Inequality

The vaccine rollout in rest homes has been likened to a postcode lottery, with residents in Nelson/Marlborough already fully vaccinated whilst others in Waitematā are only just receiving their first… Audio

An academic says the idea that changes to a major research fund to favour Māori and Pasifika academics will dilute it is disgusting. The $315 million a year Performance Based Research Fund will now… Audio

Thousands of New Zealanders are being left behind as government agencies shut their doors and operate exclusively online, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau. This kind of 'digital exclusion'… Audio

A community housing group says a Samoan family of 15 living in a four bedroom house has been let down by Kainga Ora.

The Associate Minister Health with responsibility for Pasifika has given Budget… Audio

Rough sleepers are being trespassed from a council park in Whangārei despite growing alarm about homelessness in Northland.

This week, RNZ revealed the homeless population in Whangārei - one of the… Audio

A delayed report into Oranga Tamariki that has not yet been delivered to the Minister already has a vote of no confidence from one leading advocate.

Aaron Smale says revelations of alleged abuse at… Video, Audio

Oranga Tamariki is closing its Christchurch youth facility, pending an investigation into the alleged assault of a child.

A total of 60 staff have either been stood down or will be sent home on full… Video, Audio

A senior Māori community leader says Oranga Tamariki is failing children and creating more issues than it is solving.

The agency is under investigation after video emerged of a child being physically… Video, Audio

Oranga Tamariki is shutting up its Christchurch secure facility after a video leaked this week showing a child there being tackled, restrained and held in a headlock.

A total of 60 staff have either… Audio

The number of people sleeping rough in one of New Zealand's 'homeless hotspots' is growing at an alarming rate.

In just two years, the homeless population of Whangarei has increased from 20 people to… Audio

The chief executive of the Association of Social Workers says people are too scared to speak out about abuses within Oranga Tamariki.

A video leaked by a whistleblower showing a young person in the… Audio

The Education Review Office says children and young people living in Oranga Tamariki residential care are not getting a good enough education.

ERO has consistently found that the education these… Audio

The police watchdog is reopening its inquiry into the fatal shooting of Rotorua man Shargin Stephens by an officer.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority says it will now take an "in-depth review"… Video, Audio

Oranga Tamariki's own minister believes a video showing a child being assaulted in one of its facility is a symbol of a broken system.

A number of staff have been stood down since a whistleblower… Audio

The Abuse in Care inquiry looking at abuse of young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s, has concluded with one survivor saying the darkness and shame carried by all survivors has… Audio

The signs were there, but for seven years, India Oxenberg got sucked deeper and deeper into the NXIVM cult.Her mother, Dynasty actress Catherine Oxenberg tried everything to get her out. India talks… Audio

Some prisons are banning a newsletter that offers inmates advice on human rights and peaceful protest.

Corrections say they fear the pamphlets could pose a threat to the security of the prison.

But… Audio

Serious sexual assaults including group rape have been disclosed by students at Christchurch Girls' High School in a whole of school survey conducted last month. 59 percent of survey respondents said… Audio