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The alarming levels of New Zealanders with mental health issues is being described as a silent pandemic. What's being done to stem the tide?  Audio

Labour is asking voters to back its long term plan to reform the justice system.

In 2017 it promised change to break the cycle of offending and tackle the root causes of crime.

It set the target of… Audio

Nations United explores the significance of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. In the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our world, it sets out what must be done. Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week: The 'big debate' debate, a revealing political poll, more Patrick Gower and more weed; some unpleasant fallout from a broadcasting complaint… Audio

Welcome to the recession, with giant debt, spending and unemployment that make previous campaigns look like Lilliput. How are New Zealand First are trying to recover & does Labour really want to… Video, Audio

Jami-Lee Ross is pinning his hopes of getting back into Parliament on the fortunes of Billy Te Kahika in the Te Tai Tokerau seat.

The disgraced former National MP announced that he won't be standing… Video, Audio

Actor, model, producer, activist and former fitness guru Jane Fonda reflects on her relationship with climate change activism in a new book:What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action. Fonda… Audio

In 'Bill & Shirley', Keith Ovenden, takes an intimate and candid look at the lives of his parents-in-law, the Wellington power couple, Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith. Each led their lives in the… Audio

Greens leader James Shaw has been under the cosh for his Green School decision, but what's going on behind the scenes and will it cost votes? Social media rears it's sulky head, vaccination lies and… Audio

On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a couple of slip-ups at the Herald, a run-in between Magic Talk and the WHO and another 1pm press conference question that… Audio

What do state schools think of the proposed $11.7 million funding for a private green school in Taranaki?

RNZ reporter Louise Ternouth and cameraman Dan Cook talked to secondary school principals. Video, Audio

Stephen, Trish and Kathryn discuss the focus of the election campaign, with pandemic management and the economic consequences at the forefront. Also how do you safely campaign in level 2? Audio

As Auckland struggles through a "tricky" extended lockdown, who are the political winners & losers? We debate covid fatigue, who's won from the wage subsidies (hint: not women) and two up-for-grabs… Audio

Water reform and farming are yet again the focus of political warfare. New freshwater standards are coming into force next week.

The legislation, only passed earlier this month, puts new controls on… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn about the tricky task of keeping the focus on the victims  - and not the killer or the crimes - during… Audio

Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio

It’s three years since ‘Hit and Run’ first put Operation Burnham in the headlines, throwing light on a situation that unfolded far from the public gaze.  The official report is out after a long and… Audio

Politicians’ conduct has sparked stacks of media condemnation lately amid a surge of scandals and sudden resignations. But two MPs quitting politics this past week took a swipe at the media on the way… Video, Audio

Caucus returns for Election 2020 talking about the state of the parties, Covid debt and problems with our political culture. Audio

As Indonesia's government considers the successor arrangement to the Special Autonomy Law in Papua, an academic from the region has questioned Jakarta's approach. Audio

Sir Jonathon Porritt lays out the science that has led to a new sense of exasperation in his book, Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency. Audio

QAnon, an intricate conspiracy theory which suggests US President Donald Trump is secretly waging war on a well-connected Satanic paedophile ring, should not be dismissed as a harmless oddity… Audio