The news, explained. Join Sharon Brettkelly & Emile Donovan every weekday as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts. Made possible by RNZ & NZ On Air. Produced by Newsroom. Listen on RNZ National at 6.30pm Monday-Thursday.
The Thames Valley rugby team that outshone the Auld Mug
The most celebrated victory of New Zealand's incredible sporting weekend may have been the one at a small rugby ground in Te Aroha
10/24/2024 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
A push to make stalking illegal in New Zealand
A new bill to criminalise stalking could be here by the end of the year. Here's what it might look like.
10/23/2024 • 20 minutes, 59 seconds
Manawanui wreck the unwanted guest at CHOGM
The wreck of the Manawanui is leaving an oily sheen on the water, and taking the shine off the job of hosting world leaders including the King
10/22/2024 • 25 minutes, 27 seconds
The Official Cash Rate is down, but are you up on the impact?
The OCR goes up to bring inflation down. So now that the OCR is falling, what does it mean for inflation - and what does that mean for New Zealanders?
10/21/2024 • 19 minutes, 45 seconds
When being colourblind backfires
Is the government's new directive that public services should be prioritised on the basis of need, not race, a championing of equity - or has it just removed a vital tool from decision-makers?
10/20/2024 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
The twilight of the movie superhero age
It's superhero saturation at the box office with Batman's offsiders claiming screen time without Batman.
10/18/2024 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Featherston, a fairy tale of reinvention
In the space of a decade the Wairarapa town of Featherston has reinvented itself, from a broken down P-plagued problem place, to a vibrant reading centre
10/17/2024 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The good, the bad and angry of the flourishing menopause industry
Coaches, gels, health supplements, and even pyjamas. Menopause has become a marketing opportunity
10/16/2024 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
At Wellington Games Week, a lucrative but fickle business
New Zealand's booming video game industry reaches for $1 billion exports in the next few years
10/15/2024 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
Protecting our fishers from conservation efforts
New Zealand is making Australia look good when it comes to new efforts to save the world's biodiversity and protect its oceans
10/14/2024 • 24 minutes, 47 seconds
When the rules on sexual and violent offenders fall down
This article contains sensitive material including the discussion of sexual violence
Extended supervision orders should keep tabs on serious offenders, but sometimes they're not granted - and sometimes they don't work
10/13/2024 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
How artificial intelligence could be a leap forward for brain disease detection
Developers of AI that could detect brain injuries and disease say it's just a tool, not a replacement for health experts
10/11/2024 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
Christchurch's furious food fight
Christchurch's cash-starved arts centre needs to boost its budget, but city businesses are turning up their noses at its request to bring in revenue-generating food trucks
10/10/2024 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
The fast track to nowhere
Critics are asking if the 149 projects on the government's fast-track list are real schemes, or just unfunded dreams
10/9/2024 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
Boom or bust in the sawmill industry
Winstone has shut down two mills, citing high electricity costs, but in Kawerau, Sequal sawmill is scaling up to meet demand
10/8/2024 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Covid fatigue ignores a very real problem
Long Covid sufferers feel they've been abandoned by health authorities and the government, left to struggle alone with the after-effects of the pandemic
10/7/2024 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Warnings that crackdown on nangs will make them more dangerous
Recreational use of nitrous oxide has been reclassified. Some experts say it's an overcorrection.
10/6/2024 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
One for the language lovers
Join Alexia Russell, Tim Murphy and Jeremy Rees in a look at the words we find the most confusing, satisfying, irritating, beautiful, and just plain revolting
10/4/2024 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Fears of privatisation by stealth in an overwhelmed healthcare system
The risk of an increasingly privatised healthcare system is deeply inequitable care, and some fear we could be moving toward a US model
10/3/2024 • 24 minutes, 41 seconds
The billion dollar Du Val empire that didn't exist
The founders of Du Val portrayed a lifestyle of extreme wealth. The company's investors and contractors look set to pay the price.
10/2/2024 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Auckland Airport's new mall another irritant for airlines
Mānawa Bay may be a winner so far for owners Auckland Airport, but the new mall hasn't won any friends from people who have to get through the crowds to work
10/1/2024 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Dunedin Hospital's low place in our infrastructure must-haves list
Critics want to see the workings behind the new Dunedin Hospital rebuild figure of $3 billion, questioning the number, and saying it's essential long-lasting infrastructure
9/30/2024 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Guam locals pay the price for US security
The tiny island of Guam is America's shield against Chinese moves in the Pacific, but that comes at the expense of its people
9/29/2024 • 25 minutes, 35 seconds
Tupperware's bankruptcy unleashes the plastic memories
In spite of the lifetime guarantee, Tupperware hasn't been able to push its quality products through the barrier of quick, cheap storage solutions online
9/27/2024 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Slow moves to fix fast fashion
The New Zealand fashion industry is facing serious long term problems, including the influx of cheap, shoddy clothing; economic headwinds; and way too much waste
9/26/2024 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
The lobbyists, the minister, and the mystery document
Where there's cigarette smoke there's controversy, and Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has courted plenty of it
9/25/2024 • 24 minutes, 32 seconds
NZ's role in a tricky Pacific peace
Sir Don McKinnon on New Zealand's key role in bringing peace to Bougainville over the last 30 years
9/24/2024 • 24 minutes, 42 seconds
America's Cup in Barcelona: less 'biffo' but just as much drama
The America's Cup drama is heating up, with a challenger likening Team New Zealand's style in Barcelona to a communist state
9/23/2024 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Gang search clause a step too far
The move to give police search powers in private homes to look for gang insignia has raised a mass of red flags with law makers
9/22/2024 • 24 minutes
A new exhibition breathes life into Te Reo Māori documents
Auckland City Library takes visitors on a trip back in time with a display that includes the first efforts to write down the Māori language
9/20/2024 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
The language of forensic science
In crime dramas, forensic science is the hero. In real life, we need context.
9/19/2024 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
How NZ is failing at HPV cancer prevention
Every year, 600 people are diagnosed with HPV-related cancers that could be prevented with a free vaccine
9/18/2024 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
The modern beauty pageant
Beauty pageants are back, but the days of catwalks, high heels and bikinis have been consigned to the past
9/17/2024 • 22 minutes, 59 seconds
East Coast forestry industry facing the axe
Post-cyclone slash caused destruction across the East Coast, but can the region survive without the forestry industry?
9/16/2024 • 21 minutes, 26 seconds
More strike action coming from ambulance staff
St John ambulance staff have voted to strike again this month after rejecting their latest pay offer. They say they're at breaking point
9/15/2024 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
It Ends With Us ends with drama
The highly anticipated film adaptation of the best-selling novel It Ends With Us has gone viral, but not for what plays out on screen
9/13/2024 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
Police assurances of public safety after bus driver attacks
Attacks on bus drivers in Auckland are increasing but police and AT say confirmation bias and media reports have contributed to a feeling that things are much worse than they really are
9/12/2024 • 21 minutes, 35 seconds
Paedophile priests dumped in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands served as a perfect hiding place for priests accused of sexual abuse. Some didn't stop when they got there.
9/11/2024 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
Decision time on Auckland's shorelines
Auckland Council is developing Shoreline Adaption Plans covering 3,200 kilometres of coastline, as our shores are battered by wilder weather
9/10/2024 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Hope for the end of the hurt in construction
After an incredibly tough 2024, those in construction-related industries see the dark clouds starting to lift
9/9/2024 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Hope for the end of the hurt in construction
After an incredibly tough 2024, those in construction-related industries see the dark clouds starting to lift
9/9/2024 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
The great slanging match that is the US election
The US election is a dog-eat-dog, no-holds-barred fight between two people who couldn't be more different to each other
9/8/2024 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Brokenwood - the international hit with a kiwi accent
Brokenwood's Tim Balme talks to Amanda Gillies about the New Zealand drama series watched worldwide.
9/6/2024 • 21 minutes, 36 seconds
SIS report spells out the threats facing New Zealand
A new report from the SIS aims to help New Zealanders recognise the risks to our security
9/5/2024 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
Child support roulette
Child support arrears and penalties sit at nearly a billion dollars. That's comparatively good news, according to the tax department.
9/4/2024 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
Inching forward on infrastructure
It's hoped a new infrastructure body will lead to a more sensible pipeline of projects than the current stop/start political rollercoaster
9/3/2024 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
The death of a Te Araroa tramper has experts on alert
New Zealand tramps are a major draw for international tourists. Not all of them are prepared for the dangers our tracks have in store.
9/2/2024 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
Downed tools leave Auckland's Seascape an empty shell
On Auckland's skyline, the country's largest residential tower sits unfinished and exposed to the elements.
9/1/2024 • 24 minutes, 22 seconds
The great Kiwi OE isn't dead, just different
Young Kiwis are heading overseas in record numbers, but are finding that the traditional London OE looks different than it did for earlier generations
8/30/2024 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Lydia Ko's Cinderella story
How top athletes like Lydia Ko can pull themselves out of their performance slumps to rise again
8/29/2024 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
Eight days into eight months - how NASA astronauts got stuck on the International Space Station
US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore won't be returning to Earth until February, after NASA decided it couldn't risk bringing them back on a potentially-faulty Boeing Starliner
8/28/2024 • 24 minutes, 47 seconds
Waiheke's housing at a tipping point
Holiday homes sit empty while local families live in cars and on deteriorating boats.
8/27/2024 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
Why booming demand for weight loss drug Ozempic is causing problems in New Zealand
The volume of people taking the new and effective weight loss drugs has grown so big that it's shrinking food portions in the US
8/26/2024 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
The crime of being intellectually disabled
The case of 'Jay', held indefinitely without charge for 18 years, is raising questions of how we treat our intellectually disabled community
8/25/2024 • 24 minutes, 34 seconds
The Mpox virus explained
A more deadly strain of Mpox has ventured beyond African borders, but even though it will arrive here some time, there's no need to panic
8/23/2024 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
The austerity argument
Is New Zealand going through a bout of austerity ... or are we just in a funk after being battered by a parade of bad economic numbers?
8/22/2024 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
A deep dive into police bias
Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pākehā are treated when it comes to law
8/21/2024 • 24 minutes, 31 seconds
Modifying our gene modification laws
The government announced a reversal to laws that effectively banned gene modification technology in New Zealand. Proponents of the change say it will save lives
8/20/2024 • 23 minutes, 53 seconds
Green lights for open banking
The new wave of open banking takes a step forward this week with the release of two Commerce Commission decisions
8/19/2024 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Truth, lies, or something in between?
What was in the infamous Hobson's Pledge advertisement in the Herald that has sparked outrage and boycotts?
8/18/2024 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
All the small things
Capturing the health of a piece of bush, and figuring out what predator pests are around, often comes down to the state of its smallest inhabitants
8/16/2024 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
Questions of evidence over new benefit sanctions regime
Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work.
8/15/2024 • 23 minutes, 53 seconds
The high cost of our energy crisis
The worsening energy crisis threatens businesses, Kiwi households, and New Zealand's international reputation
8/14/2024 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Flying into Olympic-sized sustainability issues
The Olympics has sustainability as one of its three pillars, but it's accused of making big environmental promises without following through
8/13/2024 • 24 minutes, 29 seconds
Growing opposition says repealing Section 7AA will harm children
The coalition government is sticking to its guns on a promise to repeal Section 7AA of the Children's Act, despite expert testimony condemning the move.
8/12/2024 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Call to arms for plasma
Plasma is labelled liquid gold, but it's worth more than that
8/11/2024 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
The business of tradwives
These 'traditional' influencers don't talk about politics, but all the markers of conservative ideologies are there
8/9/2024 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
Privacy protection and data challenges
Fears that New Zealanders are losing control of their private information are behind moves to improve data sovereignty
8/8/2024 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Laptop stickers, lapel badges and bullying
Gerry Brownlee has been publicly criticised over his inaction, in a move that breaks with Parliamentary convention
8/7/2024 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Medals for mums
There's been a sea change in high performance sport that's seeing Olympic-class mums take the podiums in Paris
8/6/2024 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
Devastation as suicide prevention charity closes
A life-saving charity that works with men and their mental health in Tairawhiti has shut, a victim of funding struggles
8/5/2024 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Turbulence for flying's green goals
Reality has intruded on our national airline's climate targets, and it's backed down from some lofty aims
8/4/2024 • 24 minutes, 38 seconds
The 'huge playground' of AI music generation
It's been called a revolution as big as electricity or the motorcar - artificial intelligence is changing the creation of music.
8/2/2024 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
When an algorithm is your boss
Artificial intelligence is driving the expansion of the gig economy, but with growth comes growing pains.
8/1/2024 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Political donors now on the radar
More transparency around political donations paints a clearer picture of which parties are coming out on top financially.
7/31/2024 • 21 minutes, 2 seconds
O Canada! We thought you were so nice
A short history of spying in sport, from deep sea dives to high flying drones
7/30/2024 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Robots with lasers, killing weeds
AgResearch's Map and Zap device is a glimpse of a future without herbicides
7/29/2024 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
Imagining a better school system for New Zealand
A raft of changes is coming to the education sector. Will they fix the problems, or just crush creativity?
7/28/2024 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
Re-writing the timeline of the universe
The most powerful telescope mankind has sent into orbit is opening up our understanding of how life began
7/26/2024 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
They came fourth
The anguish, frustration, and feeling of unfinished business when highly-driven athletes come fourth at an Olympic Games
7/25/2024 • 24 minutes, 2 seconds
Secrets of state and faith-based care, finally revealed
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has finally been released. What will its real impact be?
7/24/2024 • 24 minutes, 43 seconds
Knocking ageism on the head
We're being urged to re-think our attitudes towards ageing, as our population gets more and more top heavy.
7/23/2024 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
New paths to home ownership
Housing affordability has plagued New Zealand for decades. What needs to change?
7/22/2024 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
The doctor won't see you now
The very public woes of a Lower Hutt GP clinic represent a wider malaise in primary care
7/21/2024 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Samoa gets its first monolingual dictionary
A Samoan-only dictionary has been years in the making. Now, it's here.
7/19/2024 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
A tale of two mayors
Two years into their mayoral terms, the civic leaders of Wellington and Auckland have pushed through controversy, opposition and calls for their resignation
7/18/2024 • 25 minutes, 19 seconds
The tax man is coming for you
It you're actively avoiding your tax obligations, expect the spotlight of an auditor to shine brightly on your books
7/17/2024 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Lean times in the food industry
As diners tighten their economic belts, the restaurants that used to feed them are fending off collapse.
7/16/2024 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
It's not easy being Green
Questionable conduct, personal tragedy, and a changing of the guard: the internal of the Green Party.
7/15/2024 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
Lulu Sun's path from Te Anau to Wimbledon
New Zealand has a new tennis star. It's no surprise she's from Te Anau.
7/14/2024 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Fifty years of Dungeons & Dragons
Players of this complex and very social game have been fighting monsters and weaving fantastical stories for half a century now
7/12/2024 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
America's space wars are our space wars
The US is rallying its allies to bring it up in a battle straight out of science fiction - a war in space
7/11/2024 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
New body for a fresh start in sport
A new body that has a broad remit to make sure sport is fair and safe has been a long time coming, but it's here now
7/10/2024 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Brokering peace in the Middle East
A ceasefire deal over Gaza has been on the table since June. So why are Israel and Hamas still at war?
7/9/2024 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Auckland gambling conference aims to break a habit
As gambling gets more sophisticated, researchers are planning a counter-attack using smart technology.
7/8/2024 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Tauranga's democratic comeback
After four years of commissioners, Tauranga is set to elect a mayor and councillors. Can they avoid a repeat of the previous mess?
7/7/2024 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Music for mega-churches
Christian - or worship - music is probably bigger than you think, and its appeal to the young and isolated is undeniable
7/5/2024 • 25 minutes, 14 seconds
The strange story of Julian Assange
The Julian Assange saga has been going on for so long that most of us have probably forgotten how it started
7/4/2024 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
Boot camps are back, needed or not
What we know, what we don't, and what the evidence says, about whether boot camps work.
7/3/2024 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
New Zealand's unwelcome sign
Shirking our fair share - why hasn't New Zealand upped its game when it comes to welcoming refugees?
7/2/2024 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
New Zealand's failing government infrastructure
What happens when upgrades to key pieces of infrastructure are put on the back burner
7/1/2024 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
The beginning of the end for news at TV3
Part 2: It's Newshub's final week on air, and reporter Adam Hollingworth looks back at its battle to beat TVNZ. Where it succeeded and where it failed.
6/30/2024 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Newshub's Mike McRoberts: "The end is hard to accept."
As Newshub enters its final week, reporter Adam Hollingworth talks to current and former staff about the new division's early days and key events in its 35 year history
6/28/2024 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Government rebates for game developers
Why the most profitable sector of the entertainment industry will get handouts from the government.
6/26/2024 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
The invisible hand of immigration policy
New Zealand shares travellers' private data with four other countries. Here's the story of how one reporter found out
6/25/2024 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
A long fight to tell the story of New Zealand Wars in te reo
After years of development and funding rejections, Ka Whawhai Tonu hits cinemas this weekend
6/24/2024 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
Scrutiny Week's scoreboard
What did we get out of Scrutiny Week? A look at what emerged from dozens of hours of questioning over the government's spending priorities
6/23/2024 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
How to beat the Spotify algorithm
It's not perfect, but Spotify is still the dream platform to serve up your favourite (or soon to be favourite) tunes.
6/21/2024 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
The deletion of the dating app
Love won't really happen when you least expect it if you don't get out from behind your screen and meet people in real life
6/20/2024 • 24 minutes, 2 seconds
The benefit system that holds the poor in poverty
Debt owed to government agencies by the country's poorest residents adds up to more than three billion dollars, and there's no easy solution
6/19/2024 • 24 minutes, 52 seconds
Northland's railway to nowhere
The drive through one section of Northland is notable for the kilometres of concrete sleepers stacked up by the rail lines, but no work is going on and there are no trains
6/18/2024 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
The blissfully boring British election
A leader who continues to shoot himself in the foot, a country with more problems than answers; and an election without any fire or brimstone
6/17/2024 • 23 minutes, 51 seconds
The oil and gas storm
Will the oil and gas ban reversal bring much-needed international investment , or just stymy efforts to combat climate change?
6/16/2024 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
For university students, the cost of living crisis continues
Budget 2024 will bump funding for universities, but students will likely be the ones footing the bill
6/14/2024 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
The post-Covid hangover
It's been nearly two years since New Zealand shook off its Covid isolation, but the populace is far from content
6/13/2024 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
Multiple inquiries into data misuse at Te Pāti Māori
Three sets of allegations, three inquiries: The Detail talks to the journalist who broke the Te Pāti Māori data breach stories
6/12/2024 • 24 minutes, 29 seconds
Calls for a Māori parliament
A separate parliament could boost Māori representation. What exactly would that look like?
6/11/2024 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
NZ football's time to shine
Alex Paulsen's move to the Premier league headlines a terrific purple patch for the sport
6/10/2024 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
Fact checking Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI is currently the worst you will ever use - and that's good news, says one expert.
6/9/2024 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
Behind Boy in the Water
What motivates a journalist to spend years fighting for justice for someone they don't even know?
6/7/2024 • 24 minutes, 58 seconds
MAFS NZ's pulling power
Married at First Sight NZ- the reality show that indulges your worst instincts as a person
6/6/2024 • 24 minutes, 30 seconds
Auckland crime - Just Another Fake Allegation?
Is Auckland city a crime-ridden nightmare, or is it a perception caused by more apartment-dwellers congregating on the streets?
