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UNICEF says children displaced by Vanuatu eruption need help
UNICEF's field office chief in Vanuatu says children displaced by the volcanic eruption on Ambae Island are in urgent need of support. Audio
Rohingya Muslims living in ‘unimaginable conditions’
Charlotte Glennie, an ex-pat New Zealand journalist working for Unicef on the border of Bangladesh, describes the conditions 400,000 Rohingya people are living in after fleeing Myanmar. Video, Audio
NZ suicide rates an 'avoidable situation'
Youth suicide is an avoidable reality in New Zealand, but it is not being adequately tackled, mental health experts say. Video
Unicef advocate on damning report on status of NZ children
A scathing report by Unicef is highly critical of the status of children in New Zealand. Unicef New Zealand's Child Rights Advocate Dr Prudence Stone joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
'Awful' suicide rate hits NZ's child welfare rating
A recent OECD report praises New Zealanders' living standards, but a new report from UNICEF says the country is failing its children and teenagers.
Patrick Rose: Nigeria's children
Last week 82 of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 were released. The kidnapping is part of a much bigger tragedy. Kiwi Patrick Rose is UNICEF's crisis communications specialist for West… Audio
UNICEF declares famine in South Sudan
New Zealander Patrick Rose, who is based in UNICEF's Senegal office, explains the dire famine hitting South Sudan. Audio
UNICEF warns young children will perish in Nigeria if no action
UNICEF warns that tens of thousands of children could die of malnutrition if more help is not given on a threatening food crisis made worse by the Boko Haram insurgency. Audio
Christine Spring: HOPE
Kathryn Ryan speaks to author, photographer and former engineer Christine Spring about her book HOPE. The hard cover book is a photo essay of Syrian refugees in Lebanon taken in October 2015 when… Audio, Gallery
New Zealand goes before UN on rights of children
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has raised concerns about the naming of the new children's ministry. But Unicef New Zealand, who are also over in Geneva, says the ministry's… Audio
NZ's age of criminal responsibility comes under UN scrutiny
The UN asks New Zealand if focus on vulnerable children might be too narrow and at the expense of other New Zealand children. We talk to the The Children's Commissioner, Andrew Becroft, who's in… Audio
Broken systems have created homeless crisis - UNICEF
Homelessness is one of the most critical social issues confronting New Zealand, an inquiry into homelessness has been told.
New Zealander working to bring relief to victims of war
Patrick Rose, the communications director at UNICEF New Zealand speaks to Morning Report from Damascus. Audio
Simon Day: South Sudan
Kim Hill talks to the head of external affairs for World Vision New Zealand, who recently visited South Sudan, which has its fifth anniversary of independence on 9 July, but is gripped by tribal-based… Audio, Gallery
Gillian Mellsop - On the Frontline of Famine
The United Nations is warning that 36 million people across Africa are facing hunger as much of the continent suffers from the worse drought in decades. Already, one million children are experiencing… Audio
Contrasting coverage of refugee resettlement
Coverage of Syrian refugees getting settled this past week was heartwarming, but it didn't give a full picture. Audio
Contrasting coverage of refugee resettlement
Coverage of Syrian refugees getting settled this past week was heartwarming, but it didn't give a full picture.
AudioSurveying the cyclone damage in Ba
In Fiji the scale of the damage from Cyclone Winston is becoming apparent. Video, Audio
Climate change affects children now: UNICEF
The United Nations Childrens' Fund says talk of climate action for future generations is misleading given the livelihood of millions of children around the world already adversely affected by climate… Audio
Bringing sad stories of death to life
Few people want to think a lot about children killed by violence or neglect, but this week Fairfax Media confronted readers with a substantial series about it called 'Faces of Innocents'. Mediawatch… Audio
