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  • What counts as truancy and why is it a problem?

    News
    New Zealand education
    9 Apr 2024
    The cloakroom of a Rotorua school.

    Explainer - The government is cracking down on "shameful" attendance numbers. But what does it mean for parents and what does the law say?

    Truancy: Why it matters, what the law says and what is being done about it
  • Pasifika autism group a 'vehicle for change'

    News
    Pacific health
    9 Apr 2024
    Daniel Filimoni and Anna Filemoni his wife and two children.

    Pacific communities with negative perceptions of autism are being challenged to rethink their views and the language that describes people on the spectrum. Audio

    Pasifika autism group a 'vehicle for change'
  • Do New Plymouth's otters really need a new $1.5m home?

    News
    New Zealand local council
    8 Apr 2024
    One of Brooklands Zoo's otters seen eating fish in March 2022.

    Brooklands Zoo is planning a major makeover - but not everyone is impressed with the cost.

    New Plymouth councillor questions cost of new otter enclosure at Brooklands Zoo
  • Nellie's Baby: In search of a missing sister

    News
    In Case You Missed It
    30 Mar 2024
    Sarah dresses a white horse

    When an adopted child goes looking for her supposed sister, it is a tortuous search. Did she ever exist at all? And why was it so hard to try to find her?

    Nellie's Baby: In search of a missing sister
  • Viet Thanh Nguyen on being Vietnamese and American

    Audio
    author interview
    30 Mar 2024

    As a child watching the film Apocalypse Now, writer Viet Thanh Nguyen felt split in two - was he one of the Americans doing the killing or one of the Vietnamese being killed? "That moment really… Audio

  • A woman adopted at birth chases the shadow of a missing sister

    Audio 30 Mar 2024
    Sarah dresses a white horse

    When an adopted child goes looking for her supposed sister, it’s a tortuous search. Did she ever exist at all? And why was it so hard to try to find her?

  • Spark to crack down on objectionable material, cyber risks and scams

    News
    New Zealand Business
    21 Mar 2024
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    Spark is set to become the first internet service provider in New Zealand to join the Internet Watch Foundation

    Spark to introduce barriers to help stamp out objectionable material, cyber risks and scams
  • Person charged with assaulting police officer after school brawl

    News
    New Zealand education
    14 Feb 2024
    Melville High School in Hamilton.

    Officers were called to Mangakōtukutuku College in Hamilton to deal with "disorder" on Tuesday.

    Person charged with assaulting police officer after school brawl
  • Review: Riceboy Sleeps

    Audio
    movies
    7 Feb 2024
    No caption

    Riceboy Sleeps is an oddly-titled award-winning Canadian-Korean production about a solo mother and her child setting up a new life across the Pacific. Directed by Anthony Shem. Video, Audio

  • Review: Riceboy Sleeps

    News
    At the Movies movies
    7 Feb 2024
    No caption

    Riceboy Sleeps is an oddly-titled award-winning Canadian-Korean production about a solo mother and her child setting up a new life across the Pacific. Directed by Anthony Shem.

    Video, Audio

    Review: Riceboy Sleeps
  • Origins of the Mainfreight trucking words of wisdom

    Audio
    transport
    7 Feb 2024
    A slogan on the back of a Mainfreight truck

    Mainfreight trucks - the big blue beasts that wind their way up and down our roads - is the last place many people might think they'll find enlightenment and words of wisdom. But they are there. We… Audio

  • Ukraine-Russia war: Putin citizenship decree violates children's rights, Ukraine says

    News
    World children
    7 Jan 2024
    Belgium, Brussels, 2023/02/23. Demonstrators hold a banner reading Bring the stolen children home next to teddy bears and toys during a demonstration organized by the NGO Avaaz near the European institutions ahead of the 1-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The demonstration is meant to bring to attention the reported claim of abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia.

    Ukraine has condemned a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin making it possible to confer Russian citizenship on Ukrainian children moved to Russia.

    Ukraine-Russia war: Putin citizenship decree violates children's rights, Ukraine says
  • Marc Masters: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

    Audio
    history music
    6 Jan 2024

    Marc Masters is a music journalist, host of "The Music Book Podcast" and now an author. His book High Bias - The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape is a deep dive into how the humble cassette… Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Tongan-American wrestler announces his retirement

    News
    Pacific
    6 Jan 2024
    Tama Tonga

    Japan Pro-Wrestler Tama Tonga has announced an end to his 14-year career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

    Tongan-American wrestler announces his retirement
  • The oddest news RNZ covered in 2023

    News
    New Zealand Comment & Analysis
    30 Dec 2023
    A collage of people and things involved in the oddest news RNZ covered in 2023.

