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Goff remembers Sir Paul as great old friend (audio)
Phil Goff has described AUT’s newest building as a fitting tribute to a late friend. Back to old ground: MP Phil Goff returns to AUT two decades after he lectured there. The MP and AUT lecturer was a...
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Money-making schools can help hardest hit kids, says lobby group
While public teachers continue to oppose the Government’s charter schools trial, a conservative lobby group says for-profit schools could benefit New Zealand’s most disadvantaged children. Maxim...
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New Scoop foundation will fund public-interest journalism
The country’s newest news media foundation hopes to help change the face of New Zealand journalism. Scoop Media General Manager Alastair Thompson wants to reconstruct the foundations of public interest...
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Earthquake hero excited by marriage equality law
A lead organiser in Canterbury’s earthquake recovery is now looking forward to a wedding day one day after Parliament passed same-sex marriage into law this evening. Sam Johnson. Photo:...
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Massive free feed promotes Mana’s breakfast-in-schools bill
Two thousand Otara children had a free breakfast yesterday, in a televised promotion for the Mana Party’s $100 million food-in-schools proposal. Musicians, TV personalities and the crew of Maori...
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Pasifika community needs more representation, say MPs (+audio)
Almost one in 10 New Zealanders are now of Pacific origin and Pasifika MPs say lawmakers should pay greater attention to that growing community. Samoa's Naomi Mata'afa addressed MPs last month, after a...
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Catwalk competitions set to showcase young design talent (+video)
The catwalk will soon be the classroom for some school students, as two competitions set out to find the country’s best budding young costume designers . Entrants in this year’s School Trash to Fashion...
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New Zealand journos told to to appreciate their ‘media heaven’ (+audio)
As an AUT graduate becomes one of the latest targets of suspected anti-media violence, media rights advocates are calling on journalists in New Zealand to better appreciate their privileged position....
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We’re not all anti-equality, says Pasifika campaigner (+video)
Same-sex marriage becomes possible in the Pacific for the very first time today — and a Samoan marriage equality campaigner says many Pasifika people are open or ambivalent to the idea of marriage...
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Freelancing a fun and flexible future, say journos (+audio)
For writers Joanna Mathers and Lucy Mullinger, freelancing is a fun and flexible alternative to the nine-to-five office shift. Read all about it: Joanna Mathers and Lucy Mullinger believe today's media...
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