Refugees And Migrants

The Asia New Zealand Foundation says census data showing Asians make up more than half the population in fifteen Auckland suburbs is not evidence of a segregation problem. Audio

Director of South African performance company Third World Bunfight, whose latest production is a radical take on Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in modern-day Congo, and playing at the Auckland Arts… Audio

Three Fijian forestry workers who are also volunteer firefighters are struggling to gain residency despite having lived in New Zealand for 10 years. Audio

How is music therapy helping new migrants settle into our largest city? Audio

A public forum at Parliament's Grand Hall organised by Diplosphere on the rise of the self-styled Islamic State and whether New Zealand's decision this week to send troops to Iraq can help to address… Audio

Nigerian-born, UK-based writer and performer of Call Mr Robeson: a Life with Songs, based on the musical career and political activism of the US singer Paul Robeson.

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Cross-agency Defence Force lead for the 2015 Gallipoli commemoration, and author of Elusive Peace: a Kiwi Peacekeeper in Angola, about his time as a United Nations Military Observer in 1998. Audio

Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Director of the Institute for Transregional Studies at Princeton University, and a leading expert on the theology of Islamic State. Audio

CEO of World Vision in New Zealand who recently visited Iraqi Kurdistan and Lebanon, in advance of the launch of the Syrian refugee appeal on 7 March. Audio

A Marlborough business has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 dollars in unpaid wages to a migrant worker. Audio

A Chilean family taking refuge in a Christchurch church after Immigration New Zealand threatened to deport them says they have battled to gain residency for several years with no luck. Audio

A Chilean family has sought refuge in a Christchurch church after Immigration New Zealand threatened them with deportation. Audio

A Sydney paediatrican has been so shocked by what he saw at the detention centre on Nauru, he has decided to speak out about it, despite the contracts he signed before working on the island. The… Audio

Climate refugee Ioane Teitiota is seeking asylum in NZ. His case is a step closer to being heard by the Supreme Court and it's garnering further international attention. Audio

British baroque continuo specialist, composer, and conductor, who is visiting New Zealand for the Opera in a Days Bay Garden production of La Calisto by Cavalli. Audio

Iranian Canadian journalist and film-maker who was imprisoned and interrogated in Iran for over 118 days in 2009. Audio

Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us a story about White Ghosts and Yellow Peril, a new non-fiction publication that reveals some surprising and sometimes unsavoury facts about New Zealand's first contact… Audio

There are conflicting accounts of how a stand off between guards and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island came to an end. Audio

Young refugees fleeing violent homelands are finding a new home, and a voice, on the theatre stage. Audio

The presents and the Christmas dinner are behind us, the next set of festive decisions looming are New Year's resolutions. But why stop at a year? What about decisions that could shape the next 5, 10… Audio