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• Is New Zealand an unequal society?

  24 Aug 2014

  Poverty, inequality and incomes are big issue topics for voters in the forthcoming election. Insight reports on tackling the health, education and income gap. Audio

  Is New Zealand an unequal society?

• Immigration lobbying - is it a problem?

  19 Aug 2014

  

  Figures from the minister of immigration's office show MPs have a significant involvement in lobbying on immigration cases. Insight reports. Audio

  Immigration lobbying - is it a problem?

• Is tertiary funding damaging learning?

  10 Aug 2014

  The days when tertiary institutions received government funding for every student who turned up and enrolled are long gone. Insight reports on the impact of stricter funding. Audio

  Is tertiary funding damaging learning?

• 200 Kiwis take Edinburgh by storm

  Feature

  11 Aug 2014

  

  The New Zealand contingent of 200 performers and artists at the Edinburgh Festivals has survived its crucial first week, with four-star reviews, sell-out shows.

  200 Kiwis take Edinburgh by storm

• Starting life in NZ as a '10 pound pom'

  Feature

  10 Aug 2014

  

  Jo Hamid and her family of seven emigrated from England to New Zealand in 1950 when she was 11, but as she tells Spectrum, their new life wasn't without hardship.

  Starting life in NZ as a '10 pound pom'

• The river is calling me home

  Te Ao Māori

  9 Aug 2014

  

  Te Manu Korihi reporter Eru Rerekura reflects on his experience reporting on his tribe's Treaty Settlement signing at Rānana Marae in Whanganui on Tuesday.

  Eru Rerekura: River calling me home

• Paying for news in the digital age

  3 Aug 2014

  After years of free online news, media publishers are pondering making New Zealanders pay. But will we? And what will we want for our money? Mediawatch investigates. Audio

  Paying for news in the digital age

• Battling the biodiversity crisis

  The Wireless

  5 Aug 2014

  

  The Brook Waimarama Sanctuary is home to falcon, kereru and kakariki. It's hoped a new fence will allow it to protect more native creatures. Watch more on The Wireless. Comments

  Battling the biodiversity crisis

• Should NZ reporters fear spying?

  Comment & Analysis

  2 Aug 2014

  

  Pen, notebook - and encryption key. It's time to add digital security to the reporter's toolkit, experts say. Mediawatch looks at journalism in the digital age. Audio

  Should NZ reporters fear spying?

• 200 NZ artists at Edinburgh festivals

  Feature

  4 Aug 2014

  

  The Commonwealth Games is over, but another group of top New Zealanders is beginning Scottish campaign with more than 200 artists at Edinburgh festivals. Audio

  200 NZ artists at Edinburgh festivals

• From adversity to sporting triumph

  3 Aug 2014

  

  In 1997 Motueka man, Shane Blows, broke his back in an accident while working in an orchard. A friend's advice then led him to hand cycling. One In Five reports. Audio

  From adversity to sporting triumph

• Staying safe on a dangerous job

  The Wireless

  2 Aug 2014

  After 10 forestry workers were killed, and more than 150 injured, on the job last year an independent panel was set up to investigate the industry's safety record. Comments

  Staying safe on a dangerous job

• Making a tree change in Golden Bay

  2 Aug 2014

  

  A jet-setting businesswoman swapped heels for gumboots when she bought Bay Subtropicals in Golden Bay. Country Life reports on a corporate tree change. Audio

  Making a tree change in Golden Bay

• John Key's high hopes for tourism

  Feature

  8 Jun 2014

  

  John Key pledged to make tourism New Zealand's most important money-maker in less than a decade. But as Insight reports, six years in as minister, obstacles remain.

  John Key's high hopes for tourism

• NZ defends Papua programme

  Pacific

  14 Jun 2014

  

  New Zealand's ambassador to Jakarta fends off Indonesian police concerns of hidden motives in New Zealand's planned police training programme in Papua.

  NZ defends Papua programme

• Suspicion over NZ plan for Papua

  Pacific

  12 Jun 2014

  

  A New Zealand plan to help community policing in Indonesia's Papua region was axed because of suspicion over motives, according to Indonesian media reports.

  Suspicion over NZ plan for Papua

• Feature - World Cup fever rising

  The Wireless

  10 Jun 2014

  

  The All Whites' absence from the World Cup is unlikely to keep local soccer fans quiet when it kicks off this week. The Wireless has a latecomers' guide on who to scream for. Comments

  Feature - World Cup fever rising

• FEATURE - A rare fossil discovery

  Feature

  9 Jun 2014

  

  Palaeontologists have unearthed one of the largest ammonites found in New Zealand during an informal fossil hunting field trip along the Waiau River in Hawke's Bay. Audio

  FEATURE - A rare fossil discovery

• FEATURE - Addicted to games

  The Wireless

  30 May 2014

  

  The line between gambling and online gaming has blurred, creating an addiction for a new generation. One reformed gamer has some advice on reading the warning signs. Comments

  FEATURE - Addicted to games

• FEATURE: Modern mammoth hunter

  28 May 2014

  

  Professor Adrian Lister has been one of very few to examine the 42,000 year-old carcass of a baby woolly mamoth, named Lyuba. He spoke about the experience on Nine to Noon. Audio

  FEATURE: Modern mammoth hunter

• An Easter weekend nightmare

  Feature

  5 May 2014

  Tales about the atrocious storm which lashed parts of New Zealand over Easter are still emerging, and for one Radio New Zealand music producer the long weekend will certainly not be forgotten quickly.

  An Easter weekend nightmare