6/5/2024 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Cutting strings in the Pacific
The push for independence is still alive in the Pacific but it's getting messy
6/4/2024 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
Our turbulent skies
Injuries and a death on a recent Singapore Airlines flight have highlighted issues with severe turbulence
6/3/2024 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
NZ Olympic athletics squad in good shape for Paris
Finally New Zealand is leaving the Snell and Walker era behind, with a new generation of record-breaking athletes on the scene
5/31/2024 • 25 minutes, 14 seconds
A sour taste for beekeepers
Dramatic pictures of diseased beehives going up in flames have spotlit issues with the apiculture industry
5/30/2024 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
The Red Sheds, in the red
Will a shake-up in leadership at The Warehouse give the company what it needs to survive?
5/29/2024 • 24 minutes
A crisis at Kāinga Ora
Is Kāinga Ora, the government's social housing arm, a total mess or a 'stonking financial success'?
5/28/2024 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Destroying the seabed for green reasons
New Zealand has three live seabed mining issues right now, and what they have in common is a startling lack of information on how damaging their activities will be
5/27/2024 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
New name, old gangs, same policing
The new specialised National Gang Unit is being described as the same policing with a different name.
5/26/2024 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Taiwan's democratic challenge to China
In 2024 more voters than ever in history are heading to the polls, but one of the most extraordinary elections happened this week
5/24/2024 • 25 minutes, 52 seconds
French claws in the Pacific
Kiwi holiday makers have been air-lifted from New Caledonia, but what kind of mess have they left behind?
5/23/2024 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
The deal with charter schools
Former charter schools are expressing caution about David Seymour's revival plans
5/22/2024 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Changing the building blocks of reading
Out with Reading Recovery; in with structured literacy. There's a big change coming for New Zealand's young readers
5/21/2024 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
The attention economy and influencing of influencers
Do influencers and celebrities with large social media followings have a responsibility to speak out on political and other issues?
5/20/2024 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Pacific leaders concerned over RSE exodus
Does New Zealand have a responsibility to address a problem it's created by snapping up seasonal workers from the Pacific?
5/19/2024 • 20 minutes, 26 seconds
When body positivity becomes problematic
It's one thing to be encouraged to accept your body, no matter what size it is. But some 'fat activists' have gone too far in encouraging self-love
5/17/2024 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
A bold call from experts on drug legalisation
Our current drug laws are harmful, according to a group of experts who want to see the Misuse of Drugs Act overhauled
5/16/2024 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
Keeping New Zealand's lights on
Energy experts doubt New Zealand will ever get to 100 percent renewable, and say incentives and rewards are the answer to bridging the gap
5/15/2024 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
RBNZ's cash trials and digital currency
We're never going to let go of our notes and coins - so the Reserve Bank is not only looking at digital currency for the future, it's also trialling cash services for small towns
5/14/2024 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
Fanning the sparks of dying languages
There are five Pacific languages listed as endangered by UNESCO. What's the point of reviving them?
5/13/2024 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
New Zealand's retirement extremes
New Zealand's aged care sector faces huge inequities - while the flashiest ever has just opened in Auckland, many in smaller towns are closing
5/12/2024 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
When body positivity morphs into toxic masculinity
The body positivity movement started for women but in a warped sort of equality, men now appear to be just as miserable about their looks
5/10/2024 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Diversity shrinking with the media landscape
A journalism cadetship programme promised to transform New Zealand's newsrooms. But then the media landscape shrank
5/9/2024 • 18 minutes, 11 seconds
Levels of litigation rising with economic hardship
There's evidence New Zealanders are getting more trigger-happy when it comes to using courts to stamp down on competition
5/8/2024 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
A controversial driving exam - put to the test
There are traffic jams at the young end of driver licencing and fear and trepidation at the other end.
5/7/2024 • 25 minutes, 44 seconds
The mutant bird flu lurking on our borders
New Zealand has so far managed to dodge the H5N1 virus, but it's becoming increasingly concerning to scientists, and it's on our doorstep
5/6/2024 • 22 minutes, 19 seconds
The great stadium debate
Are stadiums a joyful symbol of a thriving city - or a wasteful excess draining ratepayer finances?
5/5/2024 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
The dope Olympics is sport on steroids
Steroid use will be out in the open at the Enhanced Games, and testosterone won't be banned. But is it taking away from the sport?
5/3/2024 • 22 minutes, 3 seconds
A cliffhanger for Shortland St
Fans fear Shortland Street's 32 years of soapy drama could be coming to a close if TVNZ's cost-cutting knife hovers over it for too long
5/2/2024 • 25 minutes, 28 seconds
Why our quality of death is slipping
A vital part of our healthcare - palliative care - has been sidelined by our health system, largely because we don't like to talk about dying
5/1/2024 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
We have an emergency emergency
A new review of New Zealand's response to crisis is blunt about the inaction of the past, and sceptical that much will change in the future
4/30/2024 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
The problems with the Fast Track Approvals Bill
The new fast-track approvals bill has been described as 'government by amateurs', with no checks and balances
4/29/2024 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Powering ahead with green hydrogen
It's hoped a new GNS Science lab can crack open the door to cheaper green hydrogen production
4/28/2024 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
Great Barrier's thriving media scene
On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing
4/26/2024 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Life Amidst Death: a soldier's view
When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the sunsets, birds and flowers; and to souvenir treasures
4/25/2024 • 24 minutes, 5 seconds
Quake rules in for a shake-up
The government's hit pause on strict new building regulations over earthquake strengthening, and even its usual opponents are happy with the move
4/23/2024 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
The de-railing of New Zealand
KiwiRail's future could be veering more towards mothballs than mega-ferries, but the government's not sending out any hints
4/22/2024 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
Breaking barriers on sexual assault figures
New technology available to abuse victims aims to change the figures on unreported sexual assaults.
4/21/2024 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
From a library basement comes a fashion history
From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the 1950s through 1990s
4/19/2024 • 21 minutes, 12 seconds
How the coolest capital is shrinking
The government's back-office public service job cuts are adding to Wellington's woes
4/18/2024 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
Pharmac's perpetually stretched budget
Secret lists and capped budgets - how does Pharmac make its drug buying choices?
4/17/2024 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
The dark side of the beauty industry
The beauty industry in New Zealand is a wild west devoid of regulation, and the price people are paying can take the form of scars, burns and infections.
4/16/2024 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
School principals on the truth behind truancy
Government fixes for truancy need to look at why kids aren't coming to school, rather than just shaming schools for their numbers.
4/15/2024 • 24 minutes, 30 seconds
The empty surgical hospital that could be slashing waiting lists
The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore.
4/14/2024 • 21 minutes, 17 seconds
On the frontline of Victim Support
A Victim Support worker on what it's like to support victims on their worst days.
4/12/2024 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
NZ's foreign policy sea-change
New Zealand is edging away from our long-held Independent Foreign Policy and towards old allies, and navigating it all is an old hand.
4/11/2024 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Demolition by neglect for our heritage buildings
The heritage building debate: A balance between saving our history and building our future.
4/10/2024 • 21 minutes, 55 seconds
The rates conversation
Coming soon to an inbox or letterbox near you is something shocking - your next rates bill.
4/9/2024 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Measuring poverty just got harder
Two fact-finding projects on children and poverty are under attack by public service cost cutting.
4/8/2024 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
Fuming over transport policy
The plan to get Kiwis moving - as long as it's along a motorway - has public transport experts fuming
4/7/2024 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
The food ranking system past its use-by date
Using the health star-rating for packaged food should be simple, but it's not
4/5/2024 • 24 minutes, 45 seconds
The downward spiral of Ruapehu's commercial infrastructure
Snow season is fast approaching but the North Island's only commercial skiing mountain has an uncertain future
4/4/2024 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Turbulent times for NZ rugby
On the field and off, rugby is fighting to keep the game alive
4/3/2024 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Rubbing out the rainbow
The line between freedom of expression, and suppression of other people's freedoms
4/2/2024 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
The disability ministry funding debacle
Service cuts from the disability ministry caused panic and stress. How did it all go wrong?
4/1/2024 • 24 minutes, 5 seconds
The diplomatic dance with problematic China
China has been caught spying on us. Forty billion dollars in trade might explain why it took three years and the support of two friends to announce.
3/27/2024 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
India's Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there
The Gloriavale offshoot in India is home to Kiwi women and children. A former member of the sect says getting them out of there is urgent
3/26/2024 • 22 minutes, 19 seconds
Fiscal holes as a political weapon
Are fiscal holes a real issue, or an easy headline?
3/25/2024 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
Green money dries up
Today from The Detail: When the money dries up, gains made by a wave of Covid-inspired funding are likely to be lost.
3/24/2024 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
How manga moved West
The Japanese art forms that have shaped more of the West's story telling than you may realise
3/22/2024 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
The power balance
In the wake of a change in the way power bills are calculated, The Detail helps you understand the bottom line.
3/21/2024 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
The sea ice factories of Antarctica
A team of New Zealand scientists has just returned from studying the sea ice factories in Antarctica, in a joint expedition with Italy
3/20/2024 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
A promise to overhaul the Holidays Act, again
The Holidays Act is complex and has led to years of problems. But fixing it seems just as challenging.
3/19/2024 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
New target for police asset seizures
The proceeds of crime laws have traditionally been used to target gangs and drug dealers. Now police have their eyes on a new target, and that's left businesses feeling vulnerable.
3/18/2024 • 24 minutes, 19 seconds
David Seymour's attack on red tape
A sector that's had rules piled upon it is welcoming moves to cut the red tape
3/17/2024 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
A tuneful life
The Detail's Davina Zimmer discovers she's sitting across from a quiet music legend.
3/15/2024 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Voting rights for the Samoan diaspora
Critics of a new electoral law in Samoa say it could allow overseas voters to decide elections.
3/14/2024 • 18 minutes, 53 seconds
Auckland Council's rubbish move
Auckland Council is calling it a 'bin optimisation drive', but residents say the move to remove their litter receptacles is rubbish
3/13/2024 • 24 minutes, 20 seconds
Immigration New Zealand's perfect storm
A review into a new visa category that sparked more problems than it solved is scathing about Immigration NZ's processes and systems.
3/12/2024 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Haka, sport and politics
A haka incorporating barbs aimed at the Government has rekindled a decades old debate over sport and politics.
3/11/2024 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Getting our money lending right
The laws that govern our money-lending landscape are in for another shakeup.
3/10/2024 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
A cool solution to drink dilution
All ice is not created equal, and the ice created by Conor Whale is top-shelf stuff.
3/8/2024 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
Incubating a space industry
Auckland University's new space centre will soon take control of a satellite that detects the world's worst methane emitters.
3/7/2024 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The diamonds, the divas and the drama of the Oscars
Hollywood's red carpet is getting rolled out for its premier event, the Oscars, for the 96th time this weekend
3/6/2024 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Mould, mushrooms and musty classrooms
An Auckland school for some of our most vulnerable children is crumbling, and any hopes for a rebuild have just been dashed by the government's moves to halt school property developments.
3/5/2024 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
Olympic hopefuls plan for Paris 2024
The first of our athletes to wear the silver fern in Paris have been announced
3/4/2024 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Rare disorders aren't unusual enough to ignore
One in 17 New Zealanders have what's termed as a rare disorder. March is the month to highlight their lives and struggles.
3/3/2024 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
The death of the magazine
Magazines are facing extinction by internet. Are they special enough to save?
3/1/2024 • 20 minutes, 43 seconds
The Newshub bombshell with a whopping blast range
It was a skin-of-your-teeth operation from the start, and Newshub's 35 year old life looks to be ending with multi-million dollar losses presided over by off-shore owners
2/29/2024 • 24 minutes, 20 seconds
Why we leap
Leap year is all about matching the seasons to time. It's just a construct, but try telling that to February 29th babies.
2/28/2024 • 20 minutes, 54 seconds
Drugs, tests, and rock'n'roll
At festivals, a volunteer-based service runs quality-control on illegal drugs.
2/27/2024 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
The Waitangi Tribunal's losing battle
What is the point of the Waitangi Tribunal if it doesn't have the power to stop a government that appears to be acting against the interests of Māori?
2/26/2024 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
Go home, stay home
Four years after the first lockdown, the way we work has changed.
2/25/2024 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
Pioneering kiwi research for hydrocephalus patients
A life-changing diagnostic device tested on sheep in New Zealand is about to be trialled on humans
2/23/2024 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Building back better after a disaster
Good, fast and on-budget infrastructure building shouldn't have to wait for disaster situations to swing into action.
2/22/2024 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
War and headlines
Conflict and coverage - why some conflicts dominate headlines for months, then suddenly get ignored
2/21/2024 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
World-first climate action in NZ's top court
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case against some of New Zealand's biggest polluters in what some describe as judicial activism
2/20/2024 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Chipping away at childhood obesity
Researchers are making some headway tackling a problem that New Zealand has a shameful record in - childhood obesity.
2/19/2024 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
A bridge not far enough for Auckland
We're back to where we were in 1969 when it comes to easing congestion over Auckland's harbour
2/18/2024 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
The music wars that muted TikTok
The ripples of a war in the music industry spread far further than just ruining Gen Alpha's TikTok time.
2/16/2024 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
Kane Williamson, king of the cricket pitch
Kane Williamson is the world's number one batsman right now, but what he brings to the Black Caps is worth far more than runs on the board.
2/15/2024 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
The investment fund aiming to fix the housing crisis
A $90 million housing fund promises to tackle the Bay of Plenty's housing crisis
2/14/2024 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
The legal battles of Donald Trump
The convoluted legal troubles of former -- and maybe future -- US President Donald Trump are playing out in court rooms across America
2/13/2024 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
Thinking too big over infrastructure
Critics say the government's plan to speed up infrastructure projects puts too much power in the hands of one person.
2/12/2024 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Swift101: The study of Taylor
Two AUT academics are taking their Taylor Swift obsession to the next extreme at a Swiftposium in Melbourne, ahead of the star's Australian tour
2/11/2024 • 23 minutes, 59 seconds
The slip story that gets worse at every turn
Homes suspended over landslides; lives suspended by bodies that can't or won't help
2/8/2024 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
Fresh blood for our donor service
Around 10,000 new donors could flood into the New Zealand Blood Service after a long-standing restriction is lifted. But if another ban is re-visited that number could rise further
2/7/2024 • 20 minutes, 29 seconds
Democracy in danger when lies go unchecked
When politicians fail to call out a lie by one of their own, it can have a dampening effect on democracy
2/6/2024 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
Our Search and Rescue heroes
When the text comes, these volunteers down tools to help strangers in their hour of need. But their numbers are shrinking.
2/4/2024 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Temu is hard sell on steroids
It's spending billions on advertising and draws shoppers in with its questionable tactics. But how can you resist Temu when it's so cheap?
2/1/2024 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
The electric revolution, with or without discounts
Government levers to increase electric car ownership have worked, and now EVs have a toe in the market it looks like even higher user charges won't stop them
1/31/2024 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
The Treaty of Waitangi - articles, principles, changes
There's growing fear and anger from Māori over moves by the coalition government to revisit the rules around the Treaty of Waitangi.
1/30/2024 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
A young person's place is in the House
Young politicians around the world are disproving the adage that wisdom comes with age.
1/29/2024 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Auckland's rain-soaked recurring nightmare
A year on from the devastating Auckland Anniversary Weekend storms, the evidence of them remains all over the city
1/28/2024 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
The Year in Detail
The Detail's co-hosts Sharon Brettkelly and Tom Kitchin, and producer Alexia Russell, roll through the highlights of nearly 300 podcasts and long reads in 2023
12/14/2023 • 25 minutes, 8 seconds
The Christmas display elves of Queen St
Every Christmas Auckland's big department store creates joy and delight for children in Queen St. We meet the people behind the displays.
12/13/2023 • 19 minutes, 31 seconds
A crossroads for netball
As Netball in New Zealand gears up to mark its centenary, strong headwinds are appearing on the horizon.
12/12/2023 • 24 minutes, 20 seconds
Saving South Dunedin from going under
South Dunedin is one of New Zealand’s most densely populated areas but it is also one of the lowest lying. Coming up with ways to save it from repeated flooding is becoming urgent.
12/11/2023 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Sliding backwards on human rights
A 75 year old UN declaration still holds sway over New Zealand's legislation and conduct. But the Human Rights Commission sees threats around the corner.
12/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Long Read: The grief bird
By Ellen Rykers: The bittern’s eerie, booming call sounds like a lament, a tangi ringing across the marshes. Now, the birds themselves are in trouble
12/8/2023 • 24 minutes, 53 seconds
COP28's chaotic talkfest on climate change
It's unclear if commentators at COP28 are holding their breaths to see what the Dubai conference will deliver, or because the oil producing country is blanketed in haze.
12/7/2023 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
The alcohol conundrum
What's wrong with being a functioning alcoholic? And when booze has such a high visual profile in our society, why is there so much judgement when people fall foul of their own limits?
12/6/2023 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
Bulldozing through environmental laws
At a time when severe weather events are wrecking the environment, contractors on small building sites ignoring the rules are adding to the problem.
12/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
What's the fuss over pseudoephedrine?
After a 12-year ban that was completely ineffective in stopping the manufacture of methamphetamine, the government is going to allow pseudoephedrine products to be sold over the counter again.
12/4/2023 • 21 minutes, 57 seconds
When choice fatigue hits charitable giving
So many crises, and so many charities to deal with them. Donor confusion has been increasing, which is why eight New Zealand-based organisations have linked up to cut administration costs and get the money to where it's needed most.
12/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
Long Read: The Crewe Murders
By Kirsty Johnston: The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 remains New Zealand’s most infamous cold case.
12/1/2023 • 27 minutes, 10 seconds
The insincere marketing that goes from woke to woke-washed
Some big brands have taken big steps backwards with their images, just as they thought they were jumping on a bandwagon of progressive thought and inclusivity.
11/30/2023 • 21 minutes, 48 seconds
Judith Collins becomes the minister for everything
Spies, space and science form just part of the new domain for battle-hardened politician Judith Collins.
11/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
Disbelief as a smokefree generation slips away
Anti-smoking researchers are promising a healthy fight against the new government's moves to repeal world-first legislation on tobacco sales.
11/28/2023 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
The deep tech sector dreaming up ways to save the planet
A look inside an Auckland building that's an incubator for the deep tech sector, aimed at finding solutions for some of the world's biggest carbon-emitting materials.
11/27/2023 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Google: The monopoly we don't want to live without
Google is the big, intrusive company that we welcome into our lives with open arms because of the way it helps us through our daily lives. Will a ruling from the US say it's gone too far?
11/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
Long Read: Weighing the Booker Prize shortlist
By Jeremy Rees: I read every book shortlisted for the most prestigious literary award in the world. Here's what I found.
11/24/2023 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
New Zealand's meth flood
Meth dealers in New Zealand are driving increasingly sophisticated and profitable operations, so much so that police now call them "criminal business entities".
11/23/2023 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
The smothering weed spreading fast and far
Auckland's aquatic backyard and prime fishing grounds are weed-deep in trouble from exotic caulerpa, a fast-spreading algae that smothers everything in its path.
11/22/2023 • 23 minutes, 34 seconds
Striking gold hits obstacles
Conservation groups, prepare for battle – we're likely to see more mining applications as the country's new chief executive promises economic benefits from going underground.
11/21/2023 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Divorce, remarriage, inheritance, and outdated laws
Family disputes are getting increasingly complex and costly to unravel. There's agreement on updating the law, but actual changes have stalled.
11/20/2023 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
The problems driving congestion charges
If congestion charges work to break up gridlock, why don't we have them in place by now?
11/19/2023 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Long Read: The Badjelly Chronicles
By Gemma Gracewood: How New Zealand developed an unique obsession with the baddest witch in all the world.
11/17/2023 • 26 minutes, 1 second
K-Pop dances its way across the globe
K-Pop is about dance moves and perfectly presented superstars as much as it is about the music. The phenomenon's Kiwi fans love it for that.
