Birth Rates
Why are fertility rates falling?
23 Feb 2024
Explainer - Fertility rates in New Zealand, and around the world, keep dropping. What does this mean?
China correspondent on the 'lying flat' protest movement
13 Jun 2021
There is a mass movement afoot among young people in China protesting not just their bleak personal economic prospects, but also the whole ethos of work hours that leave them exhausted. Nathan van der… Audio
Richard McGregor: 'China doesn't want to have to invade Taiwan'
7 Mar 2021
A number of big issues were addressed at the Two Sessions, the major event of the Chinese political calendar which opened during the week. Richard McGregor is a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in… Audio
Bye Bye babies - what our declining birth rate means for NZ
2 Mar 2021
New Zealand's plummeting birth rate means we have some serious planning to do. Audio
Breastfeeding among Māori lower than any other group
11 Aug 2017
Women who may want to breastfeed are being forced to quickly return to work to keep their families afloat, a mother and a researcher say. Audio