Now We Are Five Million

Now We Are Five Million headlines with summaries.

• Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

  In Depth

  18 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - Guyon Espiner and his daughter Nico kōrero on New Zealand's attitudes to Māori culture, language and history in his childhood compared to hers today.

  Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

• Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand

  life and society refugees and migrants

  15 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are (Five) Million - Three in 10 people living here were born overseas. But why do they come, and can we continue to attract skilled migrants in the face of increased competition? Insight's… Audio

  Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand

• New Zealand's dying towns

  In Depth

  13 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - While the country's rising population is due to hit 5 million next year, Kawhia, and many small rural towns like it, are dying. Susan Strongman asks why.

  New Zealand's dying towns

• Poet's Corner

  In Depth

  11 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - It's one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country, and has been for 60 years. Yet stalwarts of the Hamilton suburb won't ever give up trying to improve the lot of 'The…

  Poet's Corner

• Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

  education life and society

  8 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - New Zealand's population is nearing five million, but are our growing numbers shrinking children's opportunities for independence? Insight's Teresa Cowie reports. Audio

  Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam

• Who is the average Kiwi?

  In Depth

  6 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - As New Zealand's population nears five million, our demographics have changed - but what about our perceptions of who the 'average' Kiwi is? Kate Newton reports. Video

  Who is the average Kiwi?

• What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation

  In Depth

  4 Nov 2019

  

  They Will Inherit the Earth - NZers born today will likely end up knowing this country as a place where homes are uninsurable, iconic landscapes are unrecognisable and mosquitos carry serious disease.

  What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation

• Now we are five (million)

  In Depth

  4 Nov 2019

  

  Next year, New Zealand's population will hit 5 million, but while our country has grown, how much has it changed? A team of RNZ journalists decided to find out.

  Now we are five (million)