Inequality
Covid-19: Ministry doubles down over vaccination data
The Ministry of Health has doubled down in not granting access to Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency data on the vaccination status of Māori - despite a high court ruling urging the Ministry to… Audio
Covid-19: Māori health leader feels sense of 'doom' about easing restrictions
National Māori Pandemic group co-leader and Māori health leader Dr Rawiri Jansen says the prospect of Covid-19 restrictions easing fills him with a sense of doom.
He told Morning Report Māori are the… Audio
Covid-19: Kura denied vaccination funding from health officials
Health officials are being accused of holding out on cash to help a West Auckland Māori school boost vaccinations in their local community.
With some students already covid positive, Te Kura Kaupapa… Audio
COP26 looks into global flying habits
As to be expected, there has been a focus on flying this COP26, including on leaders taking private jets to get to the event this week. Nxt week there will be a focus on greening transportation - this… Audio
Report finds prison practices breach women's rights, hamper rehabilitation
A damning report has found punitive prison practices breach women's rights, and exacerbate cycles of violence, discrimination, and abuse.
And that limits the possibility that a jail sentence can be… Audio
Criminologist outraged at treatment of female prisoners in NZ
The treatment of women in New Zealand's prisons has outraged a criminologist at Oxford University.
Last year RNZ reported that as well as using regular pepper spray, Corrections use an American… Audio
Covid-19 making lives of those insecure and inadequate housing more vulnerable
Covid-19 has taken hold among some of society's most marginalised groups, including those living in insecure or inadequate housing.
Covid-19: Has the housing crisis exacerbated the outbreak?
Delta is attacking some of New Zealand's most marginalised groups - including those living in insecure or inadequate housing.
In the final part of our series on lockdown and poverty, RNZ social… Audio
Migrant exploitation to be investigated in new $50m govt inquiry
An inquiry into workplace exploitation of migrants will look at the scale of the problem and whether the government's actions have had an effect.
Banks need government inquiry - Sam Stubbs
Banks are coming under fire for their big profits.
Yesterday ANZ reported a profit of $1.92 billion, up 44 percent on last year.
Kiwisaver provider Simplicity chief executive Sam Stubbs says it's… Audio
Covid-19: Minister admits MIQ has weaknesses
Thousands of New Zealanders stuck overseas are pinning their hopes on today's MIQ announcement - which could improve their chances of getting back into the country.
Shorter MIQ times and isolating at… Audio
Covid-19: Third party group gaming MIQ booking system
RNZ has found the current MIQ booking lobby system is being gamed by a third party group.
It comes as ministers prepare to announce changes to the system on Thursday.
Kiwis stuck overseas are… Audio
MIQ system doesn't reflect peoples' situations - stranded Kiwi
The government will today announce changes to its much criticised MIQ system.
Thousands of New Zealand passport holders are trapped overseas, many having tried for months to get home.
One man… Audio
Covid-19: Principals on senior students headed back to school
Across Auckland this morning, almost 60,000 students are heading back through the school gates to classrooms for the first time in ten weeks.
Students from years 11, 12 and 13 are allowed back -… Audio
Struggling families facing 'threefold poverty', social workers tell govt
Planned benefit boosts must be brought forward to help meet basic costs for the surging numbers of people struggling to afford basic necessities, say social workers.
Jonathan Haidt: Social media model 'is breaking the world'
Named one of the world's top thinkers by both Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines, American social psychologist Professor Jonathan Haidt will feature as the keynote speaker at next month's APEC CEO… Audio
Ngāi Tahu whānau programme given $26m in move to 'shift the system'
A new prevention programme designed to reduce the number of Māori tamariki and rangatahi entering state care has been given a funding injection from the Government.
Iwi to get Oranga Tamariki funds in bid to cut state care numbers
A new iwi-led programme will receive funding to help reduce the number of tamariki and rangatahi coming into state care, the Children's Minister says.
Covid-19: Traffic light system doesn't cater to Māori - analyst
The government's reopening plan does not include a specific target for Māori vaccination rates.
The new system will come in when 90 percent of the entire eligible population in each District Health… Audio
Cash grants on way for those hardest hit by Covid-19 restrictions
More low-income households struggling because of lockdown will soon be able to get hardship support from Work and Income.