11/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Wellington's microfractures and macrofinances
Seismic cracks and new earthquake-related infrastructure rules are causing havoc with Wellington City Council's budgets and long term planning.
11/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
NZ's screen industry wants a slice of the Netflix pie
New Zealand's $3 billion screen industry could shrivel up without some drastic improvements in funding. One solution is to ask the big streamers to cough up.
11/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
Pandemic pets now left to their own devices
Covid lockdowns have left us with a legacy of unwanted and increasingly dangerous dogs.
11/13/2023 • 21 minutes, 31 seconds
The quiet inquiry
New Zealand's inquiry into how we handled the pandemic has already spoken to hundreds of people of all persuasions, but the work is definitely taking the hush-hush approach.
11/12/2023 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
Long Read: Loss of Incidental Connections
By Susan Strongman: Retired and living alone in Hamilton, Mum ticks a lot of the boxes that put her at risk of loneliness.
11/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
Libraries fight to survive under tight council budgets
When councils cut their budgets, it's always libraries that have the spotlight put on them. As staff hours and numbers are cut, librarians are overcoming their reluctance to whisper about the value of their services.
11/9/2023 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
Incomplete science deals blow to Ārepa
A kiwi health drink with some unique ingredients has been making a splash. But after it promised too much in its marketing it's been slapped down by food authorities.
11/8/2023 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Why are we waiting?
Is our MMP electoral system slow and cumbersome, or fair and democratic?
11/7/2023 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Fear and trauma from a world away
A Jewish and a Palestinian man both find they’ve been naïve in believing New Zealand to be a safe haven from hatred and abuse.
11/6/2023 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
Ka kite for Māori Health Authority?
The clock is about to be wound back on Labour's Māori health initiative despite pleas that it should be given more time to prove its worth.
11/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
Long Read: The straight and narrow
By Bill Morris: Ploughing-the epitome of the colonial 'civilising' of land-is as fundamental to this country's history as war and rugby. Perhaps it's not surprising that we make a sport out of it.
11/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
Supie's sidelined, so what's next?
Introducing more competition into the grocery sector will be one of the first, and trickiest, tasks facing the new government.
11/2/2023 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
Convenient cities become conspiracy targets
How did a vision to make cities more liveable become twisted into a totalitarian dystopia?
11/1/2023 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Gang crackdown about to rev up
The new government is vowing to take a hard line with gang members, including those with tattoos showing gang affiliations.
10/31/2023 • 24 minutes, 49 seconds
Ditching the dye
Grey hair and wrinkles are finally becoming something to celebrate.
10/30/2023 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
The gaming games
Esports players say their sport is more than just time on the couch with a joystick – we have a national team, and it’s heading to global games at the end of the year.
10/29/2023 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
Long Read: The MethaneSAT saga
By Eloise Gibson: How did New Zealand come to invest $29 million in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan?
10/27/2023 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Making the Planet less Lonely
The book that was for many years a travellers’ bible turns 50 this year. But with instant information available anywhere, how will Lonely Planet keep up?
10/26/2023 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds
A brainy comic collaboration
The power and potential of comic books is being realised with a new project at Auckland University.
10/25/2023 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
Student radio's cupboards are bare
Once the juggernaut of student radio, Auckland's 95bFM is resorting to a fundraising concert to try to clear debt in an age when every commercial station is struggling for funds.
10/24/2023 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
Pacific MPs in short supply for this government
Political representation from the Pasifika community has been lost in an ocean of white faces and blue suits. Does it matter?
10/23/2023 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
Long Read: There and back again
By Kate Evans: Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of animal migration and navigation for centuries.
10/20/2023 • 20 minutes, 26 seconds
Otago's extreme student initiations
Hazing rituals at Otago University are getting more extreme, with even those all in favour of the student culture asking if they've gone too far.
10/19/2023 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
The West Coast's surprising shade of blue
Few pundits flagged the West Coast, birthplace of the Labour Party, to be part of the big blue swing this election.
10/18/2023 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Israel v Hamas: The war without end
Why do experts have very little hope for a peaceful solution in the Middle East?
10/17/2023 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
Election '23: The hangover
There's a lot we still don't know after election day. Here are the answers to those lingering questions from Saturday night.
10/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
Covid: Still here, still deadly
It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year.
10/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
Long Read: Is film criticism a blessing or a curse?
By Tony Stamp: The art of criticism is being threatened by a new wave of social media-savvy disruptors.
10/13/2023 • 18 minutes, 23 seconds
Behind the polling booths
From preparations that begin two years out, to a double vote count after the polls close, our elections are a massive logistical exercise.
10/12/2023 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
The storm over a washed-out walkway
It's one of the most unique and beautiful short walkways in the country, but time has expired on the gentlemen's agreement that let the public through.
10/11/2023 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
Warkworth's seamless manufacturing change
Sir Russell Coutts has leased his SailGP manufacturing factory to Rocket Lab – and his specialist carbon composite workers are part of the deal.
10/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
Our messy migration
Self-serving, messy, and directionless. With record numbers pouring into the country, our immigration policies are under the microscope – and they don't stand up to scrutiny.
10/9/2023 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
When breathing kills
Air pollution is the invisible killer behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand. There's no safe level of it, but it's an easy issue to ignore.
10/8/2023 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Long Read: Tairāwhiti's Trauma
By Aaron Smale: On the slow destruction and devastating impact of the pine industry on Tairāwhiti.
10/6/2023 • 25 minutes, 29 seconds
A garden for soul food
When living space is tight, a community garden gives residents a place to breathe.
10/5/2023 • 22 minutes, 1 second
Hope and false hope for Alzheimer's sufferers
Scientists have worked out how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease, but there's caution over starting the celebrations just yet.
10/4/2023 • 22 minutes, 29 seconds
Disability is this year's forgotten issue
Few parties have policies on disability issues this election. How can disabled people ensure their voices are heard?
10/3/2023 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
The Voice of confusion
It's just a "moderate, tiny proposal" over indigenous representation, but Australia's The Voice referendum has caused huge uproar.
10/2/2023 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
A sometimes summer of sun
A change in our three-year La Niña weather pattern will turn the tables on our summer – but don't think El Niño isn't also without its issues.
10/1/2023 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
Long Read: The food lobby in Aotearoa
By Guyon Espiner: How the food industry throws its weight – and its money – around in sport, politics, nutrition, and education.
9/29/2023 • 25 minutes, 29 seconds
Torn apart by war, kept apart by bureaucrats
The only chance 18-year-old Afghan refugee Arezo Nazari has of bringing her parents to New Zealand is through the government – and so far, three ministers have turned her down.
9/28/2023 • 23 minutes, 15 seconds
Helping or harming? Our modern mental health conversations
A multi-billion dollar industry has sprung up around mental health and wellness. Have the efforts to raise awareness been too successful?
9/27/2023 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
Making our drinking water safe
The cryptosporidium outbreak in Queenstown highlights the challenges of providing a clean water supply. Why is it so difficult to make our drinking water safe?
9/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
Recycling the wrong ideas about climate change
Recycling is not the beginning nor end when it comes to climate change. In fact, it comes way down the list of things you can personally do to help save the planet.
9/25/2023 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
Tiny homes, big problems
There are a lot of good reasons to downsize to a tiny home. But there are just as many problems in getting started.
9/24/2023 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Long Read: Make voting sexy again
By Nadine Anne Hura: If those with the least wealth and privilege understood how much power they held, their votes could really could make a difference.
9/22/2023 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
A bright idea for Naseby
The entire community of Naseby has decided to turn down the lights – and reach for the stars.
9/21/2023 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
When a 'wasted vote' isn't wasted
If you're disinterested, despondent or deflated by the election campaign and its daily parade of pointless behaviour, here's why you shouldn't miss your opportunity to exercise a little strategy in order to try and engineer a result.
9/20/2023 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Tarras locals gear up for a fight over airport
Christchurch Airport says it's premature to try and stop a new airport that's only just having the groundwork laid; but Tarras locals know what they don't want.
9/19/2023 • 26 minutes, 22 seconds
Spinning the numbers while ignoring the threats
Politicians are spending the election campaign weaving all sorts of financial figures into a cloth that suits their narrative – but there's another issue on the horizon that would overshadow everything.
9/18/2023 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
The burning question on rubbish
Mass incineration could be a great solution to New Zealand's increasingly scarce landfill space – or it could be a step backwards environmentally.
9/17/2023 • 23 minutes, 1 second
Long Read: Turning the tide
A team of New Zealanders and Tongans have just carpeted a remote Tongan island with poisoned bait, hoping to eradicate rats.
9/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 4 seconds
Liam Lawson's Formula One breakthrough
New Zealand's tenth Formula One driver is a 21-year-old from Pukekohe.
9/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
The dark twists and crazy turns of Whangārei's big cat park
The lions and tigers are ready to roar again as Whangārei's Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary re-opens it doors on Saturday. But the park has a troubled past – and its future is uncertain.
9/13/2023 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
Landlords versus tenants
There are horror stories on both sides of the landlord/tenant divide, but how do the laws of the country ensure a fair balance between the rights of both?
9/12/2023 • 23 minutes, 1 second
Gender equality: Are we there yet?
Three exciting world cups on New Zealand soil have boosted coverage of women's sport stratospherically – and women are now far more visible in public life. When can we say these 'firsts' are normal?
9/11/2023 • 23 minutes, 1 second
Winston Peters rides again
Gone in 2020, washed up and out of the political scene? Not just yet. Assumptions over the demise of Winston Peters and New Zealand First have ignored the old adage – never rule him out.
9/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Long Read: What happened to Wellington – Live?
By Janhavi Gosavi: Once the shining example for community pages, many followers are growing concerned by its new owner's approach.
9/8/2023 • 26 minutes, 16 seconds
The most privileged chair in sport
We're about to get an earful of commentary as the Rugby World Cup kicks off. What's it like to sit in the big chair at the biggest games?
9/7/2023 • 24 minutes, 20 seconds
Policing in a new era of crime
New Zealand's criminal landscape is changing, and our police force is having to make adjustments.
9/6/2023 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
New Poseidons zoom in on illegal fishers
New Zealand's new Poseidon P-8A has clocked its first official mission: a multi-national operation north-west of Fiji to catch illegal fishing boats.
9/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
Our Pasifika Rugby World Cup teams
The Tongan, Samoan and Fijian rugby teams have made huge strides on the world stage. What can we expect from them this World Cup?
9/4/2023 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Quest for answers over three year old's death
Paul Jones hasn't let up in his drive to get answers over his three year old son's death – but in spite of multiple investigations, the truth appears to be no closer.
9/3/2023 • 21 minutes, 33 seconds
Long Read: Our renewable power struggle
By George Driver: Millions of panels could soon be erected across thousands of hectares of the country as an unprecedented solar-farm boom begins.
9/1/2023 • 24 minutes, 2 seconds
The renaissance of girl power
The pop culture dollar is being laid down on Barbie and Taylor Swift, as young women not in the market for a mortgage splash their joy around.
8/31/2023 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
India's high-science, low-cost space programme
After India's successful landing on the south pole of the moon, there's hope the West will stop seeing the country as a land of "snake charmers and elephants".
8/30/2023 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Villa Maria: The dismantling of a legacy
The saga of Villa Maria wines involves valuable land, an iconic brand, legal action and millions of dollars in dispute.
8/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
Backsliding in the battle against pest species
Conservation projects across the country risk losing progress as money gets tighter and budgets are slashed.
8/28/2023 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Tough times brewing for the craft beer industry
They say beer is recession-proof, but two of the country's well-known craft breweries are facing an uncertain future.
8/27/2023 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Long Read: The new Golden Age of rail
By Theo Macdonald: Long-distance rail travel is in for a revival in New Zealand — eventually. And you don’t have to be a nostalgia buff, trainspotter or climate-action protester to see why.
8/25/2023 • 27 minutes, 2 seconds
Migrant worker advocates alarmed by increasing calls for help
Advocates for migrant workers are alarmed as more and more people come to them for help, because the jobs they've been promised haven't eventuated.
8/24/2023 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Theatre's back, but can it continue to thrive?
Audiences are returning to theatres, but the future is uncertain for university-level theatre education.
8/23/2023 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
After a summer of cyclones, are we ready for a summer of wildfires?
Scenes of mass destruction in Greece and Hawaii have shown us just how serious wildfires are.
8/22/2023 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
Who should teach kids about sex and relationships?
Most parents find it awkward to talk about, but who should take the lead when it comes to educating kids about sex and relationships?
8/21/2023 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
The last NZ company weaving our wool
The Detail visits New Zealand's last commercial wool weaver, Inter-Weave, to find out how they're helping keep the wool industry alive.
8/20/2023 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
Long Read: Weaponised
By Kate Evans: With each generation, predators and prey refine their aggressive weapons and defensive armour.
8/18/2023 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
The future will be riskier – how will insurance keep up?
When a natural disaster destroys your home, who should foot the bill? The government, private insurers, or you?
8/17/2023 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Off or on? The debate over GST on fruit and veg
It's popular with the voters, but not with the experts. The Detail takes a closer look at the debate about Labour's GST plans.
8/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Is fish the new farming frontier for New Zealand?
The government has a goal to grow aquaculture to a $3 billion-a-year industry. But red tape – and red flags – stand in the way.
8/15/2023 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Capitalising on New Zealand's football fever
The FIFA World Cup has captured the attention of plenty of New Zealanders. How do we keep them interested, and invested, in women's football once the tournament's over?
8/14/2023 • 21 minutes, 35 seconds
Why don't we talk about postnatal depression?
Maternal mental health is another one of those hidden "women's issues" that we don't talk about enough. Now it's in the spotlight for the most awful of reasons.
8/13/2023 • 23 minutes, 51 seconds
Long Read: What happened when two young Jehovah’s Witnesses quit the church
By Anusha Bradley: After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brad Miller and Cassie Dean were cut off from almost everyone they’d ever known.
8/12/2023 • 38 minutes, 59 seconds
Taking the public pulse with political polls
The polls are showing a tight race between the two major parties as we inch closer to October's election. But can we trust them?
8/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
How NZ's paid parental leave stacks up
We like to think we're pretty progressive, but can New Zealand do more to support parents in the workplace?
8/9/2023 • 21 minutes, 43 seconds
Public private partnerships and big infrastructure projects
The Detail weighs up the pros and cons of public private partnerships in big infrastructure projects.
8/8/2023 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
The woes of wool
Wool was once the backbone of our agriculture industry, but now farmers are struggling to make a buck from it. What happened?
8/7/2023 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
The new therapeutic products law: What is it?
It's been decades in the making, but there will be major changes to the way we regulate medicines, medical devices and natural health products.
8/6/2023 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Long Read: Immaculate
By Dave Hansford: Meet New Zealand's lawn addicts, who can be found in the weekend perfecting their 'outdoor carpet'.
8/4/2023 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
The charismatic kākāpō is booming, but its friends need help
Having kākāpō in the North Island wilderness again is an historic win for our native manu, but conservationists say other species are at risk of falling through the cracks.
8/3/2023 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
The perilous state of the Far North's roads
The Far North's roads are in a perilous state – and the fix-up job is mammoth in scale.
8/2/2023 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
The feud between our two big weather forecasters
MetService and NIWA are both government agencies. Why are they competing with one another?
8/1/2023 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
Taking flight: The post-pandemic travel boom
Thinking about booking that long-awaited overseas trip? International travel is back and bigger than ever.
7/31/2023 • 21 minutes, 40 seconds
Banks' endless battles with scammers
Bank scams are rising exponentially, so much so that $183 million has gone out of New Zealanders' accounts over the last year.
7/30/2023 • 24 minutes, 1 second
Long Read: The Gloriavale employment case
By Jean Edwards: Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory.
7/28/2023 • 17 minutes, 2 seconds
The home detention solution
After Auckland's CBD shooting the knives were out for home detention sentences – but is it the justice system we should be pointing at, or is the problem more deeply-rooted?
7/27/2023 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
KiwiSaver as a slush fund
It's their own money – so why shouldn't hard-up students be allowed to use their KiwiSaver when faced with the tough task of coming up with a bond for their rental?
7/26/2023 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
When a graphic warning is not enough
Should the media be self-censoring its court reporting of the Dickason triple murder trial as the gory details unfold?
7/25/2023 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
A sporting empire starts to crumble
Victoria's decision to pull out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games after a budget blowout shines light on the huge amount of money it takes for these sporting extravaganzas.
7/24/2023 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Setting prisoners up for failure
There's a silent sentence faced by prisoners just out of jail – one that makes it hard for them to get back on their feet without resorting to crime again.
7/23/2023 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Long Read: Procurement Without Purpose
By Nikki Mandow: The government spent $51.5 billion of taxpayer money on buying stuff last year. The criteria for how they spend it have had a shake-up.
7/21/2023 • 27 minutes, 5 seconds
The zing zazz factor in a slogan
As the political parties reveal their slogans for the election campaign, we look at who and what makes a catchphrase sing,
7/20/2023 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
Healthy Homes remain an uphill battle
There are five basic standards to be met before landlords can get their Healthy Homes tick. Why do so many seem to be slipping through the cracks?
7/19/2023 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
The dangers of our productivity slide
New Zealand's slow slide into poor productivity isn't just a cultural quirk – it means we miss out when it comes to competition and trade opportunities.
7/18/2023 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
Social media's new revolution
Two decades after Facebook.com changed our lives, social media is going through another big upheaval.
7/17/2023 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
The power of a well-designed uniform
Whether it's a corporate refresh with more cultural considerations, or a new version of a sporting uniform steeped in history, what our high profile teams wear matters.
7/16/2023 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
Long Read: The Flames of Our Shame
By Max Rashbrooke: While the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge has reinforced calls for greater scrutiny of boarding houses, the warning signals have been around for years.
7/14/2023 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Matariki's link in a chain of star stories
We call this star cluster Matariki – but the Seven Sisters myth is told all over the world, in startlingly similar fashion. Could it be our oldest story?
7/12/2023 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Ukraine's cluster bombs will leave a hideous legacy
The US is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine in a move it hopes will shorten the war – how do they work, and why has the move prompted an uproar from human rights workers?
7/11/2023 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
Safe or septic – Japan's nuclear wastewater dumping
Japan has made assurances the wastewater it's dumping in the Pacific is safe – but not everyone is convinced.
7/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 40 seconds
Heroes in the spotlight at White Island trial
The WorkSafe prosecution over the Whakaari eruption begins today – and some of the heroes of that dreadful day are in the spotlight.
7/9/2023 • 23 minutes, 29 seconds
Long Read: Bone Hunters
By George Driver: An ancient lake bed in St Bathans is revealing New Zealand's mysterious past.
7/7/2023 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
Why city centres are going car-free
Auckland, Dunedin, and now Wellington – does pedestrianisation solve problems, or create them?
7/6/2023 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
'A slow-moving disaster': Rotorua lakes full to bursting
Months and months of heavy rain means many of the lakes around Rotorua are reaching levels not seen in 50 years, flooding nearby boat ramps, playgrounds and properties.
7/5/2023 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
The impact of the Hollywood writers' strike on NZ
Hollywood writers have been striking for three months' now – and there's no resolution in sight. Half a world away, the strike's having an impact on the screen industry here in New Zealand, too.
7/4/2023 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
What it takes to get a road back open
Storms and cyclones have caused major disruptions on state highways across the country this year. What's involved in fixing them up to get them back open?
7/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
'Set up to fail': The alternative education problem
These programmes are the last resort for kids who can't cope in mainstream schools – but barely any leave with NCEA qualifications.
7/2/2023 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Long Read: Guilt, Part I: Murder in Paeroa
By Ryan Wolf: Speculation still swirls about the unsolved 2012 murder of pizza shop owner Jordan Voudouris.
