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China factory conditions exposed: 'I can't remember anyone smiling'
Brian Merchant got smuggled in to Foxconn's factory in China to see if anything had changed since workers committed suicide over conditions in 2010. Video, Audio
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Teenage girls in Fiji caught in vicious cycle - welfare group
A community outreach group in Fiji believes there are a lot of young girls caught in a vicious cycle that includes poverty, broken families and sex exploitation. Audio
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Awataha Marae responds to 'squalid conditions' claim
The chief executive of Awataha Marae says it is being caught in political crossfire after the Labour Party used it to house more than 80 international interns. Audio
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The Pill
In 1961, the 'Pill' went on sale in New Zealand and women's lives were changed forever. The first truly reliable contraceptive, the Pill meant being able to control your fertility was now a matter of… Audio
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Mental health workers lodge equal pay claim
The government has no intention of conducting more large-scale pay equity talks, the Prime Minister says, as thousands who missed out on the care and support workers deal seek their own claim through… Audio
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GP sees homeless families every week
A GP working for a Whangarei Maori health service, Kyle Eggleton, says he is seeing homeless families every week, including a family of 15 living in a lounge. Video, Audio
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'Awful' suicide rate hits NZ's child welfare rating
A recent OECD report praises New Zealanders' living standards, but a new report from UNICEF says the country is failing its children and teenagers.
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Flying Solo - Grandmother Jo's story
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NZ's weak productivity in OECD's sights
New Zealanders generally enjoy high living standards, but the country's labour productivity continues to be a weakness, the organisation's latest report says.
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New Zealanders 'suffering in silence' from racism
Actor and director Taika Waititi is fronting a new campaign urging New Zealanders to step up and tackle all forms of racism. Video, Audio
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Tough to get a head: Lettuce leads vege price hike
A head of lettuce costs more than twice what it did this time last year, as a wet autumn drives the price of vegetables to an almost six-year high.
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How Clinton lost the election
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016 was doomed to fail, two American journalists say in a new book. Audio
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History-making majority-female Supreme Court bench
History has been made in New Zealand's Supreme Court with, for the first time, the majority of judges sitting on the bench at today's hearing being women.
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Study uncovers 'unacceptable' inequality in risk of premature flu death
Older Māori and Pasifika people are two to three times more likely to die prematurely from the flu compared to other ethnicities, research has found.
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Digital reading programme, no internet required
For 3 decades Sunshine Books founder Dame Wendy Pye has helped millions of school children learn to read. Wendy tells Kathryn Ryan how the latest way of doing this is a plan to sell affordable… Audio
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'Men-only' Rotary club faces growing pressure
The service organisation's leaders are putting pressure on a club in Christchurch after discovering it does not allow women to join. Audio
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Rotary leaders condemn Christchurch club's banning of women
The Avonhead Rotary Club is understood to be the only club out of the 267 nation-wide organisation that excludes women. Audio
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Jonathan Taplin - social media vs democracy
Facebook, Google and Amazon have not just cornered culture, they're undermining democracy, according to Jonathan Taplin, the author of Move Fast and Break Things. Audio
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Council workers 'rapt' at living wage victory
The Auckland Council's decision to increase the pay of their lowest paid workers is an astounding victory, living wage campaigners say.
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Is prejudice a habit that can be broken?
Our unconscious biases operate like habits so we can break them like habits, says Dr Trish Devine of The Prejudice Lab. Audio
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Urgent housing need 'big concern going into winter'
The number of people registered as urgently needing housing has doubled in the past two years. Audio
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Glenn Colquhoun: 'People are medicine to people'
GP and poet Glenn Colquhoun's new book Late Love tells of how he came to love medicine as an act of creativity and looks at the challenges of the NZ health system. Audio
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Baby boomers struggling financially
New figures show older New Zealanders are struggling financially heading to retirement, and are making up an increasing percentage of bankruptcies. The data comes from credit score provider… Audio
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Schools encouraged to adopt gender-neutral uniforms
Children need to feel welcome in their own schools, and that includes letting them choose which uniform version to wear, the PPTA says. Audio
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Fears mental health workers will move to rest homes
Mental health organisation Platform Trust wants an urgent meeting with Government amid fears a pay equity deal will lure workers into the aged care sector. Audio
