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Māori and Pasifika female academics are paid nearly $8000 less a year than their non-Māori and Pasifika male counterparts. 

That's just one of the findings from a new study, led by Dr Tara McAllister… Audio

An abuse survivor is calling for Pacific people in New Zealand who have been abused in care to go to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care for guidance and support.

Frances Tagaloa spoke… Audio

Covid-19 has caused economic pain throughout the country, but nowhere more than the lower South Island where the numbers on the dole have increased more than 50 percent since February.

Unsurprisingly… Audio

Bold action is being urged to prevent Covid-19 making life even tougher for children living in deprivation.

Income and hardship data in the latest Child Poverty Monitor out today show the country was… Audio

New research has found that Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand universities are paid less and have a significantly lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues. The authors of the… Audio

The government's come under more scrutiny today for skyrocketing house prices.

The Prime Minister and her deputy say they are seeking advice on ways to slow down the rampant price increases.

Today… Audio

Down the years critics, campaigners, scholars and journalists have pointed out racial bias - and outright racism - in our media. And when the Black Lives Matter movement went global this year, some…

News media company Stuff is this morning making a very public apology for the way it has portrayed Māori over many years.

Through an internal investigation - Tā Mātou Pono, Our Truth - the… Audio

The Child Poverty Action Group is dismayed the government is not moving fast enough to lift New Zealand families out of poverty.

It's been nearly two years since government-appointed experts called… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she disagrees with some of the findings of a report that has found most of advice from the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) has not been taken up.

The new… Audio

Violence erupted on the streets Paris over the weekend while there were demonstrations in other French cities as tens of thousands protested an incident of police brutality.

Demonstrators were… Audio

The government is being accused of not moving fast enough to overhaul the welfare system - despite its focus on lifting children out of poverty.

The Child Poverty Action Group has just released a… Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel. This book is published by Allen Lane. These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an… Audio

The Salvation Army has released its sixth social impact "dashboard", measuring how New Zealanders struggling with financial hardship have coped with Covid-19.

The results have been "disturbing and… Audio

Corrections is admitting it has more to learn about how to manage and protect trans gender prisoners.

New guidelines for prison staff were introduced two years ago, but a 2019 review found around… Audio

It's Thanksgiving in the United States, and one group of people that has a lot to be thankful for are American billionaires.

They've accumulated more than US$1 trillion in new wealth since March.

It… Audio

Children's Minister Kelvin Davis has blamed Peeni Henare's lack of Cabinet experience for speaking out of turn on Oranga Tamariki's leadership.

Henare yesterday sparked rumours chief executive… Audio

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