6/30/2023 • 27 minutes, 41 seconds
The cancer-causing dangers in our workplaces
New Zealand's first-ever Carcinogen Survey has found alarming numbers of people are exposed to cancer-causing agents in their work. What can we do about it?
6/29/2023 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
Kicking the single-use plastic habit
This weekend, the next phase of New Zealand's ongoing fight against single-use plastics comes into effect. But do we need to re-think our attitudes towards all waste?
6/28/2023 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
What just happened in Russia?
Was the weekend of chaos a failed coup, or did the man once known as 'Putin's Chef' just snap, condemning himself to exile?
6/27/2023 • 21 minutes, 9 seconds
Life under the shadow of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts
A government bail-out will keep the skifields open this winter, but businesses have been living with a question mark over Ruapehu's long-term future for months.
6/26/2023 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
A tale of two gang towns
A huge Mongrel Mob tangi in Ōpōtiki has thrown up some stark contrasts in the way different towns deal with gangs.
6/25/2023 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Long Read: Strange Days on Lake Rotomahana
By Tim Bollinger: Once New Zealand’s very own wonder of the world, the Pink and White Terraces were destroyed in a single night of volcanic destruction.
6/23/2023 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
The waitlist algorithm that morphed into a political weapon
MPs have spent much of the week debating the merits - or otherwise - of an algorithm that takes into account ethnicity to help prioritise patients waiting for elective surgeries.
6/22/2023 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
The oil disaster waiting to happen
Experts say this sunken shipwreck could be a disaster bigger than the Rena. Why hasn't anything been done to prevent it?
6/21/2023 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Tracking the guns
The missing piece of New Zealand's firearms reforms falls in place this weekend – a long-called for registry which will tell us who owns what, and where guns go when they're sold.
6/20/2023 • 21 minutes, 48 seconds
What it's like to be a high school teacher in New Zealand
Tens of thousands of secondary teachers have walked off the job this year in a fight for better pay and conditions. Just how bad is it?
6/19/2023 • 22 minutes, 59 seconds
Where to next for a Kermadec ocean sanctuary?
It was announced to great fanfare in 2015, but years of negotiations have failed to secure an agreement over a Kermadec ocean sanctuary.
6/18/2023 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
Long Read: Homeward Bound
By Veronika Meduna: Moriori await the final return to the Chatham Islands of human remains recovered from institutions around the world.
6/16/2023 • 26 minutes, 36 seconds
Sports fans and the uncomfortable questions about sportswashing
Is it becoming harder to be a sports fan, as sportswashing continues its creep into more codes and competitions?
6/15/2023 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
The hidden hazards in scrap metal yards
A recent fire at a scrap metal yard in Auckland has put the spotlight on increasing hazards in the industry.
6/14/2023 • 24 minutes, 50 seconds
Behind the story: Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big
When all other avenues have failed, Mr Big stings can help the police ensnare their suspect - but can their use be justified?
6/13/2023 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Preparing for the big quake on the Alpine Fault
New research on the South Island's Alpine Fault is helping communities prepare for the next big quake.
6/12/2023 • 21 minutes, 4 seconds
First, a smoke-free generation – next, a vape-free one?
New Zealand's a world-leader with its smokefree laws, but can it do the same when it comes to vaping?
6/11/2023 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Long Read: How Mike Wahrlich became 'the juggler'
By David Cohen: The death of Mike 'the juggler' Wahrlich in the Loafers Lodge fire prompts Cohen to examine Mike's past.
6/9/2023 • 20 minutes, 41 seconds
Men without a safe place to call home
How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing?
6/8/2023 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The university funding shortfall with no easy fix
Universities across the country are facing funding shortfalls. But philanthropy is unlikely to help them make up the difference.
6/7/2023 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
The places where bilingual is the norm
While New Zealand debates the merits of bilingual signage, Wales and Ireland have been using it for decades.
6/6/2023 • 21 minutes, 4 seconds
Counting the benefits of big events
The country's been promised big economic benefits from co-hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup. But do the figures stack up?
6/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Long Read: The Preppers Next Door
By Tom Doig: Doig's first question about doomsday preppers was: “What if they’re crazy?” His second question was: “What if they’re right?”
6/2/2023 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
What next for NZ's big emitters?
NZ Steel's done a deal with the government that'll cut its carbon emissions. Will the country's other big emitters follow their lead?
6/1/2023 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
How do zoos keep taonga safe?
Zoo Miami's treatment of Paora the kiwi sparked outrage across the country, but how does Aotearoa treat other countries' national treasures?
5/31/2023 • 22 minutes, 40 seconds
This election year, we need to brace ourselves for AI
National's AI-generated attack ads are just the tip of the iceberg. Could AI turn this election upside down?
5/30/2023 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
'They get sold a dream': When big returns don't eventuate
Suspected investment scams are on the rise and authorities are worried some of our most vulnerable communities are falling victim to them.
5/29/2023 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
The wallabies threatening a national park
Wallabies are hopping closer to one of our most precious national parks. Have we got the tools to stop them in their tracks?
5/28/2023 • 23 minutes, 59 seconds
Long Read: Talofa and Ni Hao
By Ollie Neas: In Samoa, there are mixed feelings about Chinese influence and the nation’s growing indebtedness to the superpower.
5/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Mānuka: The buzz that a word makes
The Australians have beaten us again - this time, in the long-running fight over mānuka honey.
5/25/2023 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
Loafers Lodge and the lessons for higher density housing
In the push to get more people living in higher density housing, have our fire and building regulations been left behind?
5/24/2023 • 23 minutes
Greedflation: Is it inflation, or are businesses just greedy?
Greedflation: It's the latest buzzword in economics – is it behind soaring company profits?
5/23/2023 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
Preparing for the winter illness wave
Winter illness season is upon us. Can the health system cope with the inevitable increase in demand that comes with it?
5/22/2023 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
The India dilemma
A relationship with India is one that requires a great deal of homework and hard work - something New Zealand has shied away from.
5/21/2023 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
Long Read: How To Save A Life
By Ellen Rykers: Fifteen years ago, Search and Rescue foresaw a crisis – its volunteers were aging, and the job is hard physical work.
5/19/2023 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
Why local councils want to sell their assets
Auckland Council could cash out $2 billion worth of shares in the airport - and it's not the only council considering asset sales to balance the budget.
5/18/2023 • 20 minutes, 22 seconds
The stand-off between a philanthropist and Victoria University
A dispute over how a $10 million research grant gets used has exposed the tension between academic freedom and university funding.
5/17/2023 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
Money or morals? Team NZ, Saudi Arabia and sportswashing
Sparks are flying over Team New Zealand's decision to hold a pre-America's Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia.
5/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Music: Where the money comes from
Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster.
5/15/2023 • 20 minutes, 22 seconds
A different way of learning
It's dubbed the school with no rules. Hobsonville Point Secondary School does things differently - and it's proving to be a success.
5/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Long Read: The Teenage Animal
By Kate Evans: Just like humans, animals go through ‘wildhood’—a time of experimentation, creativity, danger and learning.
5/12/2023 • 19 minutes, 50 seconds
Abbey Caves and NZ's tragic outdoor education history
The death of a student at Abbey Caves has brought back memories of another outdoor education tragedy - the Mangatepopo canyoning disaster.
5/11/2023 • 20 minutes, 20 seconds
DIY testing for STIs?
The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections?
5/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Lives treated lightly
New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades.
5/9/2023 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
How KiwiRail got off track
Commuter chaos in the capital, trains grinding to a halt in Auckland - what's going on at KiwiRail?
5/8/2023 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
The mahi bringing birdsong back to Aotea's forests
It's no easy task trying to rid Aotea Great Barrier Island of feral cats, rats and other pests.
5/7/2023 • 19 minutes, 21 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: Come Together
By Eric Trump: Is co-housing a wiser use of resources and a counter to societal ills like loneliness?
5/5/2023 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Banding together to protect Aotea's precious seabirds
The Detail heads to Aotea Great Barrier Island to meet up with conservationists working to protect one of the island's precious seabirds - the tākoketai.
5/4/2023 • 22 minutes, 8 seconds
The single parent stigma that should be consigned to history
A new report has found single parents still face stigma and discrimination. As The Detail finds out, if things don't get better, it'll be children who suffer.
5/3/2023 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
Inside the government's school lunches programme
Ka Ora, Ka Ako was launched in 2019 to help families facing food insecurity - is it doing its job?
5/2/2023 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
Tax: Weighing up what's fair and what's next
Tax is inherently values-based - what one person thinks is fair could be unfair to someone else. Is that why changing the system is so hard?
5/1/2023 • 24 minutes, 24 seconds
King Charles III's coronation: A day of pomp and glory
Heavy is the crown that fits the King's head - and the weight of centuries of tradition will also cloak Charles III on the day of his coronation.
4/30/2023 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: Counting the Beats
By Garth Cartwright: Meet Grant Gillanders, the man painstakingly working his way through New Zealand’s entire popular music back catalogue.
4/28/2023 • 19 minutes, 21 seconds
Gore grief: The trouble at the Gore District Council
A council paralysed, a mayor and a chief executive not speaking to each other - what's going on in Gore?
4/27/2023 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
Stock trading: Why NZ farmers import and export animals
New Zealand livestock has a top-class reputation internationally. Exports by sea are banned, so how else do we send animals offshore?
4/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
The nurses ditching NZ for a better life in Oz
More than 5000 New Zealand nurses are registered to work in Australia. What's so good about life on the other side of the Tasman?
4/25/2023 • 24 minutes, 50 seconds
Anzac Day: Stories of war, loss, peace and discovery
Very few WWII veterans remain, but Auckland War Memorial Museum says if anything, there's been a surge of interest in looking at our wartime history.
4/23/2023 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: This Little Piggy Went to Europe
By Gregor Thompson: the rags-to-riches story of the kunekune pig, New Zealand’s cutest ambassador.
4/21/2023 • 18 minutes, 7 seconds
Chaos on the Cook Strait
Getting across the Cook Strait has been a logistical challenge over the last few months. The Detail looks at why the ferries have become so unreliable.
4/20/2023 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
How we plan for New Zealand's next big disaster
We're a country prone to natural disasters - but are some areas better prepared than others?
4/19/2023 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
FIFA Women's World Cup lighting up local clubrooms
Thirty-two teams, 64 games, tens of thousands of fans filling stadiums, two billion tuning in on television - the FIFA Women's Football World Cup is going to be massive.
4/18/2023 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
The price pain of supermarket shopping
Grocery bills are going up and up - is it possible to do your weekly shop without visiting the supermarket?
4/17/2023 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Cycleways and their image problem
Critics call them "gold-plated cycleways", but as The Detail finds out, there's more to these infrastructure projects than meets the eye.
4/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: The Tarras Airport dogfight
The dogfight over Tarras Airport: Opposition to plans for a new airport in the South island is intense and building.
4/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Owning the story from start to finish
Who has the right to tell someone's story? The Detail takes a closer look at the concept of story sovereignty.
4/13/2023 • 26 minutes, 16 seconds
Scams falling through the regulatory cracks
Scams are seemingly on the rise - and they're becoming increasingly elaborate. But who takes action against the scammers?
4/12/2023 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
Construction under stress
Building and construction companies are being liquidated at twice the rate of the also-beleaguered hospitality industry.
4/11/2023 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Why is Antarctic sea ice vanishing?
In the last two years, the ice around Antarctica has been at record lows - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
4/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
Dunedin Hospital rebuild: Will it live up to expectations?
Dunedin was promised a brand spanking new hospital - but will cutbacks compromise it?
4/5/2023 • 21 minutes, 32 seconds
Warkworth satellite spat shines light on science underfunding
In a paddock north of Auckland lies a unique piece of infrastructure that's exposed the short-sighted nature of scientific funding in New Zealand.
4/4/2023 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Why there's no comparison between pensions in France and NZ
Paris is a burning rubbish tip as residents protest plans to raise the retirement age to a level that would still be below ours. Why aren't we agitating for change?
4/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
The core of karakia
Is the push-back against karakia out of order? A look at why some councils don't want it, and why they should use it.
4/2/2023 • 21 minutes, 6 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: Jungle Warfare
Jungle Warfare by Ellen Rykers: Auckland is the weediest city in the world - but its citizens are fighting back.
3/31/2023 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
The new food baddie on the block
Evidence is piling up that the prevalence of our packaged food offerings is not just damaging our health, but shortening our lives.
3/30/2023 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
Parker's visit poses plenty of questions
Posie Parker's fleeting visit to New Zealand has put the debate over free speech back in the spotlight.
3/29/2023 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Balancing our alliances
Australia has drawn closer to traditional allies the US and UK by inking its nuclear submarine deal. Meanwhile our foreign minister's just returned from China where some delicate diplomacy has been deployed.
3/28/2023 • 22 minutes, 29 seconds
Assessing Labour's record on climate action
Labour came to power promising to take climate change seriously - has it done that?
3/27/2023 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Co-governance at the coalface
Co-governance is alive and well in many organisations across the country - how does it actually work?
3/26/2023 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: What's Up With ADHD?
What's Up With ADHD? by Mirjam Guesgen: ADHD diagnoses in adults have quadrupled in New Zealand in the past 10 years. What's behind it?
3/24/2023 • 25 minutes, 2 seconds
A storm in a lolly jar? The pineapple chew controversy
A Levin chocolate maker is in hot water over potentially misrepresenting its products. Why?
3/23/2023 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
Behind the story: Lobbying and the backdoor of our democracy
The Detail talks to RNZ's Guyon Espiner about his series on the murky world of lobbying.
3/22/2023 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
Cyclone Gabrielle: Why many in Muriwai can't move on
The Detail goes to Muriwai to find out how residents are putting their lives back together after Cyclone Gabrielle.
3/21/2023 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
Catching a fair ride
Independent taxi drivers asking for sky-high fares are causing headaches for the wider taxi industry.
3/20/2023 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
Does it pay to be a top author?
How hard is it for New Zealand authors to make a living from their craft?
3/19/2023 • 25 minutes, 8 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: Immortal Bangers and Me
Immortal Bangers and Me by Shayne Carter: The legendary musician recounts his experience playing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
3/18/2023 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
SailGP hits the water in Christchurch
Fast-paced and full of action - SailGP is finally making its debut in New Zealand.
3/16/2023 • 20 minutes, 31 seconds
Preventing a communications blackout in the next big disaster
No landlines, no cellphone coverage, no internet - everything went down in Gabrielle, how do we stop it from happening again?
3/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
The questions over government contractors and consultants
Government spending on consultants and contractors is back in the news - but what are they actually paid to do?
3/14/2023 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Silicosis: How engineered stone is killing tradies
Engineered stone is a kitchen and bathroom designer's dream - but it can come with a heavy cost for people working with it.
3/13/2023 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
Putting trees back into the urban jungle
Why do we need more tree cover in our urban environments? The Detail finds out.
3/12/2023 • 21 minutes, 40 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: At the Mercy of the Ice
At the Mercy of the Ice by Ellen Rykers: a story of dramatic survival on the Antarctic ice in the summer of 1972.
3/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
After the storms, what is the future of insurance?
A summer of devastating storms has put the spotlight on the role of insurance - and insurance companies - in society.
3/9/2023 • 24 minutes, 53 seconds
Cyclone Gabrielle's impact on New Zealand's 'fruit bowl'
Cyclone Gabrielle has devastated fruit and vegetable crops in New Zealand's fruit bowl: Hawke's Bay.
3/8/2023 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Ashley Bloomfield, the public service and political neutrality
In the wake of the Rob Campbell saga, Sir Ashley Bloomfield talks to The Detail about why political neutrality in the public service is so important.
3/7/2023 • 24 minutes
The toxic world of the manosphere
Some young men are being sucked into a toxic world online, full of sexism, misogyny and fear. Warning: This episode contains descriptions and discussion of gender-based and sexual violence.
3/6/2023 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Mapping the infrastructure underground
Turns out some of our essential underground infrastructure is hard to find. How do we better map it to prevent unnecessary outages?
3/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: Roald Dahl and the Big Fat Fuss
Roald Dahl and the Big Fat Fuss by Madison Hamill: Is changing offensive language in classic texts ever justified?
3/3/2023 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
How the Breakers got back to winning ways
After a few seasons in the doldrums, the Breakers are into the NBL grand final.
3/2/2023 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
Keeping kids in school
Truancy has hit the headlines - how are schools trying to keep kids in the classroom?
3/1/2023 • 20 minutes, 14 seconds
Gangs unite to speak up on abuse in care
The Detail talks to two of the people who helped bring gang members together to share their stories at the abuse in care inquiry.
2/28/2023 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
The strippers fighting for better work rights
Fines, unreasonable rosters and restrictive contracts - strippers are laying bare the realities of working in their industry.
2/27/2023 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
Diversity in sport: Why the first openly gay All Black matters
Why was it such a watershed moment for a former All Black to come out as gay?
2/26/2023 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: In Our Defence
In Our Defence by Pete McKenzie: The defence force is spending up billions, but not on personnel's languishing wages or housing. Now, its ranks are thinning.
2/24/2023 • 21 minutes, 46 seconds
Protecting the night sky
So many creatures thrive in the dark - do we need better protection against light pollution?
2/23/2023 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Cyclone Gabrielle: On the ground in Hawke's Bay
The cyclone may be gone, but the damage remains. Locals tell The Detail their stories of picking up the pieces.
2/22/2023 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
Younger audiences slip away from local media
Research shows 15-24-year olds are switching off from the likes of TVNZ and RNZ and reaching for TikTok and YouTube. Can they be brought back?
2/21/2023 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Forestry's uncertain future on the East Coast
Cyclone Gabrielle has once again highlighted the problem of forestry slash and the damage it does.
2/20/2023 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
The pilot, the rebels and West Papua's independence struggle
How did a Kiwi pilot get caught up in a rebel group's demands for West Papua's independence from Indonesia?
2/19/2023 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: On Fiordland
A Fiordland double feature with writing by Heidi Bendikson and Vaneesa Bellew: the dangers facing the crown jewel of Aotearoa's national parks.
2/17/2023 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
China after the end of 'zero Covid'
The Detail talks to journalist Chen Liu about returning to China after three years of border closures.
2/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Census 2023: Getting the count right
There are high hopes that improvements made to this year's Census will result in a better turnout than 2018.
2/15/2023 • 20 minutes, 2 seconds
Minor parties: Will they have a major impact?
Newsroom's political editor Jo Moir and RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch join The Detail to size up the minor parties as election year gets underway.
2/14/2023 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Cyclone Gabrielle: What makes this storm so unique?
Cyclone Gabrielle is causing chaos across vast areas of the North Island - what makes it so different to the average summer storm?
2/13/2023 • 22 minutes, 8 seconds
Youth vaping: New regulations too little too late?
It's safer than smoking, but how worried should we be about teens taking up vaping?
2/12/2023 • 21 minutes, 37 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: A Clean Sweep?
A Clean Sweep? by Kate Evans: we are the only nation still trawling in the South Pacific. Can the practice be fixed, or should it be phased out entirely?
2/10/2023 • 24 minutes, 24 seconds
Missing the messenger? Communication and the Auckland floods
The Detail looks at how Auckland's mayor handled the flooding crisis, as another storm looms.
2/9/2023 • 22 minutes, 44 seconds
Broken roads: Who pays to fix the damage?
Roads up and down the country have taken a hammering after a summer of storms - who pays the repair bill?
2/8/2023 • 20 minutes, 19 seconds
Are foreign students coming back?
The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores?
2/7/2023 • 18 minutes, 44 seconds
The air force's new flying machines
The air force's decades-old Orions have been retired. The Detail finds out more about the planes that'll replace them.
2/6/2023 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
The Detail's Long Read: The School Away From School
The School Away From School by Bill Morris: incredible stories of change from the New Zealand Correspondence School in its 100th year.
