In March this year, the neighbouring Fiji was devastated by a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, which came to be called as Cyclone Winston. But as it happens in every calamity, the city-based Fijians led by the Christchurch Fiji Association (Cfcessa) have been mobilising support from the wider community to help the victims back home.
Read MoreThe Global Slavery Index 2016 done by The Walk Free Foundation has this to say for the entire Asia-Pacific region. "All countries within the Asia-Pacific exhibit some pre-conditions to modern slavery."
Read MoreCalls for a National Language Policy incorporating a community languages framework
Read MoreA 41-years-old senior legal and policy advisor with the Law Commission, suffering from terminal brain cancer has reignited the debate about assisted dying in New Zealand
Read MoreWhile absolute numbers have shown a decline in recent years, the comparative teen pregnancy rates are still among the highest in the developed world, raising questions on the country's familial and societal support structure
Read MoreMorally - and borrowing Michael Sandel's terminology here - there must be some limits to markets; and running a correctional facility is certainly crossing it. Factually: US' private prison system has reduced itself to national shame, and arguments for why it would be any better in New Zealand are not convincing enough.
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