Refugees
From a brutal Balkan conflict to the Pacific - Kosovar refugees mark 25 years
Twenty-five years ago when the Kosovo war ended, nearly 800,000 Kosavar Albanians were left displaced. Some went to Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and a small number arrived in New Zealand as… Video, Audio
From a brutal Balkan conflict to the Pacific - Kosovar refugees mark 25 years
Twenty-five years ago when the Kosovo war ended, nearly 800,000 Kosavar Albanians were left displaced. Some went to Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and a small number arrived in New Zealand as…
Audio"Nothing harder" - Refugee resettlement
What's it like for a new refugee to arrive in New Zealand, get resettled and start a new life here? This month we are marking World Refugee Day with 3-part series on stories on refugee resettlement in… Video, Audio
"Nothing harder" - Refugee resettlement
What's it like for a new refugee to arrive in New Zealand, get resettled and start a new life here? This month we are marking World Refugee Day with 3-part series on stories on refugee resettlement in…
Audio"A key foundation" - memories of football in Gaza
The beautiful game became an expression for solidarity through World of Cultures' Football Fest this month bringing players together from several diaspora communities in Auckland. Kadambari Raghukumar… Audio
"A key foundation" - memories of football in Gaza
The beautiful game became an expression for solidarity through World of Cultures' Football Fest this month bringing players together from several diaspora communities in Auckland. Kadambari Raghukumar…
AudioWhy some wars make the news, and others get forgotten
Conflict and coverage - why some conflicts dominate headlines for months, then suddenly get ignored
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Why some wars make the news, and others get forgotten
Conflict and coverage - why some conflicts dominate headlines for months, then suddenly get ignored
Shy Boy - Izzy Abdallah mixing it up
MIXIT in Tāmaki Makarau uses drama and dance to help young refugees gain confidence and in this Here Now episode, Phil Vine talks to former graduate Izadine Ahmed Abdallah about his story. Audio
Shy Boy - Izzy Abdallah mixing it up
MIXIT in Tāmaki Makarau uses drama and dance to help young refugees gain confidence and in this Here Now episode, Phil Vine talks to former graduate Izadine Ahmed Abdallah about his story.
AudioAid agency says over 3,300 kids killed in Gaza since October 7
More than 3,300 children have been killed in Gaza since the Hamas attacks on October 7, according to an aid agency. And a further 940 are missing; believed to be buried under the rubble of buildings… Audio
Torn apart by war, kept apart by bureaucrats
The only chance 18-year-old Afghan refugee Arezo Nazari has of bringing her parents to New Zealand is through the government – and so far, three ministers have turned her down. Audio
Torn apart by war, kept apart by bureaucrats
The only chance 18-year-old Afghan refugee Arezo Nazari has of bringing her parents to New Zealand is through the government – and so far, three ministers have turned her down.
AudioFormer refugee calls for Commission into handling of refugees
Former refugee calls for a Royal Commission into Australia's handling of refugees. Audio
Spinning a yarn: Refugees meet to learn English and sewing
It started as an opportunity to learn English and now it's a weekly gathering involving not just words but a thread and needle too.
Every Thursday a group of women, some of them refugees, meet to… Video, Audio
"It's all just static" - Uyghurs and Kazakhs detained in Xinjiang
In Xinjiang, more than a million Uyghurs and Kazakhs have been arbitrarily held in "re-education" camps. In this episode of Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to people behind a new documentary based… Audio
"It's all just static" - Uyghurs and Kazakhs detained in Xinjiang
In Xinjiang, more than a million Uyghurs and Kazakhs have been arbitrarily held in "re-education" camps. In this episode of Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to people behind a new documentary based…
AudioNauru refugee pleads: 'New Zealand, get me off this island'
A second group of refugees detained in offshore Australian detention camps have arrived in New Zealand.
Rights group calls for end to decade-long asylum seeker policy
Human Rights Watch says Australia's now ten-year-old policy to process asylum seekers is a stain on the country's international human rights reputation, and it needs to end.
In the Driver's Seat
A Canterbury refugee centre is starting up its own driving programme, taught in the native language of migrants.
It's another step towards breaking down some of the barriers to getting a drivers… Audio