2/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Can a sponge city really prevent flooding?
In the aftermath of Auckland's flooding, there's been plenty of talk about sponge cities - but what are they?
2/2/2023 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
Can the egg shortage be cracked?
Omelettes, quiches and even the mighty pavlova are off the menu - The Detail looks at why eggs are in such short supply.
2/1/2023 • 18 minutes, 54 seconds
Auckland floods: The Titirangi street teetering on the edge
The Detail is on the ground in west Auckland, surveying the damage from last week's record-breaking rainfall.
1/31/2023 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
Carmel Sepuloni: What does it take to be deputy PM?
Who is Carmel Sepuloni - and why was she Labour's pick for deputy prime minister?
1/30/2023 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
Ukraine aid work: How dangerous is it?
The death of New Zealander Andrew Bagshaw in Ukraine has underlined the dangers of humanitarian aid efforts in a war zone.
1/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
The Year in Detail: 2022
Natural disasters, economic turmoil, and injustices in the justice system - The Detail recaps the big stories from this year.
12/15/2022 • 26 minutes, 27 seconds
How the case of Baby W made global headlines
The case of Baby W ended up in the international spotlight - how did it happen?
12/14/2022 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
Rebuilding a broken city
It's more than a decade since the Canterbury earthquakes, but how far has the Christchurch rebuild come?
12/13/2022 • 21 minutes, 33 seconds
Making a dent in Tākaka's housing shortage
The Detail catches up with the man with a grand plan to solve Tākaka's afforable housing shortage.
12/12/2022 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
AI's new frontier: Works of art and human-like chatbots
Artificial intelligence continues to seep into our daily lives, but what are the ethical implications of it?
12/11/2022 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
Nelson's long, sodden road to recovery
The Detail heads to Nelson to survey the damage left behind by a massive storm four months ago.
12/8/2022 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
Are our Olympians actually employees?
A group of top athletes is taking an employment case against High Performance Sport - why?
12/7/2022 • 24 minutes, 24 seconds
Cutting the cloth: What it takes to make clothes in New Zealand
It was once one of the nation's biggest industries. Now this Christchurch clothing factory is among the last of its kind.
12/6/2022 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Franz Josef: The tourist town bouncing back, with a new problem
The pandemic turned it into a ghost town, but Franz Josef is bouncing back and is as busy as ever.
12/5/2022 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
China's Covid protests: What happens next?
The most dramatic protests in a generation - The Detail looks at the growing dissent in China over Covid-19 restrictions.
12/4/2022 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Are we in for another Covid summer?
Summer has arrived, but with our restrictions largely kicked to the curb and a soup of different variants at play, what can we expect from Covid-19 case numbers?
12/1/2022 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
When New Zealanders get into trouble overseas
If you're arrested or detained overseas, who do you call for help back home - and can they really help you?
11/30/2022 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
The problem with entrenching party policy
Could entrenching part of the Three Waters legislation set a dangerous precedent?
11/29/2022 • 24 minutes, 42 seconds
Do prized artworks need more protection?
In private hands, iconic New Zealand treasures can be sold off, hidden away, or even destroyed.
11/28/2022 • 23 minutes, 53 seconds
New Zealand says Xin Chao to trade with Vietnam
What do closer trade ties with Vietnam mean for New Zealand?
11/27/2022 • 18 minutes, 54 seconds
How old is old enough?
How do governments and societies decide when you're old enough for certain rights and privileges?
11/24/2022 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
The inconvenient tooth about a trip to the dentist
Why does it cost so much to look after our teeth?
11/23/2022 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
The stoush in Te Urewera that's about more than just huts
The removal of back country huts in Te Urewera has brought tensions simmering within Tūhoe to the surface.
11/22/2022 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
NZ's prehistoric past at risk of crumbling away
A dwindling workforce and tricky legal territory is putting the world of fossil hunting on shaky ground.
11/21/2022 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
COP27 and the fraught reality of climate change negotiations
Delegates from almost 200 countries have been meeting in Egypt for COP27 - how do we measure their success or otherwise?
11/20/2022 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
How a huge cryptocurrency exchange failed
The convoluted story of two intertwined companies which has sent the value of cryptocurrencies plummeting.
11/17/2022 • 23 minutes, 15 seconds
MeToo and the music industry - what's changed?
The MeToo movement sparked calls for change in the music industry, but what's happened since then?
11/16/2022 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Slippery slope? The future of skiing on Ruapehu
Will Ruapehu Alpine Lifts survive after being placed into voluntary administration, or is this the death knell for North Island skiing?
11/15/2022 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
When sex offenders go to rehab
The Detail looks at what happens when sex offenders go to rehabilitation - does it work?
11/14/2022 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Banking the seeds of our precious plants
There are 37 native plant species listed as critically endangered - can a seed bank help save them from extinction?
11/13/2022 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
The disturbing rise of sorcery violence in PNG
A deep-seated belief in sorcery in parts of Papua New Guinea is resulting in more and more gender-based violence.
11/10/2022 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
Do big wheels belong on beaches?
When it comes to driving on beaches, some want vehicles banned, some want tougher rules - and others just want a free for all.
11/9/2022 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
The mortgage rate rollercoaster
It's a housing crisis of a different kind - house prices are falling and interest rates are rising.
11/8/2022 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
Spying on our sewage
Covid-19 put wastewater testing on our radar, but what else can this technology tell us about our lives?
11/7/2022 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
Labour's to-do list and the question of lasting reform
It's less than a year until the next election and Labour's still got a lot on its legislative agenda this term.
11/6/2022 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
What's the deal with nuclear power?
New Zealanders have been proudly nuclear free for decades, but do we really know what nuclear power involves?
11/3/2022 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
No more screen time for Auckland school rugby stars
Is the commercialisation of school sport doing more harm than good?
11/2/2022 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Wayne Brown and controlling the message
Why isn't Auckland's new mayor Wayne Brown saying yes to more media interviews?
11/1/2022 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Public transport's $1.3 billion ticketing facelift
Why has a national, integrated public transport ticketing system been so long in the making?
10/31/2022 • 19 minutes, 23 seconds
Why are banks making big bucks?
Bank profits are set to crack $10 billion - is it too much, or are the banks just an easy target for criticism?
10/30/2022 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
Ruakura Superhub: Building Aotearoa's largest inland port
"In 20 years, it will be the epicentre of logistics in the North Island."
10/27/2022 • 24 minutes
Making a point with a protest
What makes a successful protest - and how do you win others to your cause?
10/26/2022 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
The money or the morals - sport's sponsorship dilemma
Aussie netballers have been called 'ungrateful' and 'precious' by refusing to wear their mining company sponsor's logo on their dresses - a moral move that's cost them a $15 million deal.
10/25/2022 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
The impossibility of ADHD
The case of the GP punished for throwing ADHD patients a lifeline has highlighted gaping holes in our system for those who are neurodivergent.
10/24/2022 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Jayden Meyer: Why a teen rapist is doing time at home
Four counts of rape, one of sexual violation. How - and why - did the court reach a sentence of nine months' home detention?
10/20/2022 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
The Sheilah Winn saga: Much ado about funding
Was Creative NZ really cancelling the Bard?
10/19/2022 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
The cost of riding more marine heatwaves
We're in for another marine heatwave - but are we ready for the consequences?
10/18/2022 • 19 minutes, 42 seconds
Climate change and our survival instincts
The news is filled with doom and gloom about climate change - is there any reason to be optimistic?
10/17/2022 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Demystifying the world of political lobbying
Kris Faafoi's move into lobbying has raised eyebrows - is there a case for regulating the industry?
10/16/2022 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
The wild world of cheating in elite sport
A cheating scandal has rocked the chess world, but it's just the latest in a long list of sports cheats.
10/13/2022 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
Peter Ellis' faith finally repaid
The Detail talks to Newsroom's Melanie Reid about the years she's spent covering the Peter Ellis case.
10/12/2022 • 25 minutes, 59 seconds
Kauri: The fightback against dieback
Kauri dieback disease is killing our giants of the forest - are we any closer to a cure?
10/11/2022 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Taxing times: What's on the table for tax cuts?
A record tax take, a better than expected deficit - could tax cuts be on the table going into next year's election?
10/10/2022 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
The Ig Nobel Prize and the quirky side of research
Scientific research doesn't always have to be serious, but it should always make you think.
10/9/2022 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The deadly remnants of a war that won't go away
What do we do about cleaning up the bombs left behind in the Pacific after World War II?
10/6/2022 • 26 minutes, 5 seconds
What makes a dollar? Determining the value of a currency
Why are there so many rainclouds over so many of the world's currencies?
10/5/2022 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Iran protests: Why the country's women are rebelling
They are the biggest protests in Iran for years - but will this women-led uprising force the regime to change?
10/4/2022 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
Slipping away: Can we keep fixing up after landslides?
Landslides can happen anywhere there is a slope, at any time. Can we stop them?
10/3/2022 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
How a murder case was unravelled by a police interview
The police need to solve crimes - but there are strict rules about how they obtain evidence. What happens when it goes awry?
10/2/2022 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Why Chinese Language Week is causing angst
The heavy focus on Mandarin over Chinese Language Week is disappointing to many Chinese Kiwis.
9/29/2022 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Why your caffeine fix is getting more expensive
The price of your flat white is going up. The Detail tries to find out why.
9/28/2022 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
The fragile magic of highly productive land
The government has just put new protections on highly productive land, the best of which makes up only one percent of our soil.
9/27/2022 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
What's going to change under King Charles III?
Now that the dust has settled after the Queen's death, what's next for Aotearoa and the monarchy?
9/26/2022 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
Local elections: Three races you should know about
Outside our bigger cities, Aotearoa's smaller centres are seeing stacked races and fraught local issues.
9/22/2022 • 26 minutes, 40 seconds
Laura Fergusson closure leaves a gap that's hard to fill
The closure of the Laura Fergusson Trust's Auckland rehabilitation and respite facility came as a shock - what does it tell us about the state of disability support services?
9/21/2022 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Putting women's rugby on the world stage
With the Rugby World Cup getting underway next month, The Detail takes a closer look at what it means for the women's game.
9/20/2022 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
Behind the story: Luck, loss and Lotto
The Detail talks to RNZ's Guyon Espiner about his investigative series on Lotto - have we bought into a dream that's turning into a nightmare?
9/19/2022 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
The councils pushing back on housing density rules
Christchurch is saying 'no' to the government's new housing density rules. Has the whole thing backfired?
9/18/2022 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
The anatomy of a pepeha
What makes a pepeha? As The Detail finds out, it's a deeply personal part of tikanga Māori.
9/15/2022 • 25 minutes, 1 second
Who is British PM Liz Truss?
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a lot on her plate, but who is she and what does she stand for?
9/14/2022 • 22 minutes, 29 seconds
True crime podcasts - a legal minefield
Podcasters can solve cold cases, but if they're not careful, they could face their own day in court.
9/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
The dangers of working in New Zealand
At least two people have died at work every month since last January. Are our workplace whistleblowers up to the task?
9/12/2022 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Pakistan flooding: Bearing the brunt of the climate crisis
Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has displaced millions of people - why is the country so vulnerable to the impact of climate change?
9/11/2022 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
Mittens, move over: Aotearoa's most iconic animals
Mittens the cat may be cute, but Aotearoa has many animals far more worthy of immortalising in bronze.
9/8/2022 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
Kawerau Mill strike: The cracks that can't be papered over
Workers have been locked out, threatened with legal action and left without any means of income - and it's not the first time.
9/7/2022 • 21 minutes, 32 seconds
Spontaneous memorialisation: Sharing our grief with the world
When Princess Diana died, millions were compelled to travel to her home and leave flowers. Why?
9/6/2022 • 24 minutes, 24 seconds
War on weeds - could a wasp join the fight?
The Sydney golden wattle is causing havoc in coastal areas around the country. Could a tiny wasp be the answer to getting this invasive weed under control?
9/5/2022 • 24 minutes, 38 seconds
The evolution of museums - returning what was taken
European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that.
9/4/2022 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
School trustees: What happens when a board fractures?
It's one of the most significant democratic processes in the country, so why don't we know more about school board of trustee elections?
9/1/2022 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
Climate change and insurance: Weighing up the risk
With climate change-induced disasters becoming more frequent around the world, how do insurers weigh up the financial risks?
8/31/2022 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
Judging the great immigration reset
We've slowed immigration to a trickle to stave off infrastructure overload, but at what cost?
8/30/2022 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
The life of a backbench MP
Backbench MPs have been hitting the headlines in the last few weeks, but what do they actually do?
8/29/2022 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Lost luggage: The realities of post-pandemic travel
International travel is back, but flyers beware - more and more bags are going missing in transit.
8/28/2022 • 22 minutes, 1 second
Basketball star Brittney Griner: A pawn in Putin's war games
How is Vladimir Putin using the case of a jailed American basketball superstar to his advantage, amid the ongoing war in Ukraine?
8/25/2022 • 21 minutes, 45 seconds
Landing an interview with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky
How do you land an interview with the president of Ukraine? It turns out it takes months of planning, persuasion, good timing - and a healthy dose of luck.
8/24/2022 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Local elections: What do we know about council candidates?
It's local election season - but how much do we really know about the candidates standing for council?
8/23/2022 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
Getting off a drowning island isn't easy
Sea level rise is already destroying people's homes across the Pacific. How do you move a whole island community?
8/22/2022 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
The Reserve Bank and the war on inflation
Why is the Reserve Bank facing flak from every angle over its economic handling of the pandemic?
8/21/2022 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
Catching climate change through the courts
Our highest appellate court is being asked to do what Parliament will not - hold companies liable for contributing to climate change.
8/18/2022 • 23 minutes, 1 second
Foot-and-mouth: NZ's doomsday disease
Foot-and-mouth disease could topple the livestock industry. Can we keep it out?
8/17/2022 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
The food bank on the North Shore
Escalating food, fuel and housing prices are driving people everywhere to desperation - even on the North Shore.
8/16/2022 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Party presidents: The power behind the politics
Political party presidents tend to stay out of the spotlight - but just how influential is their role?
8/15/2022 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
Artificial intelligence: Our dystopian future?
Major parts of our daily lives are controlled by artificial intelligence. What if it turns against us?
8/14/2022 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
Criminal responsibility: How young is too young?
New Zealand's age of criminal responsibility is lower than many other countries around the world - Amnesty wants the government to change that.
8/11/2022 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Taiwan and China: How does the superpower showdown end?
Taiwan is a country with a complicated past, a complicated present and, in all likelihood, a complicated future. What happens next as tensions with China escalate?
8/10/2022 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
Search engine optimisation rules the web
When you search for something on the internet, why do you get the results you get?
8/9/2022 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
The member's bill aimed at our booze-soaked society
The multitude of ways that alcohol harms society have been well documented - but will Chlöe Swarbrick's new Bill have unpleasant side-effects?
8/8/2022 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Firefighters' smouldering anger erupts
A dispute over pay has morphed into much more as our professional firefighters face long hours, stretched staff resources and failing equipment.
8/7/2022 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
Why are we suspicious of centralisation?
From our water supply to our polytechnics, we're eschewing regional control for a more centralised approach. Why?
8/4/2022 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Nurse practitioners 'part of the solution'
They're not GPs, but they do nearly as much as one. Can nurse practitioners help relieve healthcare stress?
8/3/2022 • 19 minutes, 15 seconds
Are the Commonwealth Games still relevant?
The Games are cringy, insular, and a colonial hangover - but we still celebrate an opportunity to show off our athletes on the world stage.
8/2/2022 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
Knocking out concussion in youth sport
Thousands of Kiwi kids are concussed playing sport every year, but our rules for treating them aren't up to scratch.
8/1/2022 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
The Green Party's philosophical tug-of-war
Are the Greens better off as activists and agitators? Or is there strength in softening to the centre?
7/31/2022 • 24 minutes, 30 seconds
The battle to keep theatre alive and relevant
In the digital age and the Covid era, how do you get people out to a play?
7/28/2022 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
The rest home nursing crisis that will only get worse
A surge of elderly New Zealanders will require rest home care at the same time as a crisis in aged care nursing.
7/27/2022 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds
Calling time on flat-out frightful student living
Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it?
7/26/2022 • 21 minutes, 42 seconds
All Blacks find themselves in a media scrum
What happens when the balance between feeding public interest in the All Blacks and protecting the team's image blows up on you?
7/25/2022 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
Stemming the brain drain
With workers heading overseas to new horizons and greener pastures, what are employers doing to retain their staff?
7/24/2022 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
Drama behind the scenes at Film Commission
After only one year in the job, the head of the New Zealand Film Commission has been stood down over a conflict of interest involving public funding for his own TV series. What happened?
7/21/2022 • 24 minutes, 37 seconds
Niue's cautious reopening to the world
For the last two-and-a-half years, Niue's been largely untouched by Covid-19. But that all changed when the first quarantine-free flight arrived from New Zealand.
7/20/2022 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
The boom and bust of our polytechs
On January 1, Te Pūkenga will take over the country's 16 polytechnics and industry training organisations. Can a mega-merger bring the sector financial security?
7/19/2022 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
How to fix Auckland's ghost CBD
A simple stroll down Queen Street will reveal more than 38 empty shop fronts. What happened to Auckland's main street, and how can we fix it?
7/18/2022 • 24 minutes, 22 seconds
Shopping for change: Busting the supermarket duopoly
How did New Zealand end up with just two big supermarket players - and can the government's changes really shake things up?
7/17/2022 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Superpowers cast big shadow on Pacific forum
It's one of the most high-stakes Pacific Islands Forum in recent memory, but political power plays may be standing in the way of real progress.
7/14/2022 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
Growing pains: Our outdated adoption laws
Our almost 70-year-old adoption laws are under review and there are calls for changes to make it easier for adopted children to reconnect with their biological family.
7/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Paving the way to Australian citizenship
The new Australian prime minister is keen, so will Kiwis' rights across the Tasman finally be brought in line with Aussies' rights here?
7/12/2022 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
What makes a charity a charity?
The Supreme Court has ruled that Family First isn't a charity - so what actually are the rules about what is and isn't a charity?
7/11/2022 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Why are we still using the BMI?
The body mass index has well-known shortcomings, so why is it still being used?
7/10/2022 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Getting the EU trade deal across the line
How hard was it to get a free trade deal with the European Union across the line?
7/7/2022 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
New Zealand's food wastage problem
We're producing up to 150,000 tonnes of surplus food every year. The New Zealand Food Network steps up and takes it before it reaches what would've been its destination: landfill.
7/6/2022 • 24 minutes, 20 seconds
Covid-19 isn't done with us yet
As winter really sets in, Covid-19 case numbers are back on the rise. Should health authorities be acting with more urgency?
7/5/2022 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Competing in elite sport as a transgender woman
Elite sporting bodies worldwide are barring transgender women from competing if they've experienced male puberty, all in the name of fairness – but The Detail finds out that the science isn't that simple.
7/4/2022 • 25 minutes, 11 seconds
Crisis communications 101: How to deal with a PR disaster
When someone screws up and it hits the headlines, what actually happens when PR experts are called in to help them fix it?
7/3/2022 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Taking the temperature on sick leave
We're told to stay home when we're sick – but for many workers, that's an almost impossible ask. Can employers be doing more?
6/30/2022 • 21 minutes, 32 seconds
Why are asylum seekers treated differently to other refugees?
About half of the 400 people who arrive in New Zealand as asylum seekers every year end up being accepted as refugees - but why are they treated differently to people arriving through the quota system?
6/29/2022 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Sportswashing and the rebel LIV Golf tournament
Sportswashing presents a myriad of ethical dilemmas for players and fans alike - and the rebel LIV Golf tournament is just the latest example.
