Begging

RNZ producers David Steemson and Jason Te Kare reflect on an afternoon spent asking for money on Auckland's Queen Street. Video, Audio

Radio New Zealand's Features team members, Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory reflect on what they've experienced in seeking out current stories about begging. Audio

How should we respond both personally and as communities to the increase in begging? Dame Diane Robertson from the Auckland City Mission, former youth worker Scottie Reeve, and Christchurch City… Audio

Our correspondent in the second-most populated nation of the world, India, pop. 1,210,193,422 (census. 2011) is Bangalore based, Shoba Narayan, who, given we're talking about it here, discusses… Audio

RNZ drama producer Jason Te Kare previews My Own Darling by spoken word poet Grace Taylor. It's an Auckland Theatre Company production opening this week with proceeds going to The City Mission. While… Audio

On the streets of our bigger cities it's easy to spot the beggars. They wait where the people are, huddling in doorways and lounging on the pavement, shaking cups at passers-by, sometimes loudly… Audio

New Zealand has been slow in the uptake of begging in comparison to other countries around the world. But today, there is a visible rise of people asking for donations from the pavement on our inner… Audio

For the past couple of years, Daniel has lived in a patch of bush next to the motorway in central Auckland. He occasionally goes begging to supplement his benefit. He invited Bryan around for a yarn… Audio

Ways that society can (and should) respond to the dilemma of the homeless and begging on city streets - with Dr. Michael Liffman from the Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy & Social Investment at… Audio

An Auckland councillor outraged by a proposal to outlaw begging says it impinges on basic human rights and treats beggars like dogs. Audio

Wellington City Council's senior advisor on vulnerable communities, Steve Flude, who has worked on its new response to begging - a campaign aimed at getting people to give money to organisations who… Audio

City councils and retailers in both Auckland and Wellington say beggars now have more of a presence on their city streets. In Auckland, begging is the most common form of anti-social behavior reported… Audio