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New Zealand First is promising to remove the goods and services tax from food. Party leader Winston Peters announced the move at the party's annual conference in Auckland.

As a child, the Greens' Jack McDonald was drawn to "the game" of politics. But his own activism was born of his Maori identity.

South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer has died at the age of 90. Gordimer used her pen to battle against the inequality of white rule for decades.

Wellington photographer John Lake spent a mind-blowing three months photographing the punk scene in Beijing.

Labour Party Maori Affairs spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta plans to reassess the social welfare policy, Whanau Ora, if it wins the upcoming general election in September.

While doing volunteer work in the Solomon Is, Lance Cash found himself in the aftermath of a natural disaster with simmering tensions threatening to ignite into violence.

This month The Wireless looks at the theme of 'Influence', including voter turnout, lobbying, religion and hypnotism.

Banking reforms aimed at preventing another financial crisis have failed to make enough progress, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.

Younger generations are footing the bill for benefits that they themselves are likely to miss out on – and some economists predict a revolution.

In the second article of a Budget 2014 series on inequality, Education Correspondent John Gerritsen canvasses educators on what they are hoping for in the budget. Audio

The Finance Minister has hinted that Thursday's Budget will contain initiatives to try to close the gap between the rich and the poor, as new census data shows the gap is widening.

Speech notes for Radio New Zealand chief executive Paul Thompson's speech to the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Conference in Glasgow, on 12 May 2014.