6/28/2022 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
Counting our farming emissions
Twenty years ago, he thought human-induced climate change was a load of rubbish. Now, George Moss' dairy farms are leading the way in counting - and cutting - greenhouse gas emissions.
6/27/2022 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
Explaining the plasterboard shortage
The Detail takes a closer look at how the shortage of plasterboard - a critical building product - reached crisis point.
6/26/2022 • 23 minutes, 55 seconds
Kriddles Roberts: Empowering the west Auckland community
Kriddles Roberts is doing everything she can to help people in need in west Auckland - The Detail heads along to one of her community events.
6/22/2022 • 22 minutes, 40 seconds
Do we need to fear another recession?
It came as a surprise to economists, but GDP fell 0.2 percent in the March quarter - is New Zealand in for another recession?
6/21/2022 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
Rotorua's emergency housing problem
It's one of our top tourist destinations, but Rotorua locals are worried about the proliferation of city motels being used for emergency housing – with no end in sight.
6/20/2022 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
The warning you might get before the next big quake
Five seconds warning could be enough to take action to protect yourself in a major shake. Does New Zealand need an earthquake early warning system?
6/19/2022 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Mallard's departure and his complicated legacy
Trevor Mallard is calling time on his parliamentary career. What's he achieved as Speaker of the House of Representatives?
6/16/2022 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
Are big projects doomed to be late and over-budget?
Transmission Gully, the Christchurch stadium, the Waterview Tunnel, the Wellington Town Hall - why do big infrastructure projects take longer and cost more than we expect?
6/15/2022 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
Are sanctions against Russia working?
It's three months since parliament unanimously passed the Russia Sanctions Act - but are sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine actually having an impact?
6/14/2022 • 24 minutes, 19 seconds
Reading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining?
6/13/2022 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Pig problems and the debate over farrowing crates
Big changes to the way pigs are farmed are on the cards - is it possible to strike a balance between the views of farmers, vets and consumers?
6/12/2022 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
How hard is it to lure nurses to New Zealand?
Amid a global shortage of nurses, how does New Zealand lure health staff from overseas to fill our workforce gaps?
6/9/2022 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
What's behind Christchurch City Council's popularity slump?
Why has the Christchurch City Council's approval rating sunk to 42 percent? The Detail talks to Newsroom's David Williams.
6/8/2022 • 20 minutes
HIV and the road to zero new infections
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand is at its lowest since the 1990s - but what more need to happen to reach the goal of zero new infections by 2025?
6/7/2022 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Done deal: Why has NZ Rugby teamed up with Silver Lake?
What does New Zealand Rugby's deal with Silver Lake actually mean for the game? The Detail finds out.
6/6/2022 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
The Queen's big platinum jubilee bash
The Queen officially celebrates her platinum jubilee this weekend, but does Britain's longest-reigning monarch maintain her relevance and popularity here in New Zealand?
6/2/2022 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Lin Lang: A billionaire horse exporter's change in fortunes
How did billionaire Chinese businessman Lin Lang end up exporting thoroughbred horses from New Zealand to China - and why has the lucrative business come to a halt?
6/1/2022 • 20 minutes, 54 seconds
The fight against mycoplasma bovis
New Zealand's on the brink of eradicating the devastating cattle disease mycoplasma bovis. But has it been worth it?
5/31/2022 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Ardern in the US: Trade, tourism and talk shows
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's high-profile trip to the United States is coming to an end. The Detail asks, what's in it for New Zealand, what's in it for the US, and where to next for the relationship?
5/30/2022 • 22 minutes
Stop the presses? The rising cost of newsprint
Newsprint shortages, supply chain delays and soaring costs are making life even harder for newspaper publishers in New Zealand.
5/29/2022 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Monkeypox: Do we need to be alarmed?
Monkeypox cases are steadily rising around the world, but do we need to be worried? Infectious diseases experts say the outbreak is cause for concern, but not alarm.
5/26/2022 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Matatā: The town that had to retreat
A massive landslide swamped part of the Bay of Plenty town of Matatā in 2005. Seventeen years on, the managed retreat process is finally coming to an end.
5/25/2022 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
Can NZ hit its renewable electricity goal?
The government's set an ambitious target of hitting 100 percent of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2030 – but it is achievable?
5/24/2022 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
All aboard? The cruise ship comeback
The maritime border is about to reopen and that means cruise ships will once again be visiting our shores. But will it be a return to the pre-pandemic status quo?
5/23/2022 • 22 minutes, 28 seconds
The stench invading the homes of Bromley
It's six months since a fire tore through part of Christchurch's main wastewater treatment plant. But residents in neighbouring Bromley are sick of the resulting stench that's invaded their homes.
5/22/2022 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
Twenty years on from independence: New Zealand in Timor-Leste
At the turn of the millennium, the Timorese people voted for independence from Indonesia. Twenty years on, The Detail talks to New Zealanders who played a part in building a new democracy.
5/19/2022 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
The complexities of pulling products from Russia
It's not illegal to send food products to Russia under New Zealand's sanctions regime, but many exporters are boycotting the market in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The Detail talks to one apple grower about what that means for business.
5/18/2022 • 16 minutes, 34 seconds
Forgotten highway: Reviving a domestic coastal shipping service
Could a domestic coastal shipping service ease some of the country’s supply chain woes, get more heavy freight off the roads and help reduce emissions?
5/17/2022 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
Australian election: Is Scott Morrison's time up?
Australians go to the polls on Saturday - all the signs are pointing to a Labor victory, but can Scott Morrison defy the odds and keep the Liberal-National Coalition in power?
5/16/2022 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
What we know about the Tonga eruption, four months on
It was the biggest eruption the world had seen in decades, but there's still so much scientists are piecing together about what happened when Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai blew.
5/15/2022 • 21 minutes, 6 seconds
Do we really need to prepare for nuclear war?
Is New Zealand prepared for the impacts of a nuclear war or some other global catastrophe? With Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
5/12/2022 • 22 minutes, 59 seconds
The neurodiversity gap in our workplaces
Estimates suggest up to 50 percent of neurodiverse people are unemployed. Could unforgiving work environments be keeping skilled people out of the workforce?
5/11/2022 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Co-governance: Time to get on with it?
What's the fuss about co-governance? As The Detail finds out, it's not a new concept and voters are being urged to get on board with it.
5/10/2022 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Is it time to reconsider the rules on GMOs?
The Productivity Commission says New Zealand needs to take another look at its strict regulations on genetically modified organisms – or we could risk missing out on important innovations that improve our lives and the environment.
5/9/2022 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
The unfolding crisis in Sri Lanka
The Detail talks to Sri Lankan Kiwi and Newshub journalist Kethaki Masilamani about the crisis in Sri Lanka and the protests that seem to have united its long divided population.
5/8/2022 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
Trying to walk again
America's Cup sailor Simo de Mari's life changed in the most unimaginable way in March 2019. He tells The Detail about his mission to walk again after a freak accident at Omaha Beach.
5/5/2022 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
Crossing the diplomatic line: When do ambassadors get expelled?
There have been calls for New Zealand to expel Russia's ambassador in response to the war in Ukraine. But is that the right diplomatic step to take?
5/4/2022 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Being in debt to the government
More than half a million low income New Zealanders collectively owe the government $3.5 billion. Why do they owe so much? What's it for? And can they pay it back?
5/3/2022 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
What happens if you’ve got long Covid and can’t work?
Research suggests anywhere between 10 and 30 percent of people who get Covid-19 end up developing Long Covid. What happens if that impacts your ability to work?
5/2/2022 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
Kyung Yup Kim, China and NZ's extradition laws
A woman was killed in Shanghai in 2009. A New Zealand resident, Kyung Yup Kim, is accused of her murder. China wants him extradited - why is it taking so long?
5/1/2022 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
The cameras watching over us
All over the country, ratepayers are forking out millions of dollars for CCTV cameras. But are they actually making us any safer?
4/28/2022 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Tokomaru Bay: The town that keeps on flooding
The Detail heads to Tokomaru Bay to find out how locals are faring after three major floods in less than a year - what's next for the East Coast township?
4/27/2022 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
Behind the story: David Farrier on Arise Church
Journalist David Farrier talks to The Detail about his reporting on serious allegations of emotional and physical abuse at one of the country’s biggest megachurches: Arise.
4/26/2022 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Explaining Putin’s grip on power
Why do the majority of Russians back the actions of their strongman leader Vladimir Putin? As The Detail finds out, the answer goes back centuries.
4/25/2022 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Mapping the Irish in Aotearoa
Just how many New Zealanders have connections to Ireland? The Irish Embassy has been trying to find out, in a world-first mapping project.
4/21/2022 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
Paying for public transport
Public transport fares have been halved until the end of June, but to what extent are our bus and train trips already subsidised by the government and local councils?
4/20/2022 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
How will the three strikes law be judged?
The three strikes legislation is in the process of being repealed - how will history judge one of the most controversial justice reforms of recent years?
4/19/2022 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Border reopening: What next for our immigration settings?
With the borders reopening, will immigration return to pre-pandemic levels, or does New Zealand need to re-think its reliance on migrant labour?
4/18/2022 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Hitting the right balance on defence spending
Some countries are increasing their defence budgets as the war in Ukraine rages on. The Detail looks at whether New Zealand needs to follow suit.
4/13/2022 • 23 minutes, 15 seconds
Cracking the final piece of the human genome puzzle
Scientists have finally finished mapping the human genome. The Detail looks at why it's taken so long and what it might mean for indigenous populations both here and around the world.
4/12/2022 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
Groundswell: Who are they and what do they want?
Groundswell says it advocates for farmers and rural communities - but what does it stand for and is its message getting through?
4/11/2022 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
Swear words and slurs - what's offensive on TV and radio?
Are New Zealanders' attitudes towards offensive language changing? A recent survey by the Broadcasting Standards Authority seems to suggest they might be.
4/10/2022 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
So long, Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Ashley Bloomfield's been a regular in our living rooms over the past two years. But how did a public servant become one of the most recognised faces of our Covid-19 response?
4/7/2022 • 25 minutes
The urgent need for more GPs
New Zealand is facing a serious shortage of GPs - many family doctors will be hitting retirement age over the next decade and we're not training enough to replace them.
4/6/2022 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Where are all the women-run food companies?
Newsroom's Nikki Mandow decided to only eat food made by women or women-run companies for a week. It was a lot harder than she expected.
4/5/2022 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Should NZ be worried about the China-Solomons security deal?
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called the security deal between China and Solomon Islands "gravely concerning" - but does New Zealand really need to be worried?
Commissioners will stay on at Tauranga City Council until 2024 - are locals being denied their democratic rights or is more time needed to get the city back on track?
4/3/2022 • 21 minutes, 23 seconds
'Best in history': The nail-biting Cricket World Cup
The White Ferns may not have made it into the final four, but the 2022 Cricket World Cup is being hailed as a success for the women's game.
3/31/2022 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
Behind the story: The secrecy around how we police the police
RNZ investigative journalist Guyon Espiner explains to The Detail the secretive the workings of our police watchdog, the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
3/30/2022 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
Why now? Australia's u-turn on NZ refugee resettlement deal
Nine years after it was first put on the table, Australia has finally accepted New Zealand's offer to resettle refugees from its detention centres. The Detail asks - why now?
3/29/2022 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Can we flood-proof our homes?
Extreme weather events, like last week's flash flooding in Auckland, are becoming more frequent. The Detail asks if there's anything more we can do to protect ourselves and our homes.
3/28/2022 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Drive to Survive: How Formula 1 is winning over new fans
The Netflix series Drive to Survive has been a smash hit for Formula 1, but can motorsport here in New Zealand cash in on some of that success?
3/27/2022 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Wellington's fluoride fail
How did Wellington Water fail to fluoridate much of its water supply for months on end - and why didn't it tell anyone?
3/24/2022 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
The limits on lawyers’ pro bono work
A bill intended to make it easier for employed lawyers to do pro bono work was voted down by Parliament, but are changes actually needed?
3/23/2022 • 20 minutes, 56 seconds
How do we protect our youngest against Covid-19?
Under-fives can't wear masks or get vaccinated against Covid-19 - are we doing enough to protect them from the virus?
3/22/2022 • 20 minutes, 25 seconds
Teaching Aotearoa's history
The final curriculum for teaching Aotearoa's history in schools is out, but what will students actually learn and how will they learn it?
3/21/2022 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
Reporting from a war zone: the NZers on the ground in Ukraine
Newshub's Europe correspondent Lisette Reymer and cameraman Dan Pannett have witnessed some of the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine first-hand. They talk to The Detail about what it's like reporting from a war zone.
3/20/2022 • 23 minutes, 34 seconds
How Substack is changing the media game
With traditional media on the decline, could new publishing platforms like Substack be the key to keeping talented writers in gainful employment?
3/17/2022 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
The recipe for a cost of living crisis
The cost of food, petrol and rent is soaring, and inflation is at its highest level in 30 years - how did it come to this?
3/16/2022 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
How do NZ's sanctions against Russia work?
Parliament has passed historic legislation to impose sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, but how do they actually work?
3/15/2022 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
On the Omicron frontline in south Auckland
South Auckland is once again bearing the brunt of a Covid-19 outbreak, but one Pacific health provider is doing everything it can to help whanau isolating at home.
3/14/2022 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Pain at the pump: Why is petrol so expensive?
The price of petrol has skyrocketed to more than $3 a litre across most of the motu - is it going to keep going up?
3/13/2022 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Who will be Auckland's next mayor?
Auckland will have a new mayor after the local elections later this year. The Detail talks to the three frontrunners for the job.
3/10/2022 • 24 minutes, 52 seconds
'Radical change': The Northland meth rehab programme that works
An innovative meth harm reduction programme is transforming lives in Northland - why hasn't it been rolled out across the country yet?
3/9/2022 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
Manu Vatuvei's fall from grace
Manu Vatuvei was one of rugby league's biggest stars, but last week he was jailed for importing methamphetamine - what happened?
3/8/2022 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
Behind the story: The town that backed a child sex abuser
RNZ's Veronica Schmidt talks to The Detail about the wider issues raised by her recent investigation into a volunteer firefighter who sexually abused his young son - and the boy's mother's fight to be believed.
Lithium is in hot demand around the world and a New Zealand company has come up a more sustainable way of extracting it. The Detail finds out more about what Geo40 is doing differently.
3/6/2022 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
How the Parliament protest was brought to an end
After 23 days, the occupation at Parliament was finally brought to a chaotic and violent end. The Detail talks to two reporters who were there as it all unfolded.
3/3/2022 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
'What we don't want is World War III' - Clark on Ukraine
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark talks to The Detail about Russia's invasion of Ukraine: the background to the conflict, her impressions of Vladimir Putin and how it might end.
3/2/2022 • 24 minutes, 46 seconds
The locals versus the helipads of the rich and famous
The increasing number of applications for helipads on Aotea Great Barrier Island is causing alarm among locals. But the current rules mean they don't have to be notified or consulted about them. The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly looks at why.
3/1/2022 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
How RATs change the Covid-19 testing game
The shift away from more sensitive PCR tests to rapid antigen tests marks a significant change in New Zealand's Covid-19 strategy. The Detail takes a closer look at what it means in the midst of the surging Omicron outbreak.
2/28/2022 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
Auckland City Mission's new home
A decade in the making, the Auckland City Mission's new building - HomeGround - has finally opened its doors. The Detail takes a look behind the scenes to find out what difference it will make for the city's most vulnerable people.
2/27/2022 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
Politicians and the protest at Parliament
The protest at Parliament has dragged into a third week - two top political journalists join The Detail's Emile Donovan to discuss how the country's political leaders have responded to the unprecedented situation.
2/24/2022 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
On the ground at the Parliament protest
The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly heads to the capital to see the occupation at Parliament first-hand, speak to protesters and tour their sprawling campsite on Parliament's front lawn.
2/23/2022 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
The return of the big OE
With MIQ soon to be a thing of the past, young people who've put off international travel during the pandemic are planning their OEs - but what will that mean for employers?
2/22/2022 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Can Raf Manji lead TOP into Parliament?
Does the new leader of The Opportunities Party Raf Manji have what it takes to get the party across the 5 percent threshold to get into Parliament at the 2023 election?
2/21/2022 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Film's digital screen revolution
Virtual production technologies and digital screens are set to change the way movies are made, but is New Zealand's film industry ready?
2/20/2022 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Our Olympic snow queen Zoi
She's just 20 years old, but Zoi Sadowski-Synnott already has a full set of Olympic medals. How did she hit the top of her sport in such a short time?
2/17/2022 • 20 minutes, 32 seconds
Covering the protest at Parliament
For more than a week, hundreds of protesters have been occupying the ground of Parliament - presenting challenges for the police, politicians and the journalists covering it.
2/16/2022 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
Breaking the silence on menopause
For the first time, women are starting to talk about menopause and employers are being warned to ignore it at their peril.
2/15/2022 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
Joe Rogan - has Spotify bitten off more than it can chew?
The Joe Rogan Experience is one of the world's biggest podcasts, but does Spotify need to take greater responsibility for its content?
2/14/2022 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
The ban that wasn't - mining on conservation land
The government's unequivocal promise of a ban on mining on conservation land has not eventuated. What happened?
2/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
We need to talk about feral cats
Feral cats are killing our native birds, but the conversation about getting rid of them just isn't happening.
2/10/2022 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
Why the 'team of $55 million' is in the public interest
The government's helping hand to an industry in trouble - the media - has more than the usual critics, most of them concerned about journalists being too scared to bite the hand that's feeding them.
2/9/2022 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Misplaced confidence - why NZers are drowning
New Zealanders are over-confident in the water, say surf lifesavers - something that's helped us to our appalling drowning statistics.
2/8/2022 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
An advocacy job too well done
Alarm bells are ringing over new legislation that could strip the power of the independent Children's Commissioner.
2/7/2022 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
How realistic are Auckland's light rail plans?
At last a concrete plan for light rail in Auckland - but at an eye watering cost. What are the chances of this really happening? And is it the right option?
2/3/2022 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Ukraine is NZ's 'us too' moment
Diplomatic efforts to cool mounting tensions in Ukraine have come to nothing, and New Zealand's being told this is one we can't afford to sit back and watch.
2/2/2022 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Post-Covid tourism living on a strategy of hope
The battered tourism and hospitality industry is hanging on for better days - but some insiders say we're looking at a reset, not a bounce-back.
2/1/2022 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Getting Tonga on the line
Tonga is one of the world's riskiest places for communications - its undersea internet cable has broken for the second time in three years. What's the solution?
1/31/2022 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Boosting our chances of dodging disease
In the seemingly never-ending parade of covid-enforced changes, we are now queueing for a third vaccination. Here's why it's so vital, now that Omicron has entered the picture.
1/30/2022 • 23 minutes, 34 seconds
Our wild, weird year in sport
It's been a strange year for sport - again. We look back at the high - and low - lights of 2021.
12/16/2021 • 24 minutes, 59 seconds
Our second 'year like no other' - how we unravelled
For our American-Kiwi family, the start of 2021 here was better than the alternative in California. We take you through our second covid year, through their eyes.
12/15/2021 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Building blows - how much can the industry take?
How long can the construction industry keep taking the hits? A look at another year of disruption in building.
12/14/2021 • 23 minutes, 51 seconds
A new direction on domestic violence in NZ
New Zealand has a new domestic violence strategy - but is it more than bureaucratic talk and hot air?
12/13/2021 • 21 minutes, 53 seconds
A lot of talk, less action on climate change in 2021
It's been a year of developments in Climate Change discussions - but not a year of progress.
12/12/2021 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Muscling up and moving in on the ice
As summer flights head back to Antarctica, we look at the geopolitics of the land that no one owns, but everyone wants a piece of.
12/9/2021 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
Global restraints force another look at coastal shipping
Global shipping restraints are putting New Zealand importers and exporters at risk. There's a solution, but it's not cheap, and it won't come as quickly as it's needed.
