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The enduring legacy of visionary architect Rewi Thompson
Audio 15 Oct 2023In 2016 Aotearoa lost architect and teacher Rewi Thompson too young. But as an innovative new book reveals - Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere - Thompson’s legacy lives on not only in buildings and public… Audio
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Election 2023: RNZ's guide to party policy
Promises, promises: it’s easy to forget which party has pledged what. Welcome to RNZ’s go-to guide for party policy ahead of the 14 October election day. We’ll keep updating this guide as policies are…
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Public private partnerships and big infrastructure projects
The Detail weighs up the pros and cons of public private partnerships in big infrastructure projects. Audio
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Te Whatu Ora wanted 'lessons' from PPPs
Government Ministers deny they are looking at public-private partnerships to pay for big health projects like new hospitals.
Internal documents from national health agency Te Whatu Ora show in… Audio
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When sex offenders go to rehab
The Detail looks at what happens when sex offenders go to rehabilitation - does it work? Audio
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Tim McKinnel's new documentary, Crime: Need vs. Greed
Private investigator and former police detective Tim McKinnel explores New Zealand white collar crime in his new documentary: Crime: Need vs. Greed. It airs on TVNZ 1 tomorrow, Tuesday 25th October… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 24 April 2022
In today’s programme we mark Anzac Day on 25 April with hymns including O God, our help in ages past and Shirley Murray’s New Zealand Anzac hymn, Honour the dead. Audio
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Shining a light on the US industrial-prison complex
The US prison system amounts to a modern-day form of slavery based on lies about the underclass it is exploiting, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says. Audio
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Ex-inmate takes Serco to court over mistreatment claims
A former inmate is taking prison operator Serco to court for allegedly treating him in a degrading and inhumane way. It is something Serco categorically denies.
Peter Rerekura has now completed his… Video, Audio
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The importance of pen pals for prisoners
Right now over 300 New Zealanders are writing to pen pals in prison. They've connected with the inmates via Prisoner Correspondence Network Aotearoa (PNCA). The organisation, which launched in 2016… Audio
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Guards called me 'it', 'homo', discussed my genitals - trans prisoner
Audio 27 Nov 2020A transgender woman says guards humiliated her during strip searches and she was raped by an inmate at Paremoremo prison. The Corrections department says it's committed to change. Is it working hard…
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Lifting the lid on abuse in state care
Media revelations of alleged abuse at Auckland's Dilworth School came as a shock to many people, but not those who know the long history of abuse of children in state care around New Zealand, finally… Audio
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Dementia facility tried to stop Ombudsman inspection
A secure dementia facility tried to stop the Chief Ombudsman inspecting their operation during the covid lockdown, despite him having the legal right too.
The Ombudsman's office scrutinised six… Video, Audio
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Women’s Refuge: Brian Tamaki’s words are verbally violent
Women's Refuge has cancelled a planned meeting with representatives of Destiny Church's Man-Up programme because of behaviour it describes as "arrogant", "destructive" and "downright ugly". Video, Audio
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Brian Tamaki defends tweet over prison programme
The leader of Destiny Church, Brian Tamaki, says there will be violent uprisings in prisons across the country if the church's Man Up programme isn't implemented by Corrections. In a tweet on Monday… Audio
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Arthur Taylor: From ‘breaking’ the law to ‘enforcing’ it
Career criminal Arthur Taylor says he's going to put the same "characteristics and abilities" he used to break the law into enforcing it, now he's been released from prison. Checkpoint is with him as… Video, Audio
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History repeating - New Zealand's mental health inquiries
Audio 27 Oct 2018New Zealand’s mental health system has been repeatedly pulled apart in major investigations, the latest of which is reporting back next month. Jess McAllen looks at the history and recurring themes of…
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The business of punishment: Going undercover in a private US prison
Private prisons are always worse than public ones because they're under constant pressure to cut costs, says investigative journalist Shane Bauer who went undercover in a private US prison as a… Audio
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Corrections head: Waikeria prison contract was months away
Ray Smith has contradicted statements made by senior government ministers in Parliament, that a contract for the public private partnership to build the new Waikeria prison was already in place when… Video, Audio
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New prison in Waikeria will be ready by 2022
Audio 13 Jun 2018Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says the government's decision on a new, smaller prison in Waikeria will save it $250m it can spend on other areas. He joins Checkpoint live. Video, Audio
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Teina Pora: 'Thank the Andrew guy that's fixing it all'
Audio 8 Nov 2017A long-time supporter of Teina Pora says the total compensation package of $3.5 million dollars is more than Mr Pora will ever need. Video, Audio
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Know your policy: Law and order
Audio 29 Aug 2017Compare the political parties' policies on justice, law and order.
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Brighter Future? The faces of mental health
Audio 26 Jun 2017Since it took office in 2008, the government has given hundreds of millions to mental health services. But as RNZ's reporters found, those grappling with mental illness can see little light ahead for… Video
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Serco ranked among bottom prison performers
The first report on the performance of the country's prisons in more than a year puts the only private-run jail in a group at the bottom of the rankings. Audio
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Corrections defends its prison performance measures
Corrections is defending its prison performance measures that ranked Mt Eden as 'exceptional' even though the department knew the jail was unsafe for inmates and staff. Audio
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SERCO and the friction between private & state prisons
Labour and the Greens are calling for the government to end contracts with private prison provider SERCO, in the wake of fears that organised gang "Fight Clubs" have spread from Auckland's Mt Eden… Audio
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The Panel with Diane Robertson and Paul Casserly (Part 1)
Audio 7 Oct 2016SERCO and the friction between private & state prisons; SERCO and the friction between private & state prisons; David Cumin of the Jewish Council talks about the Isreali blockade of Gaza; and the UN… Audio
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Private prisons not to blame for fight clubs - govt
The Government says private prisons are not to blame for regular fight clubs at the Serco-run Mt Eden Prison. Audio
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Private prisons an abysmal failure - Labour
Serco is losing its contract to run one of only two private prisons in the country, after video showing fight clubs at Mt Eden, drug use and assaults there, and with an investigation into all that… Audio
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Second Serco prison under fire by Labour
A second Serco-run prison is under fire, with allegations that serious beatings go unreported and prisoners are in lock-down 23 hours a day. Audio