Donations
Recommendations for Mosque shooting victim donations due next month
Christchurch City Councillor Raf Manji is meeting with the community on behalf of the Christchurch Foundation to make recommendations about the best ways to disperse funds to the victims of the mosque… Audio
Controversy over Tamil family's deportation from Australia
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the growing public and political demands for the government to let a Tamil family, including two Australian-born children, stay in Australia. Even… Audio
National donation sparks new questions on foreign influence
A $150,000 donation to the National Party has raised fresh questions about foreign influence and who should be allowed to give money to political parties.
National received the money in 2016 from a… Audio
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: Theatre renamed after soprano great
The Aotea Centre is renaming its ASB theatre after our most famous opera singer and first-ever Grammy award winner, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Audio
High decile schools disadvantaged by donation policy
Principals at high decile schools have warned MPs that they are tackling problems like incest and drug addiction and they shouldn't be excluded from the government's policy of scrapping donations. Audio
Eggboy donates more than $100k to people affected by mosque attacks
The Australian teenager Will Connolly shot to fame in March when he egged the far-right Senator Fraser Anning blamed Muslim immigration for the Christchurch mosque shootings. As the teen dubbed "Egg… Audio
Christchurch mosque attacks: 'Where is Victim Support?'
People too traumatised by the Christchurch mosque attacks to work want to know why Victim Support is holding onto millions donated to Christchurch's Muslim community. Video, Audio
Muslim group: Chinese donation should go to Uighurs
A Muslim group called the Khadija Leadership Network wants a large donation earmarked for the victims of the Christchurch Mosque attacks to be re-directed. $2.1m was pledged by a visiting delegation… Audio
$15m donated to Chch terror attack victims, families
More than $15 million has so far been donated to three large funds to support the families affected by the Christchurch Terror Attacks. Audio
Winston Peters: Jones’ SFO comments didn’t overstep the line
NZ First leader Winston Peters has weighed in in support of MP Shane Jones, who told Parliament he'd "study every single step" the SFO takes in its investigation into National Party donations. Audio
'Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty'
After a decade musical maestro Tim Minchin is back in New Zealand to perform solo. He talks to Jim about taking back his art from the big studios and being on the stage by himself to sing and… Video, Audio
Buyer beware: Do you really need it?
Is the current de-cluttering craze sparked by Japanese tidying guru Marie Kondo the problem, or is it the way people are consuming? Regardless, charity stores are being inundated with donations they… Audio
Charities spending thousands to dump unsellable donations
Rubbish, damaged clothing and broken items are just some of the 'donations' charity stores are spending thousands of dollars a year to dump. Visual Journalist Rebekah Parsons-King and reporter… Video, Audio
Who is Zhang Yikun, the alleged donor of $100,000 to National?
Zhang Yikun has rubbed shoulders with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff and Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha. Audio
Jami-Lee Ross texts ‘no smoking gun’
Jami-Lee Ross and National Party president Peter Goodfellow have released texts between Mr Ross and the party's general manager Greg Hamilton. Deputy Political Editor Chris Bramwell goes through what… Video, Audio
Troubled National leader facing big questions
Power Play - Don't worry about the allegations about electoral fraud, the comments about ethnic candidates and his own MPs are enough to put the National Party leader Simon Bridges on seriously shaky…
Teau Aiturau: getting South Auckland cycling
Teau Aiturau is using his weight loss efforts to encourage more Pacific families living in South Auckland to get on a bike. Affectionately known as Mr T he set up a charitable trust, Triple Teez to… Audio
Donations pour in for children of Burmese couple who died at Muriwai
A couple who drowned at Muriwai earlier this week left behind nine children, and donations for the family are coming in from as far afield as the UK. Video, Audio
School scraps fees and donations to relieve pressure
The principal of a Taranaki school which has become the latest to scrap voluntary fees and donations says he hopes it will relieve pressure on struggling families. Video, Audio
'Schools shouldn't be finance companies' - Principal
An NZEI survey of more than 600 primary and intermediate schools has shown that despite the pressure on school operational budgets, four in five could scrap donations. About 82 per cent of the… Audio
