Aid And Development
Mapping the past to predict the future
Looking into the future is not about predicting it, sometimes it's about creating it. Dr Sohail Inayatullah is a world-leading authority on future studies, a discipline that looks at trends, change… Audio
Refugees robbed at gunpoint in PNG
A refugee advocate says Port Moresby is not a safe place for those awaiting resettlement.
'It destroys your soul' - Ukrainian-born Kiwi on the human toll of war
The faces of destroyed refugee mothers and stories of little lives lost haunt Yuriy Ackermann, a Ukrainian-born New Zealander on a cyber security mission in war-torn Kyiv.
No.8 wire mentality used in Kiwi aid effort in Ukraine
A New Zealand aid worker in Ukraine says the group he leads was one of the first to provide food in Bucha - where Russian troops executed 150 civilians. Audio
Should NZ be worried about the China-Solomon Islands security deal?
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called the security deal between China and Solomon Islands "gravely concerning" - but does New Zealand really need to be worried? Audio
MP Jenny Salesa confident Tonga government can handle Covid-19 aboard Australian Navy vessel
Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee co-chair and Labour MP Jenny Salesa is confident Tonga can handle Covid-19 on board HMAS Adelaide. Meanwhile, she's been preparing about $1.6m in aid for the nation. Audio
Tonga eruption: NZ government brings aid funding up to $3m
The government has announced a further $2 million in aid to help Tonga recover after the huge eruption nearly a week ago.
Tongans in NZ anxiously await news from home: 'It's painful, you just feel hopeless'
Tongans in New Zealand have been praying for their Pacific Island families, as they endure an agonising wait for news from relatives cut off from the world.
Watch: Defence Force preparing to head to Tonga - PM Jacinda Ardern
There are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga, as the Defence Force prepares to head to the islands, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Carbon-trapping oceans get some official attention
Coastal ecosystems are better than tropical rainforests when it comes to trapping carbon and at this year's big climate change conference they finally got some attention. Audio
What life is like for an RSE worker
Covid has meant huge disruption for seasonal workers, but they're back now - if they ever left. What is it like for RSE workers who leave their families so they can feed them? Audio
Qatar, Egypt agree to supply fuel and basic building materials to war-ravaged Gaza
Gaza officials estimate it will cost $685m to rebuild homes and infrastructure damaged in the May fighting between Israel and Hamas.
The Tigray conflict explained
While we've been wrapped up in our Covid worries and woes, across the world in Africa a catastrophe of immense proportions is unfolding - putting our problems into stark perspective. Audio
How philanthropy is changing
The shape of philanthropy is changing away from traditional giving, to a more strategic way of closing the massive gap between rich and poor. Audio
Restoring a link
After her first year of being in New Zealand, Somali former refugee Fatema Mohamed, now considers started a process that could help her restore a long-lost link. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar. Audio
Covid complications confuse the media
Worrying breaches of Auckland’s Level 4 border fired up the media this week - just as the Government prepared to green-light a risky shift to Level 3 in the supercity. Meanwhile the media also… Audio
Asylum seekers may finally be resettled in Aotearoa
It's taken eight years, but Australia looks like it might finally be ready to send some of its asylum seekers to New Zealand.
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews is working with New… Audio
Canterbury flooding: State of emergency to continue another week
A state of emergency will continue for a week in Canterbury's worst-hit flood areas.
It will remain in place in Ashburton, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts but will be lifted elsewhere across the… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 4 June 2021
New Zealanders stranded in Melbourne breath a sigh of relief with signs they'll be able to leave from next week Auckland's Jet Park Hotel managers explain the difficult process of becoming the… Audio
Ten years since start of Syrian crisis
The Syrian crisis has reached an unwelcome milestone, with 10 years having passed since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad's government first began in March of 2011.
Those protests… Audio
