First Person is a podcast featuring the voices of New Zealanders living through big issues, news events or changes. They are the stories we don’t normally get to hear. Join John Campbell as he talks to them about their lives.

After a year in which refugees dominated world headlines, John Campbell asks whether newcomers feel welcome in New Zealand.

First Person with John Campbell: The refugee experience in NZ

The news that in the last financial year Apple New Zealand had revenue of $568 million and paid tax of only $6.8 million confused John Campbell. So he went on a hunt to find out why.

First Person with John Campbell: Apple's high ideals and low tax bill

In this, the second episode of First Person, John Campbell goes to Wairoa to meet the people holding out for a collective contract - at significant personal cost.

First Person with John Campbell: 'It's not about money at all'

From the mother of five working 76 hours in a week to help build a life for her family to the butcher broke on pay day, John Campbell talks to them about life in Auckland for the first podcast in his new series First Person.