Identity
Hairy Areas - Top to Toe with Petra Bagust
Petra Bagust (Grey Areas) and Charlotte Cook (Hair And Loathing) share intimate details and personal stories about different parts of their bodies and how their hair impacts their everyday lives. Video, Audio
Rebecca Priestley: navigating end times
Rebecca Priestley's new memoir End Times moves between recollections of teen punk nihilism and a flirtation with born again Christianity, to a modern day climate anxiety-fuelled South Island road… Audio
The tiny proposal causing Australia so much angst
It's just a "moderate, tiny proposal" over indigenous representation, but Australia's The Voice referendum has caused huge uproar. Audio
Labour's Rainbow Manifesto promises reformed surrogacy laws and LGBTQ+ refugee quota
The party also wants to look at possibly removing the stand-down period for blood donation men who have sex with men currently face.
Precedent set for indigenous land claims after ruling in Brazil
In Brazil the country's supreme court has ruled in favour of an indigenous group who were evicted from their land by settlers over generations.
The ruling will set a precedent for hundreds of… Audio
Protesters on both sides praise police efforts after trans activist applied to have charge dismissed
Dozens of police monitored a crowd gathered in a public square in Auckland on Wednesday afternoon, after the person accused with dousing a British anti-transgender activist with tomato juice at a…
Mahuru Māori: Month for speaking te reo returns for 2023
Mahuru Māori, the month-long kaupapa aiming at normalising te reo in everyday, situations is back for 2023.
The visible woman – she's no novelty
Three exciting world cups on New Zealand soil have boosted coverage of women's sport stratospherically – and women are now far more visible in public life. When can we say these 'firsts' are normal? Audio
Moriori call for official week to celebrate indigenous language
Moriori are calling for their own official week to celebrate its indigenous language in New Zealand to save it from extinction. Audio
Aunty's House: A new collective for the South Asian diaspora
Aunty's House has been founded as a collective focused on celebrating and uplifting the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand, and launched with its first event, the Chai Session.
Long Read: When we were shunned
By Anusha Bradley: After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brad Miller and Cassie Dean were cut off from almost everyone they’d ever known. Audio
World Bank says Uganda's anti-LGBTQ law violates its values
The World Bank has said it would halt new lending to the Ugandan government after concluding that its anti-LGBTQ law, condemned by the United Nations, contradicts the bank's values.
“I’m Not Racist, but...” Understanding Racism & Anti-racism
An analysis of racism from Dr Mahdis Azarmandi at the University of Canterbury's Raising the Bar Christchurch 2023. Audio
Commonwealth Games 2026 axing: 'Does that spell the end of it?'
The relevance of the Commonwealth and the future of the Commonwealth Games are under scrutiny after Victoria pulled the plug on the 2026 event.
Apple's new voice replicator can bypass bank voice authentication
A new accessibility tool set to roll out across Apple devices can replicate a user's voice with enough accuracy to bypass banking recognition systems. Audio
2 cultures come together at marae ahead of Women's World Cup
Two cultures came together as as the Zambian women's football team was officially welcomed to Aotearoa with a powhiri at Turangawaewae Marae at Ngaruawahia. But even the combination of waiata and… Audio
Deputy Prime Minister receives traditional Samoan tatau
Carmel Sepuloni has taken part in one of Samoa's oldest traditions, considered a rite of passage for many Pacific women.
Iconic and empty
Waitomo Hotel. Chateau Tongariro. Rotorua Museum and the Blue Baths.
Across central New Zealand many iconic historic buildings are sitting empty while their owners, both private and public, grapple… Audio
BSA issues new guidance on media coverage of gender identity issues
Complaints relying on transphobic stereotypes were unlikely to succeed, the regulator said.
Self-identification law kicks in
A law change allowing New Zealand citizens to change their registered sex on their birth certificate has kicked in from today.