International Aid And Development

Sam Prince is the founder of the Zambrero chain of Mexican restaurants where every burrito or bowl sold, buys a meal for the hungry in developing countries. So far, more than 3.4 million meals have… Audio

A 10-year pact to address the Pacific region's chronic problems of poverty, slow economic growth, food security and youth unemployment was signed in Auckland last night. Audio

Award-winning social entrepreneur Jimmy Pham is Vietnamese Australian. He is also CEO International and founder of the KOTO Vocation Training Centre. (Know One, Teach One) teaches hospitality, English… Audio

Is giving up your job to help human-kind the right thing to do? Kiwi journalist Kim Vinnell did just that. Audio

The Government remains coy on this country's role in the fight against ISIS, despite Defence Chief Tim Keating taking part in yesterday's so-called war summit in the United States. Audio

In just two days the United Nations will decide whether New Zealand will get one of the non-permanent seats on the Security Council. Audio

New Zealand will have a presence at a meeting this morning of military commanders in Washington DC which is is looking at ways to halt the advance of the Islamic State. Audio

New Zealand will learn in two days whether its 10-year campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council has succeeded. Audio

When New Zealand nurse Donna Collins first put on her full protective gear on to work with ebola patients in Sierra Leone she feared she would look like a martian and frighten people already terrified… Audio

The Catholic aid agency Caritas New Zealand is calling for urgent international funding to help Pacific islands struggling with the effects of climate change. Audio

A documentary about life aboard the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, is about to hit our shores. It's called 'The Surgery Ship' and it documents the life-changing experiences of patients… Audio

Australia's consideration of its involvement in fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, has raised questions about what New Zealand would do, should this country be approached by a US led coalition… Audio

Islam Awareness Week 2014 focuses on charity - raising awareness of the lives of people across the globe in need, mindful of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Lynda attends open day at the… Audio

Why did New Zealand troops serve in Afghanistan? How much do we know about this war? An award winning documentary is now being taught as part of the NCEA curriculum within secondary schools across our… Audio

Jane Toll of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, works for one of the organisations that oversees The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores 825,000 samples from more than 200 crops in the permafrost on a… Audio

Eighty-year-old writer, Jean Watson is an anonymous elderly woman living in a modest Wellington flat. But in southern India she is revered as the famous 'Jean Aunty'. Thirty years ago she sold her… Audio

Francesca Borri is one of the few foreign correspondents still operating within Syria's borders from where she joins us via telephone. Audio

UNICEF's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist in Honiara, Donald Burgess, gives a status update. Audio

There are many stereotypes about Africa: that it's a place of conflict, of disease, war and famine. Or that it's a single place rather than a continent of 54 distinct countries. We'll engage with… Audio