    It was a year in which Aotearoa had three prime ministers, two of them named 'Chris', so the bar was set very high.

    The oddest news RNZ covered in 2023
  • 'A turtle is quite different': Plea to new owners over need for 'long-time commitment'

    News
    New Zealand animals
    24 Dec 2023
    Donna Moot with turtle

    Donna Moot is an expert on the shelled creatures, having run Turtle Rescue and Rehoming out of her house in Christchurch for almost 20 years.

    Owning a turtle is 'a long-time commitment', veteran rescuer warns
  • Nepal registers first same-sex marriage

    News
    World
    30 Nov 2023
    (FILES) In this picture taken on August 30, 2023, Surendra Pandey (L) and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, take part in an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. An LGBTQ couple has acquired a marriage certificate in Nepal, officials said on November 30, a first in South Asia and hailed by the pair as a win "for all". Transgender woman Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey obtained a marriage certificate from a local ward in Nepal's Lamjung district the previous day. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

    Activists have hailed the legal recognition as a victory for LGBT rights.

    Nepal registers first same-sex marriage hailed as win for LGBT rights
  • The troubled past of Lynne Martin, found dead after being jailed for murdering her father

    News
    New Zealand crime
    25 Nov 2023
    Lynne Martin at her trial in the High Court at Gisborne.

    It is difficult to imagine a level of sibling enmity greater than that which existed between John Allison and his sister Lynne Martin.

    The troubled past of Lynne Martin, found dead after being jailed for murdering her father
  • Thabani Gapara: The accidental Aotearoan

    Audio
    music
    24 Nov 2023
    Saxophonist Thabani Gapara

    Zimbabwe-born saxophone player Thabani Gapara is embracing the opportunities afforded him by his adopted homeland. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Why the Jehovah's Witnesses' legal effort failed

    News
    New Zealand
    1 Nov 2023
    Te Kuiti Kingdom Hall of Jehova's Witnesses

    The church wanted to evade the scrutiny of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. A High Court judge tossed out their claim.

    Why a legal bid by the Jehovah’s Witnesses to evade the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care failed
  • Enji merges Mongolian vocal style with jazz on Ulaan

    Audio
    music
    28 Oct 2023
    Enji

    Tony Stamp reviews a Mongolian/ German/ Brazilian jazz cocktail. Video, Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Enji merges Mongolian vocal style with jazz on Ulaan

    News
    The Sampler music
    28 Oct 2023
    Enji

    Tony Stamp reviews a Mongolian/ German/ Brazilian jazz cocktail.

    Video, Audio

    Review: Ulaan by Enji
  • India Supreme Court declines to legalise same-sex marriage

    News
    World
    18 Oct 2023
    A lawyer can be seen wearing a rainbow flag wristband at the courtyard of the Supreme Court of India, during the judgement on same-sex marriage by Supreme Court in New Delhi, India on October 17, 2023. India's top court said on Tuesday that it cannot legalise same-sex marriages. (Photo by Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto) (Photo by Kabir Jhangiani / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    India's Supreme Court has declined to legalise same-sex unions, dashing the hopes of millions of LGBTQ+ people seeking marriage equality.

    India Supreme Court declines to legalise same-sex marriage
  • Man wins Family Court order to disown twins likely sired during threesome

    News
    New Zealand children
    11 Oct 2023
    Hand with pen over application form on blure water glass background

    A man has successfully won a court order to legally disown twins who were likely fathered during threesomes between him, his wife and another man.

    Man wins Family Court order to disown twins likely sired during threesome
  • Labour's Rainbow Manifesto promises reformed surrogacy laws and LGBTQ+ refugee quota

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    30 Sep 2023
    Labour leader Chris Hipkins at Ngāti Hine Health Trust in Kawakawa.

    The party also wants to look at possibly removing the stand-down period for blood donation men who have sex with men currently face.

    Labour releases Rainbow Manifesto, promising reformed surrogacy laws and LGBTQ+ refugee quota
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