Identity
The Outliers | Episode 22: Mo Muse
Mo Muse is a Somali-born hip hop artist from Auckland who tells his story through his music. He was brought up in Mt Roskill, and fell in love with rapping at university in Otago. Video
The Outliers | Episode 23: Huriana Kopeke - Te Aho
Huriana Kopeke - Te Aho is an activist and artist based in Auckland. They are passionate about social justice and making the world a fairer and more equitable place. Video
The Outliers | Episode 24: Hunting Ground
Hunting Ground is a vintage fashion store in Newmarket run by sisters Sian & Tina Kolose. Hunting Ground brings a brown Polynesian community together. Video
BLKCITY: Aotearoa's Black rap pioneers
JessB, Raiza Biza, Abdul Kay, Blaze the Emperor and Mo Muse are determined to make their mark on Black New Zealand culture as hip-hop supergroup BLKCITY. Video
'A lot of fight left for Black liberation' - Black Lives Matter leader
A Black Lives Matter organiser from New York says US President-elect Joe Biden will do the bare minimum for African Americans "to save face". Audio
Someday Stories 2020: Blue Ecks
When countless new tenants show up in his apartment, introverted Blue Ecks fights to preserve his privacy and keep his cactus alive. Video
The Outliers | Episode 19: Rez Gardi
Rez Gardi is a Kurdish advocate and Harvard Law graduate. She went to Kurdistan at the start of 2020, investigating ISIS war crimes against Yazidi women in northern Iraq. Video
The Outliers | Episode 20: Nah Zone
Nah Zone is a music community in Auckland which was started by Jonique Purcell. Nah Zone includes events and content that covers local brown creative communities in New Zealand. Video
The Outliers | Episode 21: Julie Zhu
Julie Zhu is an inspiring filmmaker who works with primarily minority communities. In 2019, she made the popular Conversations With My Immigrant Parents for RNZ. Video
Value of te reo Māori for all 'is what will save it' - Justice Joe Williams
The te reo Māori Waitangi Tribunal claim in the 1980s should have been about the "value of the reo for all," Justice Joe Williams, who was on the legal team for the landmark case, says.
Someday Stories 2020: Aute
Aute explores the importance of preserving indigenous rituals and maintaining a harmonious relationship between land and tangata whenua. Video
Gender, sexual identity added to census: 'We're trying to do right'
The rainbow community's "horrible experience" of not seeing themselves reflected in the census data is about to change. Audio
The Outliers | Episode 17: Kii Winston Small
Kii Winston Small is a Barbadian youth change-maker who grew in Kaitaia. He went to Victoria University in Wellington, where he was the editor of Salient magazine. Video
Only 10% of Kiwis want to change our country's name
The latest poll from Research New Zealand set out to gauge support for New Zealand changing its name to 'Aotearoa' or 'Aotearoa New Zealand', but only 10% of people agreed New Zealand should change… Audio
Someday Stories 2020: Alice?
A starry-eyed, plus-size teenager reimagines the world around her as she experiences first love and first heartbreak. Video
Ngā Taonga restructures to disestablish 29 roles
A major restructure at the national film and sound archive is being met with fears that access to New Zealand's past will be irreversibly lost.
The Outliers | Episode 13: Isla Reeves
Isla Reeves is a Christchurch-based poet and musician who lives with bipolar. Isla balances studying, social work, art, and learning te reo Māori. Video
The Outliers | Episode 14: Valle
Valle is a PNG-born, Christchurch-based artist who travels back to his birth country. Meeting his grandmother and family proves to be one of the most pivotal moments in Valle’s life. Video
The Outliers | Episode 15: Josiah Tualamali'i
Josiah Tulamali’i is a Christchurch-based Pacific youth and mental health advocate. He was part of the government enquiry into mental health and addiction in 2018. Video
Louisa Wall calls for homosexual law reform in Cook Islands
Labour MP and LGBT advocate Louisa Wall is calling on the Catholic church in New Zealand to support homosexual law reform in the Cook Islands. Audio
