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Whanganui carparks now accommodating city's homeless
Freedom camping sites and car parks in Whanganui are now home to a growing fleet of vehicles housing the city's homeless.
The district council has set aside money and earmarked a site for them to… Audio
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First NZ nursing strike in three decades looms
As the prospect of the first national nursing strike in 30 years looms, nurses believe they have the public's support - despite rejecting a half a billion dollar pay offer. Hospitals could be left… Audio
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Mandatory training considered for bar staff to stop abuse
A Wellington city councillor's been critised for being heavy handed and prejudiced in her efforts to stamp out sexual assault. The council's draft long term plan includes a proposal that sexual abuse… Audio
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Equal pay law change: issues for employers and women
Changes to pay equity legislation are expected some time later this year. We ask whether it'll be a fairer deal for women and whether employers will be ready ? Jennifer Howes is a senior solicitor in… Audio
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Football Ferns get pay parity with male players
All New Zealand soccer players will now have pay parity, an equal share in prize money, equal rights for image use and for the first time, female players will fly business class. Video, Audio
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Banks urged to do more for people with dementia
Banks are being told they need to plan for how to deal with increasing numbers of people with dementia. As we reported this morning the Bank of New Zealand recently banned an elderly customer who… Audio
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New Year, Old Me?
As February nears, some of those well-intended healthy New Years resolutions might be slipping into the back of some people's minds. But according to a leading health academic, it's this very mindset… Audio
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Farmwatch, SAFE not reassured by MPI response
Earlier in the programme, the Ministry of Primary Industries defended its response to allegations of a Northland sharemilker beating his cows. Disturbing video of the abuse was viewed around the… Audio
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Labour appalled by Judith Collins comments on child poverty
Labour's Jacinda Ardern is appalled by Judith Collins comments on child poverty. She joins Checkpoint in the studio. Video, Audio
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Collins' comments typical of govt's response, professor says
University of Auckland associate professor of social work, Mike O'Brien, says Judith Collins' comments are typical of this government's response to poverty. Audio
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CEO salaries
A Nobel Prize for Economics recipient has been working on a model for designing fair pay packages for CEOs. Audio
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2015: Helen Clark on global sustainability
The promise and challenge of 2015 is the focus of this lecture by the Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Audio
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The fight to lift wages in women-dominated professions
A campaigner for pay equity says court action being taken by midwives shows there's building momentum to lift the wages in women-dominated occupations. Audio
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Springboks face court action to bar them from World Cup
The Springboks are facing a legal challenge that could bar them from the World Cup. Audio
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Midwife says they deserve higher salaries
An independent midwife with many years experience says they are not properly compensated for the gruelling hours and demanding work they do. Audio
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Feminism, economics, & who cooked Adam Smith's dinner?
Katrine Marcal, author of Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?, argues there is a fatal flaw in our continued reliance on Adam Smith's representation of how the economy works. She believes it places an… Audio
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Investigation a 'wake up call' for NZ Rugby, Louise Nicholas says
Outcry over New Zealand Rugby's investigation into the Chiefs has been a "huge wake up call" for them, but it shouldn't have taken so long, women rights campaigner Louise Nicholas says. Audio
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New Zealand goes before UN on rights of children
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has raised concerns about the naming of the new children's ministry. But Unicef New Zealand, who are also over in Geneva, says the ministry's… Audio
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Marae opens doors for family in need
Te Puea marae in Mangere has established a support programme to help those sleeping in cars and garages and on the street and four families have already come for help. Video, Audio
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Funding woes for NZ's most difficult students
Alternative Education providers deal with the country's most difficult students, many of whom have been repeatedly excluded from school, but they receive 10-15 percent less government funding per… Audio
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Kiwi soprano premieres feminist opera
New Zealand Soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold premieres a one woman opera in London this week. Iris Dreaming is based on the life of New Zealand writer and pioneering feminist, Iris Wilkinson, who wrote… Audio
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National changes stance on child poverty reduction target
National has done an about face on setting a child poverty reduction target. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson asks the parties what they think about that. Audio
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Hearing dog not welcome
Valerie Hastie was asked to leave a restaurant after a manager blocked their ears over her hearing dog.Terry Darby of Hearing Dogs New Plymouth explains what they do and how to identify them. Audio
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'They can make excuses...but everything they stands for is hate'
The terror in Europe, fuelled by Islamic extremist groups, is relatively recent. In America, the roots of race-hate can be traced back to the Civil War, and well before. John Campbell reports. Video, Audio
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Black Ferns finally get their celebration. Is it enough?
Aucklanders get their chance to celebrate with the Women's Rugby World Cup winners, the Black Ferns, today in Manukau. It has taken a month to organise this event for New Zealand's most successful… Audio
