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Housing costs claim half of poorest NZers' pay
People on the lowest incomes are spending more than half their pay on housing costs, government figures show.
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Slice of Heaven - Tensions
Immigration is a hot topic coming up to the election but just talking about it can be a tense experience. In episode two of Slice of Heaven, a 4-part podcast series for RNZ in association with Massey… Audio
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16 EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalists, but only one is a woman
Despite a third of the nominees for EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards being female, only one of the 16 finalists is a woman. Sharon Brettkelly asks the EY executive director why that is. Video, Audio
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One woman, 15 men make up EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalists
Only one woman has taken out the top award since 1998, causing some to question whether they are sexist. Mai Chen, the only female finalist for the 2017 awards, talks to Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Clamping down on mobile truck shops
Moves to crack down on truck shops that are not stopping dodgy traders, an Auckland budget advisor says. Audio
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Gareth Morgan defends unconditional income policy
Video: Giving young New Zealanders an unconditional $200 a week would help them get into the workforce, TOP leader Gareth Morgan tells Morning Report. Video
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Debating the merits of a universal basic income
The Opportunities Party leader Gareth Morgan and inequality researcher Max Rashbrooke debate the merits of a universal basic income. Audio
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Gareth Morgan wants to give $200 each week to every young NZer, no strings
An economic expert says it isn’t enough to help those who need it most.
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NZ 'shamefully' poor on tax policies - Oxfam
New Zealand has one of the world's most unfair tax policies when it comes to closing the gap between rich and poor, a new report has found.
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Alexia Hilbertidou: 'Young women can’t be what they can’t see'
After years of being the only female in many of her high school technology and science classes, Alexia Hilbertidou founded GirlBoss New Zealand - a network of young women passionate about science… Audio
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Slice of Heaven - Have You Come Far?
With record migration and a fast-growing population, Aotearoa/New Zealand is changing. How that will look depends upon the interplay between people here now and those who want to come. So who is… Audio
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Struggling Kiwi families hard hit by cold snap
As a wintry blast makes its way up the country, social services are busy making sure those without a place to stay are coping.
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Winter warnings after homeless man dies on cemetery bench
Rough sleepers in Auckland will continue to die unnecessarily this winter unless shelters are setup across the city, a church support worker says. Video, Audio
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KiwiSaver provider pushes firms to get serious on diversity
Simplicity has challenged the top-50 listed companies to bring diversity to their businesses and governance within five years.
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'Poor kids are not a priority for our Government'
School principal Gordon Pepere is on the verge of tears while describing children arriving at school barefoot and with little food in their bags, which they use as raincoats to shelter from the rain.
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Brighter Future? Mangere community fights to get healthy
Mangere locals have some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in New Zealand, but they're hoping to change that - one dance step at a time. Video, Audio
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Call to crack down on 'rogue landlords'
The government needs to introduce minimum living standards to prevent people living in squalor and in overcrowded boarding houses, a Parliamentary select committee has heard today.
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State housing boost for Lower Hutt
The Government plans to build an extra 330 new homes in Lower Hutt to house people who are sleeping rough, and bring hundreds more up to warm, dry standards. Audio
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Politicians warned they risk spreading ignorance on immigration
Politicians are risking creating "ignorance and misrepresentations" about immigrants, the Federation of Multicultural Councils says.
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NZ's Pasifika men gather to challenge social ills
The over-representation of New Zealand's Pacific people in negative statistics is being targeted at an event in Porirua this weekend. Audio
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Labour would boost minimum wage to $16.50
The Labour Party promises to lift the minimum wage and soften the government's 90-day trial period for employees, if it is elected to government.
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Sitting in a grey area
Many view protesting as a human right but conflict can arise when a movement takes over a public space indefinitely - a bill before Parliament hopes to offer a balanced solution. Audio
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Poverty debate skewed wrongly says NZIER
Talk about poverty not income inequality. Audio
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Jane Goodall 'What we are doing to this planet is deadly'
Dame Jane Goodall is the world-renowned conservationist and primatologist in the 1960s she made history with through her groundbreaking study on the chimpanzees of the Gombe, in Tanzania. Video, Audio
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Home ownership rates among Maori and Pasifika plummeting?
A National Maori housing organisation says a recent report showing a massive decline in Maori and Pasifika home-ownership is due to political inaction. The Victoria University and Deloitte report on… Audio
