association
The Chair of the Volunteer Firefighters' Association, the UFBA, and its Chief Executive are the sole directors of a limited liability company registered two weeks before the chair commissioned an… Audio
Discrimination still rife for Māori living with HIV, report finds
A Māori sexual health group says there's been no progress on ending HIV stigma in more than 25 years.
Waitangi: 'Much to discuss' about speaking rights for female politicians - commentator
Commemorations at Waitangi have been somewhat muted by concerns over Covid-19, but most politicians still travelled north this week to mark the signing of the Treaty in 1840.
A miscommunication meant… Audio
Public urged to call out racial abuse
Two reports of racial abuse in Auckland's Devonport have made headlines in the past two days and the public is being urged to call such behaviour out. Audio
Helen Clark:Despite record Suu Kyi should be released
The government of Myanmar was this week over-thrown by the military, bringing to an end a ten year experiment with democracy. Political leader Aung San Suu Kyi has once again been placed under arrest… Audio
Mana Wāhine speak at Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal has heard Māori women have been marginalised for too long and colonisation denied them rights over their bodies, minds and beliefs.
The first stages of the Mana Wāhine Inquiry… Audio
Wealth of trouble: Average house price eclipses $800k
Consistent government messages about the need to protect property wealth mean prices will continue to grow, a property expert says.
The redeeming qualities of talkback radio
Done right, talkback can be a thoughtful medium with an important social function, argues journalist Alex Braae. Audio
Young muslims want concrete action plan
Young people setting up the country's first national network for young Muslims are looking to nationwide community meetings on the mosque attacks as a litmus test for the Government.
They insist a… Audio
Cancer Society not surprised by report findings Māori more likely to die of cancer
The Cancer Society says it isn't surprising Māori are more than twice as likely to die of cancer than other New Zealanders.
That is one of the findings of a report from the Cancer Control Agency… Audio
Retirement Villages Associaton on Consumer NZ report
Consumer NZ says retirement village residents are being disadvantaged by unfair contract terms and it's time for an overhaul of regulations.
It says a survey of contracts offered by six major… Audio
Ex New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd overjoyed at Maori Wards announcement
A former mayor of New Plymouth - who was spat at in the street over his support of establishing a Māori ward in the city - feels vindicated now the Government has stepped in to scrap citizen-initiated… Audio
Consumer NZ wants reform over retirement village contracts
Consumer NZ is calling for urgent reform after it discovered retirement village contracts it says unfairly favour villages and leave residents out of pocket.
The consumer advocate surveyed contracts… Audio
Māori twice as likely to die from cancer than non-Māori - Cancer Control Agency
Māori are more than twice as likely as non-Māori to die from cancer.
That's among the findings of the first report from the country's new Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, which takes an… Audio
Māori more likely to die from cancer - Cancer Control Agency
Māori continue to be twice as likely as non-Māori to die from cancer.
That's the key finding of the country's new Cancer Control Agency's first rnajor report.
Mackenzie Smith reports.
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National Party's Māori seats plan seems like 'hollow politiking'- Ngarewa-Packer
The Māori party says the National Party's change of heart on the Māori seats is disingenuous and desperate.
National has announced it will "work towards" standing candidates in the Māori electorates… Audio
House market drives up spending and consumer confidence
A strong housing market and the reallocation of international holiday spending boosted consumer confidence over January.
Mexican bishop calls for probe after suspected migrant massacre
A prominent Mexican bishop called on for an investigation into the recent discovery of 19 burned bodies, suspected to be Guatemalan migrants, in northern Mexico.
Māori leaders at Unitec resign due to what they call institutional racism
Māori leaders at Auckland's Unitec are resigning amidst accusations of institutional racism.
The Chair of the institute's Runanga, Tui ah Loo, who has worked at the institution for 21 years, has… Audio
