Activism

Action to stop a film being made before it's even clear what it will be about is a reflection of increased awareness about race, identity and place across the globe.  Audio

There's a large police presence at Putiki Bay, Kennedy Point, on Waiheke Island where Putiki protectors are trying to stop construction. They're worried a digger removing rocks at the marina could… Audio

Mental health campaigner Mike King is returning his New Zealand Order of Merit medal to the Cabinet Office today. He's upset at the state of the mental health support available to young people. RNZ… Audio

Pioneering New Zealand feminist, activist and former Green MP Sue Kedgley first came to public attention in the 1970s as an early, outspoken women's liberationist for femism. Her new book, Fifty Years… Audio

Alexei Navalny has been outspoken in his criticism of the Russian government for years. The former real estate lawyer became a shareholder activist and anti-corruption campaigner before running for… Audio

Each week retired polytechnic lecturer Sandra Kyle visits two local meatworks to conduct (usually solitary) vigils for animals on their way to slaughter. A committed vegan and local representative of… Audio

Farmers in India are protesting new laws liberalising agricultural markets, calling for a national strike following inconclusive talks with Narendra Modi's government, and the crackdown in Hong Kong… Audio

In his new book about the rift between Prince William and Prince Harry, Battle of Brothers, historian and royal expert Robert Lacey examines the breakdown and explains why the relationship between the… Audio

Lawyer Belinda (Binnie) O'Dwyer was born in Hastings, and now lives in New South Wales where she works for the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS). A former environmental activist, she's trying to combat… Audio

Eating roadkill, getting a vasectomy at 25 and reducing your worldly possessions to 44 items. It all makes sense if you follow environmental ethics to their logical end. That's just what Rob… Audio

Actor, model, producer, activist and former fitness guru Jane Fonda reflects on her relationship with climate change activism in a new book:What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action. Fonda… Audio

Protesters in togs are outside Parliament this morning to demand the Government keep its election promise to clean up waterways.

The student-led Choose Clean Water campaign are there ahead of the… Audio

The University of Glasgow's Professor Alison Phipps is an activist for an end to the awful and lengthy detainment and the inhumane treatment that refugees are put through when they turn up on borders… Audio

The far right in East Germany has long been associated with the disaffected masses, but there is a growing intellectual class helping to change the narrative. Julian Göpffarth's work focuses on the… Audio

Can a podcast be a vehicle for social change? Spoken-word poet and social commentator George Mpanga – aka George The Poet – explores that question in the unique, award-winning show Have You Heard… Audio

Friday's Christchurch mosque shootings has seen the launch of activisim on several fronts. A petition calling for a ban of semi-automatic weapons is doing the rounds and there's a campaign to put a… Audio

Kiwi free diving champion William Trubridge is attempting to swim the Cook Straight to raise awareness over the plight of the endangered hectors dolphin. He could be mistaken for one himself as he's… Video, Audio