Identity

Only a few days into the job and already new National Party leader Todd Muller is discovering how combustible the top role can be.

Instead of being able to focus on a Covid-19 ravaged economy, he has… Audio

The new National Party Leader Todd Muller has been criticised this week for putting only white faces on his re-jigged front bench. 

The highest ranked Māori MP in his caucus is former Deputy leader… Audio

The Opposition has become embroiled in debate about its new look under new leadership - a startlingly white line-up on the party's front bench.

This week's reshuffle resulted in no Maori MPs in the… Audio

A founder of the Māori Party, Dame Tariana Turia says it looks as if National has given up trying to attract Māori voters.

The new Opposition Leader Todd Muller is under fire for putting only white… Audio

Taesega never thought about leaving Samoa, but in 1958 an aunty asked her to accompany her on the long sea voyage to New Zealand. Taesega didn’t have the money, so she borrowed £40 to pay her fare. Audio

Fereni Pepe Ete QSM established the first A’oga Amata at the EFKS church in Newtown in 1985, making a huge contribution to the preschool where the Samoan language was being taught. Audio

Dr. Ali’itasi Su’a Fuimaono Tavila grew up in Samoa but was only 14 years old when she moved to New Zealand in 1975, after winning a scholarship to attend a New Zealand school. Audio

Masunu Tuisila arrived in New Zealand as a youth, making the journey by air with his grandmother and sister via American Samoa and Fiji before arriving in Auckland during Christmas of 1972. Audio

Aliota left Samoa in 1966 to help his family. He was ambitious and arrived with a strong work ethic that led to his running his own business and working at a bank and on the Wellington City Council. Audio

Tala left Samoa in 1950 and is now 90 years old, having resided in New Zealand for 70 years. She has been a trailblazer in the Pacific community. Audio

The founder of Frog Recruitment, Jane Kennelly, joins The Panel to discuss the challenges of separating identity from career. Audio

A national speech finalist is challenging New Zealand to end covid related racism with the same passion it used to tackle the pandemic. Our reporter Louise Ternouth spoke to 17-year-old Shaye Witehira… Audio

Lockdown has been an extended period of reflection for New Zealand's team of 5 million. So what have we learned about ourselves and how we want to live our lives? RNZ In Depth reporter Teresa Cowie…

141 years ago on 14 May, the Leonidas arrived in Fiji - the first ship carrying indentured workers from India. Reflecting back on that day, what significance does that painful history hold for the… Audio

Video emerged this week of a foreigner being held down with a pole by three officials in Beijing for not wearing a mask in public. Nathan van der Klippe is The Globe and Mail's Beijing correspondent… Audio

Dunedin's Baldwin St has reclaimed its world record.

The governing body of Guinness World Records has reversed its decision, admitting its measuring method had been wrong. Baldwin street was… Audio

The first full working week of the new normal is almost over, most New Zealanders are holed up at home, and relying on essential workers to keep the country running.

So how's that going?

Chief… Audio

Māori celebrities and experts are giving online tutorials to help thousands of children keep up their reo Māori during the Level Four lockdown. 

TV host Stacey Morrison, singer Pere Wihongi and… Audio