Aid And Development

Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the Pacific. Twenty-four workers from Fiji, Tonga and… Audio

The Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is cautiously welcoming a government proposal to create powerful new agencies to drive major urban developments. Audio

Cathederal Square has remained largely untouched by developers since the 2011 earthquake. That is about to change, with work beginning on a series of hotels. Audio

A New Zealand aid worker in Nigeria says half a million children are malnourished in the Lake Chad basin as their families battle famine and the Boko Haram insurgency. Audio

A group of 24 already well qualified international professionals are heading to New Zealand to graduate from Massey University with their masters in One Health. Audio

A third visit by Prime Minister John Key to quake affected Kaikoura brings the realisation for the Government, and many locals of the enormity, of the recovery ahead. Audio

Hawkes Bay Regional Council support for the Ruataniwha Dam ebbs following the weekend's local election. Audio

Aid agency Caritas has called for a rethink on climate funding for the Pacific, as a new report shows a noticeable reduction in the access to nutricious food and safe drinking water over the past… Audio

As officials argue over what measures to use to record child poverty rates, a community leader and Flaxmere councillor says we simply need to get on with reducing child poverty. We speak with… Audio

A UN aid convoy is still waiting to be allowed to cross into Syria to take humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of civilians in Allepo. The UN is frustrated. Audio

Television presenters Petra Bagust and Ido Drent have been in Thailand and Cambodia getting a first hand experience of one of the world's fastest growing criminal industries: Human trafficking. They… Audio

Community housing groups say Auckland's revised Unitary Plan may not mean more quality homes for those on low incomes. Joanna MacKenzie reports. Audio

Ros Rowe of the Leg Up Trust talks about funding cuts which are affecting her horse therapy business which helps disadvantaged young people. Audio

New Zealander Fadela Novak-Irons is just completing a three-month emergency assignment as Senior Emergency Coordinator for UNHCR in Malawi, to help coordinate the refugee response following an influx… Audio