Aid And Development
Moving past "Afro-pessimism"
The world's media are slowly getting past the stereotypes of poverty, disease and corruption that have characterised coverage of Africa in the past but there's still a way to go, says a media scholar.
…Massive explosion rocks Kabul, killing 80
Kabul correspondent Josh Smith describes the crater left following yesterday's bomb attack and the scenes of carnage in the aftermath of the deadly attack. Audio
Kabul blast kills 80, injures another 360
Residents of Kabul's diplomatic quarter say yesterday's deadly blast was so powerful it felt like an earthquake. A massive bomb blast in the Afghan capital has killed at least eighty people and… Audio
From Mosul to safety: A tale of Lula and Simba
They're often the forgotten casualties of war... The many thousands of zoo animals killed by bombs or starvation after workers have fled... But a global animal charity named Four Paws is on a rescue… Audio
Stephanie and Clair Mills: Life and influences
Twins Stephanie and Clair Mills are in the business of making lives better. Stephanie was head of Greenpeace for a decade and now is at NZEI and Clair is in France working for Doctors without Borders… Audio
Patrick Rose: Nigeria's children
Last week 82 of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 were released. The kidnapping is part of a much bigger tragedy. Kiwi Patrick Rose is UNICEF's crisis communications specialist for West… Audio
Famine & fighting drive one million children out of South Sudan
South Sudanese are fleeing restive areas as they battle famine. The conflict has been described as the worst crisis since the Second World War. New Zealander Dylan Quinnell has just returned from Juba… Audio
What's the state of NZ's foreign aid?
Since the National government has been in power the proportion of aid going towards economic development has risen from less than 10 percent to nearly a third, at the expense of directly targeting… Audio
A call for volunteers to clean up flood-hit Edgecumbe
The Auckland Chamber of Commerce's Michael Barnett volunteered in Edgecumbe over the Easter break. "I felt that people getting off their bums and going down and actually helping would be the best… Audio
The little loans making a big change
Professor Muhammud Yunus is known around the world as the grandfather of social business and microfinance. Audio
Australia urged to renew aid focus in new foreign policy
World Vision is calling on the Australian government to reassert the role of aid in its upcoming 10 year foreign policy strategy. Audio
Marlborough residents given December deadline for quake repairs
Reporter Tracy Neal says residents were reassured by information they received at a public meeting in Ward, even though it's likely to be a long wait before road repairs and insurance assessments are… Audio
Ministry for Vulnerable Children launched today
The new Ministry for Vulnerable Children - Oranga Tamariki launches today, in the same week the outgoing agency Child Youth and Family receives criticism for lack of resourcing. Will the new ministry… Audio
New ministry for children is launched today
The complete overhaul of Child, Youth and Family and the creation of Oranga Tamariki has been years in the making and follows a comprehensive review by an expert advisory panel, as Sarah Robson… Audio
Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft
The Children's Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft says for the new children's social welfare agency - Oranga Tamariki - is going to be well resourced and professional social work services. He says 1… Audio
CYF pinning hopes on new Ministry for Vulnerable Children
Just two days before Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, comes into existence, it's short of frontline social workers. Surprisingly it says it's still analysing data and can't yet… Audio
CYF pinning hopes on new Ministry for Vulnerable Children
Child Youth and Family pinning its hopes for improvement on the change to the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, following a scatching Family Court ruling, suggesting the agency was 'fiscally driven.'
…CYF admits shortage of social workers ahead of ministry change
Lucy Sandford-Reed, the executive officer at the Association of Social Workers, says a 2014 review shows a shortage of social workers is not new. "What I hear from my members is that very little has… Audio
Post-Polio
Last year just seven people in the entire world were diagnosed with polio. It's on track to join smallpox as one the second ever diseases we've managed to completely eradicate. Gordon Jackman is a… Audio
'You are handed the baton of poverty'
Born into a rural cattle-herding family, Dr Tererai Trent was a mother of three by the time she was 18, now she runs a foundation that aims educate girls in Africa. Audio
