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A visiting expert on the science of agriculture and food says we need to take action now to ensure the planet's growing population can be fed. Professor Louise O.Fresco says science needs to work hard… Audio

New Zealand was one of just seven countries to vote against a UN Resolution guaranteeing the world's one billion peasants and rural workers special rights. Why? And why wasn't it reported by the… Video, Audio

The former New Zealand prime minister talks with Noelle McCarthy about sexism, power and the changing role of women in politics and international life. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has launched an international campaign to turn Me Too into We Too. She used strong rhetoric on gender equality in her first ever speech to the UN General Assembly today.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has used her first speech to the United Nations General Assembly to warn about the consequences of rejecting bodies like the International Criminal Court and the Paris… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister delivered an idealistic and aspirational speech to the United Nations General Assembly this morning. Jacinda Ardern put a stake in the ground for what New Zealand stands for and… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was a hit with the audience when she appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, joking about making him a citizen of Hobbiton and discussing her handshake strategy… Video, Audio

US President Donald Trump's assertion that his administration has achieved more than any other in history prompted chuckles at the UN General Assembly, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was not among… Video, Audio

Jacinda Ardern is continuing to be a popular presence in New York this week. She was interviewed on CNN, Donald Trump personally asked after her baby Neve and she in turn remained poker-faced while… Audio

Gaining access into Syria to accurately report war crimes and civilian casualties has long been a huge challenge for the UN. Marc Garlasco was one of the investigators responsible for gathering that… Audio

The United States has withdrawn for the United Nations' Human Rights Council, calling it biased and hypocritical. Critics say the move could hurt efforts to address human rights abuses around the… Audio

Libraries can play a key role to help ensure the success of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Audio

Former Labour leader David Shearer is into his second year leading the United Nations' mission in civil war-ravaged South Sudan from his base in the country's capital, Juba. The world's newest… Audio

There are 17 sustainable development goals the United Nations laid out in 2015 as part of the global agenda for a more sustainable world. And here in New Zealand a new project has been developed to… Audio

The war in Syria hasn't abated, with the situation in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta reaching a critical point. Dozens have been killed in the last month and now there is the issue of the injured. Children… Audio

Humanity faces a stark choice – either we put an end to nuclear weapons or they end us, says Nobel Peace Prize-winning anti-nuclear campaigner Beatrice Fihn. Audio

The latest UN climate change negotiations have wrapped up in Bonn - so how will members meet their targets from the Paris Agreement? Kathryn talks with social scientist Bronwyn Hayward of the… Audio