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Richard Wolfe on how New Zealanders became known as 'Kiwis'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530889/richard-wolfe-on-how-new-zealanders-became-known-as-kiwis
Published: October 15, 2024 17:07
How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird?
Turning Palmerston North into the 'capital of drag' in Aotearoa
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528589/turning-palmerston-north-into-the-capital-of-drag-in-aotearoa
Published: September 20, 2024 08:04
Provincial cities are not normally thought of as hotbeds of drag culture, but Palmerston North is changing that.
X-plainer: Who are Generation X?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522746/x-plainer-who-are-generation-x
Published: July 21, 2024 17:55
You're probably familiar with Boomers and Millennials, but what about the generation in the middle?
Tusiata Avia: the voice of New Zealand Pasifika
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/identity/522552/tusiata-avia-the-voice-of-new-zealand-pasifika
Published: July 18, 2024 21:21
Racist slurs and a tin of corned beef - Frank Film's new Stories from the South documentary meets the award-winning poet and performer.
MÄori-Chinese New Zealanders embrace their mixed heritage
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/520707/maori-chinese-new-zealanders-embrace-their-mixed-heritage
Published: June 27, 2024 06:40
As New Zealand celebrates Matariki, mixed generations reconnect with their roots.
The shortest day of the year is here: Here's how witches celebrate the winter solstice
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/identity/520078/the-shortest-day-of-the-year-is-here-here-s-how-witches-celebrate-the-winter-solstice
Published: June 20, 2024 01:14
One group is celebrating winter solstice and Matariki together.
Why Chinese migrants change their names when they emigrate
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/518079/why-chinese-migrants-change-their-names-when-they-emigrate
Published: May 28, 2024 10:01
Reporter Ke-Xin went through five names before coming back to her original one.
Kiwi-Arab influencer Aya Al-Chalabi finds a beautiful way to display her faith
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513756/kiwi-arab-influencer-aya-al-chalabi-finds-a-beautiful-way-to-display-her-faith
Published: April 8, 2024 20:38
A New Zealand-Arab influencer has been showcasing Muslim faith and culture to a new audience this Ramadan.
Meet the Samoan chemical engineer-turned film maker
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/identity/509014/meet-the-samoan-chemical-engineer-turned-film-maker
Published: February 12, 2024 18:09
How does a chemical engineer make a film? Take equal parts curiosity, creativity, culture, complex subject matter and add a generous measure of comedy. Shake it up.
Wairoa's MÄtangirau sings loudly for Day Two of Te Matatini
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/484765/wairoa-s-matangirau-sings-loudly-for-day-two-of-te-matatini
Published: February 23, 2023 08:59
The second day of Te Matatini brought another 15 groups, including Wairoa's kapa MÄtangirau - who journeyed through mud, break-downs and broken roads.
Bill making it easier to change sex on birth certificate passes second reading
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/448997/bill-making-it-easier-to-change-sex-on-birth-certificate-passes-second-reading
Published: August 11, 2021 18:54
Under the bill, people would no longer have to go through the Family Court or show evidence of medical treatment to change the sex on their birth certificate.
Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/voices/audio/2018803279/breaking-the-homogeneity-of-asian-report-on-inequities-among-students
Published: July 12, 2021 03:37
Voices - A new report on Asian students' health and wellbeing finds explores their experiences of lack of safe spaces, "achievement pressure", poverty, mental health, and discrimination.
'We see a process of decolonisation in New Zealand' - Behrouz Boochani
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/voices/audio/2018795607/we-see-a-process-of-decolonization-in-new-zealand-behrouz-boochani
Published: May 17, 2021 02:50
Voices - The Auckland Writers Festival theatre was packed out with people wanting to hear the award-winning Kurdish-Iranian writer's story and views.
'You donāt have to compromise your identity to follow what you want'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/voices/audio/2018794408/keeping-fasts-staying-fast-muslim-women-athletes-and-ramadan
Published: May 10, 2021 08:13
Voices - Athletes observing Ramadan - the month of fasting in Islam - talk about how they balance their faith and sport.
NZ's Fijian-Indians want to be recognised as Pasifika, not Asians
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/439637/nz-s-fijian-indians-want-to-be-recognised-as-pasifika-not-asians
Published: April 1, 2021 07:22
Fijian-Indians living in New Zealand are opposing moves by the government to classify them as Asians and not Pacific Islanders.
Young queer and trans people face growing housing barriers in level 3
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/424507/young-queer-and-trans-people-face-growing-housing-barriers-in-level-3
Published: August 26, 2020 05:34
Increasing numbers of queer and trans young people are unable to access emergency accommodation during Auckland's level 3 lockdown, RainbowYOUTH says.
'I wish that society would be accepting'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018757712/the-science-of-transgender-women-in-sport
Published: August 3, 2020 18:08
The Detail - The man who helped write guidelines on transgender players in women's rugby says he hates that his work has created a platform for people to attack transgender people as cheats.
Walking between two worlds
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018734196/kiwi-immigrants-on-picking-up-their-culture-generations-on
Published: February 17, 2020 16:36
The Detail - Children of immigrants, in their efforts to fit in, often end up turning their backs on the culture of their parents. For Julie Zhu, learning te reo MÄori helped change that.