Racism
Culture clash over controversial comedy
Heard the one about the Aussie comedian, the Tongan teenager and the New Zealand TV channel? No-one’s laughing now after Maori TV's top brass stepped in to dump a controversial comedy after one… Audio
Self-centredness at the heart of loneliness
Advice for lonely people: stop thinking about yourself. Audio
Be a bit less racist
Carla Houkamau who's written a book about bias Rewire: The Little Book About Bias discusses whether we're all a bit racist. Audio
Racism is on the rise - Commissioner
The Human Rights Commission is warning racial intolerance and overt attacks are on the rise. Dame Susan Devoy is the Race Relations Commissioner and says she's seeing and hearing about racism… Audio
Is prejudice a habit that can be broken?
Our unconscious biases operate like habits so we can break them like habits, says Dr Trish Devine of The Prejudice Lab. Audio
Glenn Colquhoun: 'People are medicine to people'
GP and poet Glenn Colquhoun's new book Late Love tells of how he came to love medicine as an act of creativity and looks at the challenges of the NZ health system. Audio
New campaign aims to help rid Canterbury rugby of racial abuse
The Canterbury Rugby Union wants to put a stop to racial abuse in rugby and it's launched a campaign it hopes will help Christchurch leave behind its reputation as a white city. Audio
Lynval Golding of The Specials on racism, rights and music
Lynval Golding of The Specials talks to Checkpoint about racism, basic rights, equality and his music. Video, Audio
Reformed Neo-Nazi Christian Picciolini
Christian Picciolini was a founding member of Chicago's first Neo-Nazi Skinhead gang but after seven years he left the group and has since helped founded the non-profit Life After Hate which helps… Audio
Auckland Uni investigates racist posters
Posters depicting what are being described as white supremacist views have been plastered across Auckland University's central campus.
Dunne denounces 'despicable racist' pamphlets
United Future leader Peter Dunne has derided pamphlets being distributed in his electorate as "disgraceful, despicable racist bigotry".
Concern attacks on Muslims go unreported
The Federation of Islamic Associations will investigate a racist attack on a Muslim woman in a Waikato town to see how widespread the problem is, its president says.
Andrew Judd
Andrew Judd is the former mayor of New Plymouth who describes himself as a 'recovering racist' after experiencing a severe backlash to his proposals for Maori rights on the district council. He was… Audio
Chicago police showed racial bias - report
Chicago police showed racial bias and a "pattern" of excessive use of force, the US Justice Department has found.
Feelin' empowered in 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, we salute those who stayed true to their identity this year.
2016: Tame Iti on mana, authority, and a life devoted to activism
In the 2016 Reeves lecture, Maori activist and artist Tame Iti discusses the concept of mana and how it can be seen as a way of challenging authority. Audio
UN Special Rapporteur to investigate racism in Fiji
A UN Special Rapporteur will visit Fiji tomorrow to gather first-hand information on racism, xenophobia and related intolerance in the country.
Conversations about race
Bryan Crump asks US racial equity specialist Glenn Singleton why talking about race is so important and why it is so hard. Audio
'Alt-right' - White nationalism in the White House?
The 'alt-right' has shot to prominence since the election of Donald Trump, but what is it? p> Video, Audio
Racial discrimination often unreported - Commissioner
The Race Relations Commissioner says the kind of racial discrimination experienced by an Auckland councillor's family is something she hears about all the time. Audio