12/8/2021 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
Time to pay attention to our oceans
Coastal ecosystems are better than tropical rainforests when it comes to trapping carbon and at this year's big climate change conference they finally got some attention.
12/7/2021 • 21 minutes, 4 seconds
Unrest and riots in Solomon Islands
New Zealand forces are being sent to the Solomon Islands to help calm growing unrest in what is most definitely not a tropical tourist paradise. But the portents for a lasting peace are not good.
12/6/2021 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
Global microchip shortage boosts niche business
A global shortage of microchips may not be good for your Christmas present list, but one New Zealand company is cashing in.
12/5/2021 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
Struggle at the ski fields
Ruapehu's ski fields are under pressure - but unusually, this time it's not from natural forces.
12/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 44 seconds
The MLM scheme making money from money-traders
An international multi-level marketing scheme operating in New Zealand uses social media influencers to entice people to enter a complex financial world they know nothing about.
12/1/2021 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Is Luxon's face the one that will stick?
There's a new face at the head of the National Party - but he's the fifth new face since John Key resigned five years ago. Is his the one that will stick?
11/30/2021 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Tennis star Peng Shuai - caught up in Chinese politics
Is the mysterious disappearance of Peng Shuai – and her unconvincing 'reappearance' - a watershed moment in the Chinese chapter of the MeToo movement?
11/29/2021 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
The hiccups in the housing intensification Bill
The new bipartisan bill on housing intensification was welcomed by all - until the detail was revealed.
11/28/2021 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
The real price of comfortable retirement
Do we really need to be saving $809,000 per couple to retire comfortably?
11/25/2021 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
Swimming in great white shark territory
After a long lockdown winter, swimming, sunshine and surf are here - but in some places, Great White sharks are also coming to a beach near you.
11/24/2021 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
The weirdness of going back to normal
Outside the "hermit kingdom" of Aotearoa people are embracing a Covid rules-free world - but are things as back to normal as they seem?
11/23/2021 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
Cowboy Bebop lets NZ show its range
Filmed under the twin shadows of both the pandemic and the Lord of the Rings, Cowboy Bebop is an Auckland film success story.
11/22/2021 • 20 minutes, 49 seconds
The stark reality of producing cheap chicken
Breeding fast-growing chickens for meat means top-heavy birds stumbling around in giant sheds. But New Zealand doesn't have an option to grow them slowly.
11/21/2021 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
The life of a foreign seasonal worker
Covid has meant huge disruption for seasonal workers, but they're back now - if they ever left. What is it like for RSE workers who leave their families so they can feed them?
11/18/2021 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
Our broken legal aid system
Our legal aid system - the one that is on a promise to fund justice for all, no matter their means - is in crisis.
11/17/2021 • 24 minutes, 5 seconds
The conflict that puts Kiwi covid woes into perspective
While we've been wrapped up in our Covid worries and woes, across the world in Africa a catastrophe of immense proportions is unfolding - putting our problems into stark perspective.
11/16/2021 • 20 minutes, 46 seconds
The Black Caps - still the best
So they didn't win the T20 final yesterday - but that's the third world cup final featuring the Black Caps in three years. They're our best side ever and there's not even a debate about it.
11/15/2021 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
Vaccinating children against Covid-19
Pfizer has developed a Covid-19 vaccine for 5-11 year-olds. Should New Zealand race in, or hold back on getting our children immunised?
11/14/2021 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Head injuries under the microscope
Head injuries in sport are being taken more seriously, especially as more women become professional.
11/11/2021 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
The rugby legacy no player wants
No player signs up to play the game they love knowing that brain damage could be the long term result.
11/10/2021 • 23 minutes
The covid disruption symptom we need to get on top of - sleep
Covid lockdown disruption is being blamed for crazy sleep patterns, weird dreams and insomnia .... but sleep is vital to build up our immune systems and fight off the virus.
11/9/2021 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
The new type of giving
The shape of philanthropy is changing away from traditional giving, to a more strategic way of closing the massive gap between rich and poor.
11/8/2021 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Facebook's metaverse - is it real, or a smokescreen?
It's being seen as a distraction from controversy, but the metaverse is definitely on its way.
11/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
Inflation - what it means; should we worry?
An economic indicator that hasn't made a splash in the headlines for quite some time is back - inflation.
11/4/2021 • 23 minutes, 15 seconds
Ministry for disabled has a big job to do
The invisible section of New Zealand society - disabled people - are finally getting their own ministry. It will have a massive task ahead of it.
11/3/2021 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
Copyright laws are a hitch in the UK trade deal
A billion dollars in benefits for New Zealand - and a chance for the UK to show the world it still has friends. But our fresh free trade agreement has some hitches.
11/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
The Olympics of trade and industry
New Zealand has been at international trade fairs - now Expos - since they began in 1851. But are the multi-millions spent on getting there worth the benefits?
11/1/2021 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
A tale of two Māori vaccination rollouts
Here's a tale of two communities when it comes to getting Māori vaccination rollouts right.
10/31/2021 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Why plain language is such an important skill
Nelson MP Rachel Boyack's plain language bill is a major continuation of the on-going fight against bureaucratese.
10/28/2021 • 21 minutes, 9 seconds
Tearfund's naming and shaming misses the mark
Tearfund's annual name-and-shame of unethical fashion chains leaves out some important factors - such as clothing manufactured in New Zealand.
10/27/2021 • 23 minutes, 59 seconds
Today's politicians - the slings, the arrows, the death threats
A lot of people think being an MP is a cushy job with a great salary. But along with debate comes an increasing number of death threats, some of them very real.
10/26/2021 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Making money from milk - without cows
Dairy farmers under pressure to reduce their herd sizes could look at planting oats - diversifying and helping out a new industry at the same time.
10/25/2021 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
Fighting over timber - the shortages hitting construction
Builders and other tradespeople have been struggling with empty shop shelves; weeks, sometimes month-long delays in delivery of essential materials and soaring costs. The issues are far from over.
10/21/2021 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
The barriers before you even get to Customs
We are likely to see a total reassessment of international travel, and probably not just in the short term. Think vaccine passports and higher air fares just for starters.
10/20/2021 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
Minding the Gap on equal pay
The battle for equal pay started 125 years ago and it's not over yet. A new campaign, Mind The Gap, hopes to address some of the issues.
10/19/2021 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
The lowdown on rapid antigen tests
Rapid antigen tests have finally been approved for use in New Zealand. Critics say they're not accurate enough, but as we wave goodbye to an elimination strategy, we're going to need fast results.
10/18/2021 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Hopefully, this is NOT how it ends
Bio-diversity is at a crossroads - can we not just stop things getting worse, but actually make them better?
10/17/2021 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Our throwaway society can't last forever
Grab the newest model, buy the latest thing, nothing is built to last. Often if you want something repaired - it can't be. Can we change all that?
10/14/2021 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
Getting back on the plane - why it might never be the same
The impact of the pandemic has been apocalyptic on international air travel- but that's starting to change.
10/13/2021 • 20 minutes, 49 seconds
The older entrepreneur - making life better
Older entrepreneurs often have more altruistic motives, and are more likely to succeed in business - but they could do with some more support.
10/12/2021 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
25 years of MMP - is it working?
Twenty-five years ago today New Zealand held its first MMP election. How's that working out for us?
10/11/2021 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Our electricity market and your power bills
New Zealand's electricity market system is stacked up against the consumer when it comes to lower power prices.
10/10/2021 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
The legacy of James Bond
As the 25th film in the franchise comes out, we look at why a James Bond movie is still a major cinema event after nearly 60 years on the screen.
10/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
The Pandora Papers reveal how the other half a percent lives
The Pandora Papers is the biggest data leak ever, and a startling insight into the way the other half a percent lives and structures their affairs.
10/6/2021 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Government subsidies more targeted in 2021
The money thrown at businesses during our first lockdown last year has been refined and is now more targeted - but accountants warn the government can't save every struggling company.
10/5/2021 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
Family found, mystery continues
Thomas Phillips and his children are back home, safe, in what many saw as a miracle after 19 nights in the bush. But questions remain as to why he disappeared in the first place.
10/4/2021 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
The godwits are arriving
The godwits are landing on New Zealand's coastal mudflats again - after incredible journeys from the other side of the world.
10/3/2021 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
Buy now, regret later - when you can't pay on time
It's a great new way to get what you want upfront and pay later - but there are traps, and consumer advocates say the schemes need to be regulated.
9/30/2021 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
What we don't know about Amazon's NZ plans
Amazon's plans to build giant data centres in New Zealand reveal very little detail.
9/29/2021 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
The climate summit that could save our future
What is so vital about the Glasgow climate change summit that minister James Shaw weathered a public uproar?
9/28/2021 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
The rules and rights when it comes to vaccinated work places
Employers trying to keep their workplaces safe are caught between four different conflicting laws and rights over compulsory vaccination - and they want some government guidance.
9/27/2021 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
The schemes and dreams over reducing cow methane
Genetic manipulation, toilet training for cows, seaweed feed, vaccines ... millions is being spent on research to reduce the methane emissions from New Zealand's agricultural industry.
9/26/2021 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
The paths much less travelled
We've used closed borders to explore our own country, but you can love a place to death - there are some places that are not only difficult to get to, but tourism is not encouraged.
9/23/2021 • 22 minutes, 28 seconds
Why it's not awkward to be left out of AUKUS
Being left out of the new Australia, UK and US security pact was a blessing in disguise, according to one international relations expert - because it would have caused a domestic crisis if we'd been asked in.
9/22/2021 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Tracking the Far North's feral dogs of destruction
Packs of feral dogs have been causing heartbreaking stock losses throughout the Far North, and authorities are ill-equipped to deal with them.
9/21/2021 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
When Name Suppression Plays Favourites
Name suppression has become a publicity-dodging exercise that just generates publicity. Why does this rule, that favours those who can afford a lawyer, still exist?
9/20/2021 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Thirty years of climate change inaction
Our grim climate statistics could have been so much better if we'd veered down a path that was mapped out 30 years ago, instead of resting on our forestry laurels.
9/19/2021 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Muscling in on te reo Māori - the heft of a superstar
Lorde's surprise EP drop in te reo Māori prompted all the feels - from awe, wonderment and joy, to unease and accusations of cultural appropriation.
9/16/2021 • 21 minutes, 3 seconds
The yo-yoing fortunes of the darling of the stock market
The A2 Milk Company was the darling of the stock exchange, but a series of events have seen its fortunes yo-yo.
9/15/2021 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
Keeping it real for kids on misinformation
The people behind the wildly successful porn campaign are back with an edgy series aimed at kids on fake news.
9/14/2021 • 23 minutes
Masking out the virus
Mask wearing is here to stay - we explain why that's long overdue.
9/13/2021 • 20 minutes, 9 seconds
Why would you want to own a forest?
The difficulties of forestry ownership are many but the rewards for the persistent are great.
9/12/2021 • 21 minutes, 31 seconds
The Detail is coming back
The Detail will be back in action from Monday, September 13
9/10/2021 • 46 seconds
The Detail in lockdown mode
The Detail will be switching to written explainers while our Auckland-based team is locked down in Level 4. Catch us on RNZ and Newsroom's websites.
8/23/2021 • 1 minute
Downplaying the arts at school
Changes planned for the NCEA art curriculum have teachers and the art world worried about the down-grading of the subject.
8/19/2021 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
An ideological switch that led to our housing crisis
Data on housing is surreal if you own a home, depressing if you don't. How did we get to this stage?
8/18/2021 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Futility and despair in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan the Taliban is taking control again, even as US military planes leave the tarmac in Kabul. Now the war is being compared to Vietnam in its futility.
8/17/2021 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Immigration - who's in, who's out, who's waiting?
There's a queue for the queue - New Zealand's immigration process is a nightmare made worse by Covid-19 restrictions. We look at who's locked out, and why people we need are leaving the country
8/16/2021 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
MMA is the combat sport sweeping the world
Why is the world going mad for mixed martial arts? Sharon Brettkelly goes along to an Auckland gym to find out more.
8/15/2021 • 22 minutes, 44 seconds
How much climate catastrophe can one world absorb?
How much doom, gloom and catastrophising can the world take? We boil down the latest big climate change report.
8/12/2021 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Long Covid short on research
Between 10 and 30 percent of Covid patients go on to develop Long Covid, a crippling illness with up to 114 symptoms. They're not happy with the level of research being conducted on it, so they're fundraising to do their own.
8/11/2021 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Arming the police - is it a step NZ wants to take?
Gangs with guns; the fatal shooting of an officer in West Auckland; a changing attitude from front line police on firearms. Should we be arming our force?
8/10/2021 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Greenwashing as a marketing tactic
Companies are increasingly claiming to be 'eco' - their products are good for the planet - but how true are these environmental claims? And how much is just greenwashing?
8/9/2021 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
There is a group guarding NZ's media freedom
Journalists in New Zealand don't tend to get shot or jailed for doing their jobs - but they do face some impediments in collecting information. That's when the Media Freedom Committee is watching.
8/8/2021 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Plans to close NZ's only oil refinery, Marsden Pt
Marsden Pt shareholders will vote today on a proposal to shut down New Zealand's only oil refinery, slashing hundreds of jobs.
8/5/2021 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
Banning conversion therapy
Not many people would argue against legislation banning conversion therapy - but there is a lot of devil in the detail.
8/4/2021 • 20 minutes, 59 seconds
The issues with making Auckland's waterfront wondrous
Hundreds of millions has been poured into developing Auckland's waterfront, and there's more mega-funding to come. Is it being spent in the right place?
8/3/2021 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Why the government's muscling in on the water business
Crumbling pipes, polluted beaches, bugs in drinking water ... something has to be done about the nation's ageing water infrastructure. But is Three Waters the right solution?
8/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Why New Zealand is importing coal by the shipload
How can New Zealand be importing massive amounts of coal when we are supposedly on a journey towards 100 percent renewable energy? The answers are complex.
8/1/2021 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
The case against Uber - when is a contractor really a worker?
Unions are heading to the Employment Court taking action over Uber's drivers - asking the question when a 'contractor' is really a 'worker', and should be offered worker benefits.
7/29/2021 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
An Olympic-sized argument over women's sport uniforms
Too short, too skimpy, badly designed, or just uncomfortable - women have for too long been on the receiving end of uniform rules where one size doesn't fit all.
7/28/2021 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
The ethics and costs of saving wild animals
Why do New Zealanders get so invested in saving wild animals that strand themselves? Is it worth spending thousands on getting them back where they belong?
7/27/2021 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Tackling the plague of liquor stores
New Zealanders have very easy access to alcohol, and the choices are growing. But communities worried about the harm it's causing face big hurdles to stop liquor stores proliferating.
7/26/2021 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
Looking towards Africa for trade
We've been told New Zealand needs to take some of those trade eggs out of China's basket - and Africa is looking wide open after nations signed a continent-wide pact. But there are difficulties.
7/25/2021 • 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Drawing a line under Auckland's America's Cup
Financially it was a lemon the moment Covid closed the borders - so how did Auckland do when it came to hosting the America's Cup? Was it worth it? And should we do it again?
7/22/2021 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
The MIQ nightmare
Desperate kiwis are paying thousands for clever computer operators to get them a space in MIQ, because booking a spot is proving impossible for ordinary travellers.
7/21/2021 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
Political moves pushing the path of Covid-19
Three closely aligned nations, three different political approaches, and three very different results when it comes to the path taken by the pandemic.
7/20/2021 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
Taxing the big tech companies
Everyone has to pay their fair share of tax - but worldwide, the big tech multi-nationals have been getting away with paying far less than others. There are plans to change that.
7/19/2021 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The sky high cost of living in New Zealand
Inflation's hit a 10 year high, and although fuel and houses are largely to blame, the food that we grow in abundance is expensive. Why?
7/18/2021 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
Wide open targets - the elderly and banking scams
Elderly people are being targeted by scammers in heart-breaking numbers. They rarely get their money back, and often they're too ashamed to admit to having been sucked in.
7/15/2021 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Splitting the difference - our divorce laws
Our divorce laws are 40 years old - and there's a renewed push to change them to reflect the realities of the 21st century.
7/14/2021 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Behind nurses' anger over wages
Nurses have more industrial action planned as frustration with shortages and pay boil over - what's behind the anger?
7/13/2021 • 22 minutes, 19 seconds
Our faltering hospitality model
The Restaurant Association has a long wish list for the government to help its labour shortage situation - but does it need to look internally at the wages and conditions of hospitality workers?
7/12/2021 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
The science of beating the drug testers in sport
Is a sports world without doping an impossible aspiration? David Howman, director-general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, talks drugs and testing.
7/11/2021 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
The Covid disaster hammering Fiji
While New Zealand and the Cook Islands are bubbling away, the Covid-19 situation in what used to be our biggest Pacific tourism destination, Fiji, is horrifying - and out of control.
7/8/2021 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
The Covid Olympics are nearly here
The Tokyo Olympics might have been delayed a year but somehow it's still snuck up on us - here's the rundown on the New Zealand team.
7/7/2021 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Waste minimisation efforts slow to take hold
The consequences of a wasteful Kiwi lifestyle are getting harder to ignore. Our landfills are filling fast and it's getting more difficult to find new sites. We do have waste minimisation levers, but change is slow.
7/6/2021 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
China is the relationship we don't understand
RNZ's Red Line podcast sees two journalists dip their toes into unknown waters - our carefully balanced relationship with China.
7/5/2021 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
The booming problem of construction waste
The building boom is in full force - but with it comes an ugly side effect. Construction waste is an increasing problem.
7/4/2021 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
The horror of Lake Alice
No one has ever been held to account for the decades of abuse and torture suffered by children at the Lake Alice psychiatric unit. Now, survivors have told their stories.
7/1/2021 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Re-learning history in Aotearoa
History won't be re-written, but it will be re-learned and taught under the new New Zealand history curriculum.
6/30/2021 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
Leaving Gloriavale
After 50 years of a closed community on the West Coast, more and more people are leaving Gloriavale.
6/29/2021 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
Dome Valley's tipping point
The Dome Valley dump has planning approval as Auckland hunts for its next rubbish disposal option - but the very real need for a new site is coming up against both environmental and intangible objections.
6/28/2021 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
Barriers everywhere for disabled people
Unsuitable housing, carless city centres, cars parked on the footpath are issues that draw complaints from able bodied people - but if you're disabled they can have a dramatic impact on your life.
6/27/2021 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
The Day of the Vaccine
On Wednesday morning, at the same time as news filtered out of a positive Covid-19 case going on a tiki-tour of Wellington, an operation was being executed with military precision at a retirement village in the Auckland suburb of Remuera.
The Detail's Emile Donovan went along to see how an operation like this is run; how residents are feeling about it; and talk about how the 70-plus demographic has first-hand experience of the difference a vaccine can make.
6/24/2021 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
Bringing back Winston
NZ First is the enigma of New Zealand politics. From positions of pivotal power in governments to periods in the political wilderness. The party's chances of a return to its glory days seem to rest, as they always do, with its long-time leader Winston Peters.
6/23/2021 • 21 minutes, 12 seconds
Franz Josef fights for survival
The South Westland town of Franz Josef has survived floods and earthquakes but the lack of international tourists due to border restrictions has forced many of the town's businesses into closure or hibernation.
6/22/2021 • 18 minutes, 44 seconds
A modular solution to the housing crisis
There's a factory in Christchurch that could help solve the housing crisis by churning out modular homes - but a reluctance to adopt this building method means its future is unclear.
6/21/2021 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
New Zealand's soaring space industry
There's so much happening in New Zealand's space industry it's hard to keep up. There's more to it than just Rocket Lab - it's bigger than the wine industry - and it's growing fast.
