Refugees And Migrants

Pule-tasi or niqab? Like the diversity of our cultures, New Zealand's dress code is changing all the time. These days you can wear your hijab to work without question, Lynda Chanwai-Earle decided to… Audio

What do our Muslim communities think about the current crises in the Middle East? Particularly in light of events in Syria and Iraq and the brutalities committed by the Islamic State formerly known as… Audio

Minister of Communications and in the third Somali Government, who is trying to assert control over the lawless factions in the recovering state, and re-establish the institutions of civil society. Audio

Islam Awareness Week 2014 focuses on charity - raising awareness of the lives of people across the globe in need, mindful of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Lynda attends open day at the… Audio

The first ever people trafficking charges have been laid against two men, charged with arranging by deception the entry of 18 Indian nationals into the country. How many cases are going unreported… Audio

Why did New Zealand troops serve in Afghanistan? How much do we know about this war? An award winning documentary is now being taught as part of the NCEA curriculum within secondary schools across our… Audio

New Zealand-born human rights photographer Robin Hammond won photojournalism's equivalent of the Booker prize - The W Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Prize in humanitarian photography, last year. The award… Audio

Recognised Seasonal Employment workers from Vanuatu are working in a kiwifruit packhouse and orchard operation in Pukekohe. The money they make is letting them buy solar panels and housing materials… Audio

Mr Huang is a hardy individual, a familiar sight busking the streets of Wellington no matter the weather. His erhu (known as the Chinese Violin) is an instrument with a 2000-year history. With the… Audio

Stefano's Team is a documentary about a football mad Italian migrant, Stefano Virgili, who's brought his favourite game to rural Northland's Kaeo and through this has had a profound impact on the… Audio

Lynda hears from Canadian Architect, Graphic Novelist and Activist David H.T. Wong and Australian Academic Daphne Lowe Kelly about retelling lost histories. "This graphic novel is dedicated to those… Audio

Professor of Migration Studies at Auckland University of Technology and a member of the panel that wrote the report, Our Futures/Te Pae Tawhiti: the 2013 Census and New Zealand's Changing Population.

Community Leader Abann Yor fled tragedy and genocide in South Sudan for a life of hope here with his family. He and his wife Mary share their stories from their home in Mangere, Auckland. Audio

Work and Worship - Exploring religious diversity in New Zealand workplaces. Audio

Tokyo-based Rwandan High Commissioner to New Zealand and Australia who returned from exile to his home country in 1994, after the genocide of over a million people. Audio

June 20 marks World Refugee Day. Lynda travelled to the Night Markets at the New Lynn Community Centre to meet the WISE collective (Women - Inspired - Strong - Empowered and Enterprising). That's… Audio

Chinese parents raising their children in New Zealand can find themselves caught between two cultures and as a result, face the challenge of negotiating the best parenting approach to use. Eva Chen… Audio

Coordinator for Shakti Ethnic Women's Refuge, and the Wellington Young Feminists, discussing the Twitter hashtag #YesAllWomen Audio

Judge Ajit Swaran Singh: He was the first Fiji-born Indian Judge to be appointed to the District Court bench in New Zealand, serving in Manukau, our country's third largest city holding the most… Audio

Arranged marriages are popular again, especially amongst our young professionals within the South East Asian community. Lynda travels from the Hindu Temple in Kilbirnie, Wellington to Auckland's Tapac… Audio