Slavery

Two-time US National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward's latest novel Let Us Descend tackles the hellish reality of life as a chattel slave. Modelled on Dante's Inferno, and based on extensive historical… Audio

A Kiwi historian is helping with the detective work linking The Guardian to 19th Century trans-Atlantic slavery. On the face of it, it would seem incongruous to associate the liberal Guardian with… Audio

Modern slavery isn't just happening in dark corners in far away places.

The government is proposing a new law that could force companies to weed out worker exploitation and slavery from their supply… Video, Audio

Trade Aid is all about sustainable trade - fair prices, wages and working conditions.

It is part of the government's Modern Slavery Advisory Group.

Chief executive Geoff White is adamant new… Video, Audio

The government is putting the onus on businesses to do their bit to stamp out modern slavery.

It's proposing a new law which would force companies to take action, if their products are linked to… Audio

New Zealand being downgraded in a global ranking for our response to trafficking is no surprise to an anti-trafficking coalition, but still an international embarrassment.  Audio

In 1863 half the population of a small Tongan island called 'Ata boarded a ship captained by Thomas McGrath. They were never seen again. In this episode, Black Sheep investigates the story of a slave… Audio

More than $3 billion worth of imports that could be linked to modern slavery are brought into this country each year, according to new research released by World Vision. Audio

He's sitting third in the odds to win the 2024 U.S. election, but James Goodman, distinguished professor of history at Rutgers University, says there's little to no chance of Donald Trump running… Audio

It's not every author who is gifted the idea of a book in a tin trunk full of family letters, but that's what happened to Auckland-based writer Robyn Pearce. She was given letters about her relations… Audio

Professor Neil Price's new history of the Vikings, The Children of Ash and Elm takes readers deep into the lives - and deaths - of the Vikings.  Audio

As a second Covid wave hits the country we are gearing up - but some of that PPE gear including gloves and masks could have reached New Zealand via slave labour factories in Asia.  Audio

Steven Johnson's new book, Enemy of All Mankind is also a harrowing account of the most dastardly pirate you've probably never heard of, Henry Every, and the brutal lifestyle and appalling existence… Audio

A teenage boy has described being beaten, stabbed and fed only stale food by the man accused of using him as slave in Hawke's Bay.

He is the last, and youngest, of the 13 complainants to give… Audio

A Samoan man, who the Crown says was trafficked to New Zealand and used as a slave, has described being ordered to beat his young cousin because he was so scared of his adoptive father, the… Audio

The shocking story of what happens when refugees land in Italy, and the connection with your spaghetti Bolognese.  Audio

Businesses are being warned to take action against migrant worker exploitation in their supply chains - or face financial penalties and customer backlash.  Audio

Over 14 episodes of 'Seeing White' from 'Scene on Radio', former radio reporter turned academic John Biewen enlists prominent historians, thinkers and writers (including his friend Dr. Chenjerai… Audio