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In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Anneke Smith explores how the conversation on hate speech shifted - from an effort to curb terrorism to a political bunfight - and what the… Audio

A woman of Samoan descent who was adopted out to a palagi family says it resulted in a complete disconnect from her cultural roots.

Known as Ms CU, she has told the inquiry into abuse, that although… Audio

Nearly 3000 requests for emergency housing were rejected by the government in 2020 - a figure the opposition National Party says represents a genuine crisis.

Social Development Minister Carmel… Audio

The Football Ferns kneeled before their opening match of the Tokyo Olympics against Australia last night - a gesture known as a call for racial equality in sport.

One of the first events of the… Audio

As the formal government apology for the Dawn Raids nears, women members of the Polynesian Panthers are reflecting on their part in the fight.

The social justice group was set up in 1971 to target… Audio

More than 250 sailors will be allowed off a Royal Canadian Navy frigate without having to go through managed isolation.

The HMCS Calgary will visit Auckland early next month - the first visit by a… Audio

A life of abuse from an early age has been outlined to the inquiry into abuse in care by a woman of Tongan and Palagi descent.

The Royal Commission is focusing on the historical abuse in care of… Audio

People who regularly walk down one stretch of Christchurch's central city may get the feeling that they are always hearing one particular very catchy Rick Astley song blasting out on to the footpath.

The dawn raids of the 1970s still haunt Pacific island people to this day.

Tigilau Ness, a New Zealand born Niuean, is an activist with Polynesian Panthers.

He's told the inquiry into abuse in care… Audio

The Productivity Commission wants to hear from the public about how everyone in New Zealand can get a fair chance at life.

The independent crown entity wants to launch an inquiry into why some people… Audio

A panel at Wanaka's Festival of Colour considers whether taxation is love. Lynn Freeman talks to Max Rashbrooke, Prof. Lisa Marriott and Shamubeel Eaqub in April 2021. Audio

Many families have a tale of an adventurous ancestor - but some are far more interesting than others. Harrison Christian's ancestor, Fletcher Christian, was a seaman in the late 1700s who rebelled… Audio

After more than year of waiting for a Ministry of Social Development review, a woman who was unfairly sanctioned for failing to name her child's father has been repaid.

Under the sanction, many women… Video, Audio

A new article in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found Pasifika are most likely to be hospitalised for Covid-19; three times more likely than any other ethnic group to be hospitalised. Audio

An indigenous woman says her experience in the forced residential school system for indigenous people in Canada made her ashamed to be brown.

Geraldine Shingoose says she has cried every day since… Audio

The government's counting another drop in unemployment numbers as a win - but others say they don't paint the whole picture.

Over the past three months, more than 31,000 people found jobs and got off… Audio