Aid And Development
Bangladesh floods: Corinne Ambler
Around half of Bangladesh is under water. 144 have been killed and 8.3 million affected. Add in Nepal and India and the death toll is 1200 - with 41 million people affected by the devastating monsoon… Audio, Gallery
Christchurch homeowners blindsided by quake insurer - lawyer
People who've bought houses in Canterbury since the September 2010 earthquake and are still battling with insurance companies over repairs, have been told that if they want to take the matter to… Audio
Pilot aims to raise voice of Pacific people
A new pilot project funded by the EU and Oxfam will help community groups to drive development, enhance democracy and the rule of law in the region. Audio
From Mexican ganglands to organic gardening in NZ
It's a long way from US narco-ganglands to growing organic food in NZ, but Adán Tijerina has made it. The community-minded Wellington entrepreneur shares his story with Lynda Chanwai-Earle. Audio, Gallery
Tradewinds for 8 August 2017
Business news; PNG's new treasurer on the challenges ahead; Pacer Plus under scrutiny in New Zealand, and; Local handicrafts get boost in Vanuatu. Audio
Rescuing timber from the landfill one beam at a time
Robert Scott is saving waste and surplus wood from the building industry from getting bulldozed into the landfill and restoring it for re-use. Audio
Insight: Solomon Islands - Keeping the Peace
After 14 years and $3 billion in support from Australia, New Zealand and other partners, do the Solomon Islands have a shot at lasting peace? RNZ Pacific's Koroi Hawkins investigates for Insight. Audio, Gallery
A Noble Quest
One Wellington family decide to take their children on an educational holiday back to their mother's homeland of Sri Lanka, but family holidays never go as planned. Audio, Gallery
Battle for Mosul over - but at what cost?
The battle for Mosul is now officially over, after nine long months of heavy fighting. The UNDP's resident representative in Iraq, Lisa Grande, says even if the military crisis is over, the… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 3 July 2017
Election observer team in PNG takes note of roll issues; UN alarmed by Australia's Nauru & Manus refugee detention; Pacific people sign an agreement to be Maori Party election candidates in New… Audio
Tariq Habibyar: Saffron - the opiate of the foodies
Think of a crop that comes from Afghanistan and is worth thousands of dollars a kilo and chances are opium is what springs to mind. But there's another far less damaging crop that Wellington-based… Audio
Digital reading programme, no internet required
For 3 decades Sunshine Books founder Dame Wendy Pye has helped millions of school children learn to read. Wendy tells Kathryn Ryan how the latest way of doing this is a plan to sell affordable… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 5 June 2017
Cook Island musician and All Black legend honoured on Queen's Birthday; Nauru Govt accused of judicial interference; Safety questions raised in Fiji over slow reaction to asbestos concerns; New… Audio
Moving past "Afro-pessimism"
The world's media are slowly getting past the stereotypes of poverty, disease and corruption that have characterised coverage of Africa in the past but there's still a way to go, says a media scholar.
…Massive explosion rocks Kabul, killing 80
Kabul correspondent Josh Smith describes the crater left following yesterday's bomb attack and the scenes of carnage in the aftermath of the deadly attack. Audio
Kabul blast kills 80, injures another 360
Residents of Kabul's diplomatic quarter say yesterday's deadly blast was so powerful it felt like an earthquake. A massive bomb blast in the Afghan capital has killed at least eighty people and… Audio
From Mosul to safety: A tale of Lula and Simba
They're often the forgotten casualties of war... The many thousands of zoo animals killed by bombs or starvation after workers have fled... But a global animal charity named Four Paws is on a rescue… Audio
Stephanie and Clair Mills: Life and influences
Twins Stephanie and Clair Mills are in the business of making lives better. Stephanie was head of Greenpeace for a decade and now is at NZEI and Clair is in France working for Doctors without Borders… Audio
Patrick Rose: Nigeria's children
Last week 82 of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 were released. The kidnapping is part of a much bigger tragedy. Kiwi Patrick Rose is UNICEF's crisis communications specialist for West… Audio
Famine & fighting drive one million children out of South Sudan
South Sudanese are fleeing restive areas as they battle famine. The conflict has been described as the worst crisis since the Second World War. New Zealander Dylan Quinnell has just returned from Juba… Audio