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Niki Bezzant looks at what we can all do to improve women's equity at work, at the doctor's, in the bedroom and in the boardroom.

Millions of people around the world experience chronic pain but little is really known about it or how to best treat it. Paul Biegler is a former doctor, academic and science journalist who started… Audio

Reducing the cost of childcare is National's big pitch to voters so far this election year.

Chris Luxon used his State of the Nation speech yesterday to promise to help families earning up to… Audio

The burdensome cost of childcare is Christopher Luxon's big pitch to voters to kick off election year.

The National Party leader is promising to help families earning up to 180-thousand a year with a… Audio

Turns out some of our essential underground infrastructure is hard to find. How do we better map it to prevent unnecessary outages? Audio

Video games may not be the waste of time you thought they were. Audio

Coverage of the occupation of Parliament was wall-to-wall in our media as it dissolved into violence and came to an end one year ago this week. An RNZ team has trawled the overflowing archive of… Audio

Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many during Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the… Audio

While National's solution to the Three Waters problem may please the councils steadfastly opposed to the government's plan, it remains plagued by a financial fishhook. 

But, as journalist Bernard… Audio

Traumatic experiences get lodged in people's brains and bodies as a sense of threat and to heal they must rediscover a sense of safety, says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Audio

The effects of cyclones are still being felt, while the added rain in summer has grass growing berserk across the North Island. However, the south could do with a bit more and more supplementary feed… Audio

It is not to early to talk about retreating instead of rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, according an environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after… Video, Audio

More than 30 Auckland roads are still closed following back to back to extreme weather events including the anniversary weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.

That's down from a peak of 120 roads… Video, Audio

Temporary villages could go up in Hawke's Bay to help house up to 1000 people displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Housing minister Megan Woods was on the ground today - to get a feel for how desperate… Audio

The Agriculture Minister says the size and cost of the sector's long-term recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle remains unclear, but paying for it will take everyone involved. 

He says 1200 of the 2000… Audio

Dr Jean Annan is an educational psychologist and has worked as a university lecturer, researcher and a teacher. Her new book is '7 Dimensions: Children's Emotional Well-being' which is a simple… Audio

A New Zealand blackcurrant drink seeking to challenge coffee's dominance as the "go-to" beverage for concentration and performance is also being studied for how it could help those with dementia… Audio

Whangārei Hospital managers asked for the army to help with a staffing crisis but were turned down, according to a document obtained by RNZ.

Earlier this week it was revealed that emergency… Audio

A Māori kiwifruit grower says they suffered up to forty million dollars in damage from the floods, and won't be back to full operations for at least three years.
   
Ratahi Cross, chair of the… Audio

Extra police are being sent into Hawke's Bay to support victims of Cyclone Gabrielle, some of whom say they're being targetted by criminals. The government and police initially played down concerns of… Audio

When Civil Defence kicked into gear in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, Te Tai Rāwhiti's young people did too.

Taiki E, based in Gisborne's central city, is billed as a collaborative space with an… Audio

There's been a consistent request for help from growers in cyclone-devastated Hawke's Bay to Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who was there today to see the damage first-hand.

Lauren Crimp filed this… Audio

Wallace and panellists Conor English and Lavina Good discuss strategies to help our crops survive climate change. Plus, our panellists tell us what has been on their minds. Audio

Marlborough District Council are part of a group of councils that have "Adopted-a-Community" that has been hard hit by the cyclone.  Mayor Nadine Taylor talks to Jesse. Audio

Lee Scanlon is Westport News' Chief Reporter talks to Kathryn about concerns on the coast that their plea for government help for a flood protection scheme will be overtaken by help needed up north. Audio

A multi-sector rural coordination group met in Gisborne yesterday to draw up a blueprint to help farmers, growers and families work through the monumental challenges left in Cyclone Gabrielle's wake… Audio

Rural communities around Napier and Hastings have told officials that they are scared, sleepless - and armed.

More than 200 people turned out at the Crab Farm Winery last night to share their stories… Audio

Rural communities around Napier and Hastings have told officials that, they are scared, sleepless - and armed.

More than 200 people turned out at the Crab Farm Winery last night to share their… Audio

The rural area around Tutira north of Napier remains extremely isolated outside more than two weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle. The farming community has been doing what it can to help those in need and… Audio