6/20/2021 • 21 minutes, 43 seconds
The minefield of portraying real life tragedy on screen
Action to stop a film being made before it's even clear what it will be about is a reflection of increased awareness about race, identity and place across the globe.
6/17/2021 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
The secrecy and fuzziness around political donations
Our rules and regulations over political donations are fuzzy - and most of our politicians are getting tripped up by them. Is it time to make those laws more transparent?
6/16/2021 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
Small homes, big ambitions
It's not just the big cities suffering from affordable housing issues - but the more remote areas of the country are getting no help, even if they're willing to help themselves.
6/15/2021 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
Housing the mentally ill when the roof is caving in
In a time when the country is concentrating on well-being, our mental health facilities are crumbling and overcrowded.
6/14/2021 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
SNAs - the green move that cuts farmers deep
Moves to protect New Zealand's biodiversity have West Coast farmers feeling under attack as they're dictated to over what they can do with their land. Are they carrying the can for the rest of us?
6/13/2021 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
Speaking Kiwi - how our accents are changing
The New Zealand accent is a potpourri of international diversity, and it continues to evolve.
6/10/2021 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Is this the death of the post-match presser?
Tennis star Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from the French Open on mental health grounds may have cracked open the door for a change in the way we conduct post-match media conferences.
6/9/2021 • 21 minutes, 15 seconds
Why has the Wuhan lab leak theory re-emerged?
The Covid-19 Wuhan lab leak theory has re-emerged and appears to have sparked the curiosity of the US President. We look at why, and what the likelihood is of that being the case.
6/8/2021 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
How vaping can be a smokefree weapon
Vaping has been touted as a game-changing tool to help smokers quit - but it also has its downsides.
6/7/2021 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The slow-moving wheels of cycling infrastructure
Our big cities are supposed to be getting more cycling friendly - but progress is slow and there is a wall of road users who would rather bicycles just disappeared.
6/3/2021 • 21 minutes, 3 seconds
A grand plan for a company town
Sleepyhead manufacturer the Comfort Group has a grand plan to build a company town in a rural Waikato location. But is it really such a good idea?
6/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
The need for Māori housing
There was a lot of money for Māori housing and infrastructure in the Budget - $730 million in total. But what is Māori housing, and how will the money be used?
6/1/2021 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Dissecting the sensation-seeking personality
Kiwi motor racing champion Scott Dixon is a sensation-seeker - but not an adrenaline junkie. Meet the man who looked inside his mind.
5/31/2021 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
The strange (and sexist) language of cryptocurrency
How on earth do you explain cryptocurrency? Not even those with their head in the game really understand it all.
5/30/2021 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
Operating in the dark - Waikato DHB's cyber nightmare
The cyber attack that took down Waikato DHB's health system and plunged it into chaos
5/27/2021 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Defective or incompetent? The James Hardie case
The massive James Hardie court case on now is the latest in decades of leaky building issues.
5/26/2021 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
The changing room pervert who hid behind suppression rules
Uncovering the secret of how a pervert hid his criminal prosecution and became the boss of a crown entity.
5/25/2021 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
The alpine hero with a dark past
Willi Huber was a champion of Mt Hutt's ski field developments, and a popular local. But it wasn't until he died that the full horror of his past was revealed.
5/24/2021 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
An Olympics like no other - if it goes ahead
It's just nine weeks before the Tokyo Olympics are due to open - but if they go ahead, they'll look and sound very different to games in the past.
5/23/2021 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
The threat hanging over our thriving gaming industry
New Zealand has a thriving gaming industry - it's a genuine career path and we have great talent. But a tax sweetener across the Tasman risks pulling the rug from underneath it all.
5/20/2021 • 21 minutes, 38 seconds
Wellington is getting short of good days
You can't beat Wellington on a good day - but Wellington's good days are getting few and far between.
5/19/2021 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
Has the Christchurch Call made any progress?
Has the Christchurch Call made any progress or has the whole thing descended into a talk fest?
5/18/2021 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Laurel Hubbard - lifting for history
Laurel Hubbard is a reluctant trailblazer, a pioneer for transgender women - but all she wants to do is lift weights.
5/17/2021 • 24 minutes, 24 seconds
What is He Puapua?
A look at what's in the aspirational He Puapua document, currently being used to stir racial disharmony.
5/16/2021 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Fair Pay Agreements bring a shift in industrial relations
Details have been released about arguably the biggest shift in industrial relations in 30 years - what are Fair Pay Agreements all about?
5/13/2021 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
Trawling for the truth about fishing
A new Netflix programme - we're not calling it a documentary - is putting people world wide off eating fish. But how much of the message was massaged?
5/12/2021 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
Making a side hustle work
Need an extra bit of cash? Here's a look at whether side hustles are worth it.
5/11/2021 • 21 minutes, 31 seconds
Beneath the joyful job stats
The unemployment rate has defied the expectations of economists, banks and Treasury. Is it hiding the reality of the job situation, or did the wage subsidy save us?
5/10/2021 • 21 minutes, 38 seconds
Pay freezing out your traditional voter base
Labour's announcement of a public service wage freeze took everyone by surprise. Was it a party taking aim at its traditional support base, or a minister losing control of the narrative?
5/9/2021 • 21 minutes, 40 seconds
The hills are alive - with rabbits
Once again rabbits are on the verge of causing an ecological disaster in parts of New Zealand that will cost us hundreds of millions.
5/6/2021 • 21 minutes, 50 seconds
Musing on mediocrity
Celebrate being average. After all, it's not terrible.
5/5/2021 • 20 minutes, 57 seconds
Treading a line between hate speech and free speech
Long awaited reforms on hate speech have gone before Cabinet - and they're stirring up unease and discontent.
5/4/2021 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The Rich List - with added philanthropy
The post-Covid rich list is different to NBR's previous yearly efforts. In 2021, ranking wealthy New Zealanders also means measuring what they give back.
5/3/2021 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Watching by remote as the 'invisible terrorist' hits India
The Covid-19 crisis in India is so bad it's been called the 'invisible terrorist'. It's also split families in New Zealand and is causing huge heartache.
5/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
The secrets of obituary writing
An obituary is about life, not death. Writing them is a special art.
4/29/2021 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
Why it costs so much to build a house
Much has been said about New Zealand's construction costs contributing to our housing crisis. But there are reasons for soaring prices - and no easy solutions.
4/28/2021 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
Are Amazon's tax funded benefits worth it?
Why do we pay mega-subsidies to international movie giants to come to New Zealand to film? Is it really worth it?
4/27/2021 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
The legacy of the Waikeria Prison riots
The Waikeria Prison fires are out, the excitement's died down, the protesters charged. But that's not the end of the repercussions, with three inquiries underway and civil actions launched.
4/26/2021 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Our bold health system shakeup
The government's newly announced health plan heralds a massive change in the system. But commentators say its success depends on what's in the detail.
4/22/2021 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
Electoral upheaval in Samoa as vote makes history
Nearly two weeks after voting, Samoans still don't know if their leader of 22 years will be ousted by his former deputy.
4/21/2021 • 22 minutes, 44 seconds
New moves in the never-ending battle against tobacco
A new skirmish in the war against tobacco aims to stub out a whole new generation of smokers.
4/20/2021 • 23 minutes, 34 seconds
The road bumps in our vaccination rollout
Trans-Tasman quarantine-free flights are back on - as New Zealand's vaccination rollout's been described as shambolic, and Australia's as a failure.
4/19/2021 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
The lasting, shameful legacy of the Dawn Raids
The Dawn Raids of the 1970s carry a shameful legacy to this day - and those who haven't forgotten, want an apology.
4/18/2021 • 23 minutes
Merging media - a commercial and publicly funded stew
The biggest shift in public broadcasting is being mulled over by a government-appointed group. But is such a unification desirable, or even necessary?
4/15/2021 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
How Facebook's algorithm is changing the world
Facebook protests that its new algorithm that curates your newsfeed is just a mirror reflecting yourself back at you. If that's the case, says one digital expert, it's a funhouse mirror.
4/14/2021 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
The battleground in paradise over a Waiheke marina
A marina at picturesque Kennedy Point on Waiheke Island is the scene of a massive battle - and work has started in spite of a looming Supreme Court decision.
4/13/2021 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Does a sex offender register really keep children safe?
No one would argue against a Child Protection Act - but is a register for child sex abusers actually protecting children?
4/12/2021 • 24 minutes, 2 seconds
Anti-Asian sentiment in NZ - it's real, it's everywhere
The spotlight being shone on anti-Asian attacks in America is spilling over to New Zealand, and has highlighted the fact that such sentiments lurk beneath the surface here too.
4/11/2021 • 19 minutes, 15 seconds
The back-firing probability of rent controls
There's been much speculation that the recent housing announcement could prompt landlords who feel targeted to put up rents. Now there's counter-talk of rent controls. How would it work?
4/8/2021 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
Managing China's theft of NZ's SunGold kiwifruit
Chinese growers are stealing the kiwifruit we stole from them in the first place, along with the varietal secrets New Zealand holds the rights to. Zespri has a novel plan to combat that.
4/7/2021 • 21 minutes, 46 seconds
Keeping Pasifika rugby talent
Pasifika rugby has been the world's poor cousin for too long. Could a new plan help retain players and see the island game thrive?
4/6/2021 • 23 minutes
Productivity, money and wealth - not all the same
New Zealand's "productivity" figures aren't great and are artificially inflated by rampaging house prices. Toss in wellbeing and the picture looks murky.
4/5/2021 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
City bees and their rescuers
Sharon Brettkelly takes a trip with bee rescuer Jessie Baker to look at the urban beehives that are buzzing away on city rooftops.
3/31/2021 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
The Speaker row - should Trevor Mallard step down?
Trevor Mallard, the arbiter of Parliament's house rules, is ironically not one to follow the rule book.
3/30/2021 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
Turning the taps on with fluoride
The decision over fluoridation of the country's water supplies has been handed over to the Director-General of Health. Why is this issue so divisive that it's been taken out of the hands of councils?
3/29/2021 • 23 minutes
The think tanks that help shape public policy
Under the surface of public discourse lurk a bunch of mysterious organisations who are major players in shaping public policy.
3/28/2021 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Science journalist Alison Ballance hangs up her boots
With more than a thousand conservation stories under her waterproof parka, science journalist Alison Ballance is retiring from RNZ's Our Changing World programme.
3/25/2021 • 23 minutes, 51 seconds
The next unfathomable currency - NFTs
NFTs - non-fungible tokens -are the latest crypto wonder. It seems unfathomable but people are willing to spend huge amounts acquiring them.
3/24/2021 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Tipping the scales in favour of first home buyers
Has the government managed to remove stumbling blocks for first home owners with its policy announcements yesterday? Or is the basic problem that houses are just too expensive?
3/23/2021 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
NZ caught in a tech war between China and the US
The New Zealand technology sector is booming - but there are rocky shoals ahead. Among them, getting caught in a US-China tech war; and unwittingly contributing to human rights abuses.
3/22/2021 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Drinking (milk) to economic recovery
When the Chinese were told to drink milk to stay healthy and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand's dairy farmers celebrated. The Global Dairy Trade, explained.
3/21/2021 • 20 minutes, 31 seconds
Our America's Cup - the next steps
The champagne's been mopped up, the sailors are recovering from their victory celebrations - what's the next step for the America's Cup?
3/18/2021 • 21 minutes, 5 seconds
Imagining a monarchy-free Aotearoa
After the Markle Debacle and Andrew's murky associations, you couldn't blame Aotearoa for saying goodbye to the Crown. But what would a queen-free country look like constitutionally?
3/17/2021 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
The Pharmac compromise
Pharmac's generic drug swap for epilepsy treatment saved $30 million over five years. But for some patients, the consequences were nightmarish.
3/16/2021 • 22 minutes, 59 seconds
Latin lovers mourn language loss
What's the point in learning a dead language like Latin? It's been struck off the NCEA list, but its loss will be mourned by many who say it lives on in everyday English, and it's vital to some professions.
3/15/2021 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
Former MP now peddling dubious 'health' supplements
Fallen politician Jami-Lee Ross has turned his hand to selling "health" supplements with dubious benefits. It's an industry that's thinly regulated and barely policed.
3/14/2021 • 21 minutes, 1 second
Talking to the Prime Minister
Mike Hosking's made the most of Jacinda Ardern's decision to ditch him - spinning it as her running for the hills. But what gave him unfettered access in the first place, and did he abuse the privilege?
3/11/2021 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
New Zealand's mills are in trouble
Our wood processing industry is in distress, largely run over by China's demand for raw logs to provide work for its own people and factories. Why isn't there more support for the few sawmills we have left?
3/10/2021 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
Society on beyond Dr Seuss
Is the move to stop publishing six Dr Seuss books another example of cancel culture - or an acknowledgement that we've moved on from a more insensitive past?
3/9/2021 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
The passion and pain over Māori wards
The subject of Māori wards on local bodies brings out both passionate support and angry opposition.
3/8/2021 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
An end at last to the dirty politics saga
No one expected the level of intensity and brazenness used by a blogger, a former politician and a PR man in the saga that became known as "dirty politics".
3/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Rules, messages, Covid and confusion
Someone broke the rules to put Auckland in Level 3 and there has been a clamour for punishment. But the situation isn't black and white. Is our covid messaging still appropriate?
3/4/2021 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Lockdown loneliness
Being locked down also means for many people being locked out of meaningful face to face interactions - for them, Level 3 is a tense and frustrating time.
3/3/2021 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
When satellites become star pollution
Elon Musk's Starlink satellites are a wondrous sight - and also a slightly disturbing one. How many foreign objects can we fit into the night sky before they start crashing into each other?
3/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
NZ's declining birth rate is changing our world
New Zealand's plummeting birth rate means we have some serious planning to do.
3/1/2021 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
How tasty is the My Food Bag IPO offer?
The My Food Bag IPO this week looks like a mouth watering offer - but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
2/28/2021 • 21 minutes, 25 seconds
Jake Millar - an extraordinary life and a disappearing act
The story of young West Coast entrepreneur Jake Millar is an extraordinary one of tragedy, success, money, the high life, and now, a disappearance.
2/25/2021 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Pacific unity is threatened in an ugly breakup
The Pacific Islands Forum is facing unprecedented disruption at a time when it's arguably needed the most, to present a united front on issues such as Covid and climate change.
2/24/2021 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Battling a rare disorder - and the health system
For those kiwis with rare disorders, it's a battle against the health system to get treatment.
2/23/2021 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Re-shaping resource management
After 30 years the Resource Management Act - the unwieldy, development-stopping, strangely inadequate environmental legislation - is being reformed.
2/22/2021 • 21 minutes, 26 seconds
Selling off our national game
Why would a massive international investment firm want a stake in New Zealand's national game? And what could change if a deal with Silver Lake goes ahead?
2/21/2021 • 21 minutes, 35 seconds
When Australia and New Zealand take opposite sides
Australia and New Zealand are supposedly cultural cousins, but this latest rift - over the return of a woman labelled a terrorist - shows we are drifting further and further apart.
2/18/2021 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Changing the bullying culture in sport
Reviews, resignations, recriminations - New Zealand sport is rife with bullying accusations, particularly against women and girls. What's being done to change the landscape?
2/17/2021 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Pulling the trigger on lockdown
What happens between the time when a lab worker finds a positive Covid-19 test in the community, and the Prime Minister announces another lockdown?
2/16/2021 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
Why can't kiwi kids do maths?
New Zealand's school kids are failing at maths - and other subjects too. What are we doing about addressing our educational gaps?
2/15/2021 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Too important to lose? The Infratil story
New Zealand sharemarket darling Infratil is in danger of being lost offshore, to Australia's superfund. But is the company too important to lose?
2/14/2021 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
Covid uncertainty over 2021 Polyfest sees top school pull out
Polyfest is the largest Pasifika dance festival in the world. But it takes huge amounts of time and money to prepare for it, and after two years of disruption, parents and schools are thinking twice about entering.
2/11/2021 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Waiting to speak at Waitangi
The debate about women speaking on the marae at Waitangi has lasted for years. There are customary rules, but it appears they are about to change.
2/10/2021 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
The yacht race where millions of dollars sink
Taxpayers and ratepayers have sunk millions into helping stage the America's Cup - then Covid hit and no one came to the party. Have we gained anything for our outlay?
2/9/2021 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
Uyghurs the casualty in NZ's trading partnership with China
New Zealand walks a trading tightrope with China - but by failing to bring up human rights issues, are we selling our souls for $32 billion a year?
2/8/2021 • 21 minutes, 17 seconds
Tracking a pandemic
An economist and analyst who plotted the path of the new Covid virus - and gave the government an early head's up - talks about how it unfolded and what's likely to happen next.
2/4/2021 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Google vs Australia - the world is watching
Google and Facebook are in a showdown with Australian lawmakers over payment for using the work of others. The world is keenly watching to see what will happen.
2/3/2021 • 23 minutes, 1 second
The climate and changes - what they mean for you
Are New Zealanders ready to take the bus? Give up their gas hobs? Plant more trees? If we're going to meet our international obligations, we'll have to be.
2/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Waiting our turn for the Covid jab
New Zealand must wait its turn for Covid-19 vaccinations - but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
2/1/2021 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
Cleaning Auckland's beaches
When Auckland's Safeswim website lit up red after a downpour, residents were horrified. But are the city's beaches really a no go-zone, or are we being over-informed?
1/31/2021 • 21 minutes, 45 seconds
The Detail's best of 2020
Wrapping up our year, with The Detail.
12/17/2020 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
Lines and wine - a twisty turny story
The saga of Marlborough Lines and Yealands Wine involves legal action, a raid, secrets, lies, falsified documents, and millions in community money. This is what happened.
12/16/2020 • 23 minutes, 29 seconds
NZ Cricket has risen from the ashes
New Zealand cricket is in good shape, sharing the top of the honours board with Australia. But is it deserved?
12/15/2020 • 21 minutes, 46 seconds
Stress, lockdowns and changed eating habits
Covid lockdown changed our food habits - but possibly not in the way you think.
12/14/2020 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
Yes, it's a housing crisis
We ARE in a housing crisis - and there are plenty of reasons for it. It's time for authorities to stop planning for 10 years ago and start looking forward.
12/13/2020 • 24 minutes, 48 seconds
The question of remains - how we bury our dead
The earth's short of space and that's affecting our customary expectations of how we bury our dead.
12/10/2020 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
Tolerating child poverty as part of an economic strategy
We hear a lot about child poverty and lack of action on it - how bad is the situation really?
12/9/2020 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
The spy club and international politics
Our Five-Eyes spy network has evolved from a surveillance agency to a political tool - and New Zealand is caught between old allies and new trading partners.
12/8/2020 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Making dangerous tourism safe enough
How do you make an adventure tourism venture safe when the main selling point is danger?
12/7/2020 • 22 minutes, 1 second
A glimpse into what went wrong in Christchurch
The findings of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque shootings will be released tomorrow. But an extensive investigation that formed a submission into that inquiry is already out, and it foreshadows the result.
12/6/2020 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
How Stuff's apology has resonated with Māori
Stuff this week issued a public apology for its portrayal of Māori - how significant was the move?
12/3/2020 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
Coming soon - a long, hot, and possibly deadly summer
We could be in for a hellish wildfire season. Are New Zealanders prepared?
12/2/2020 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Giving up on Tauranga
Disharmony, an attempted coup, nasty texts, childish comments - what on earth has been going on at the fractured Tauranga City Council?
12/1/2020 • 23 minutes, 15 seconds
Managing diabetes without weapons
Diabetes is a massive health issue for New Zealand and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika. So why are we so far behind when it comes to using new drugs that improve treatment?
11/30/2020 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
Sneaky, shady, shifty - supermarkets are under scrutiny
New Zealand's supermarket duopoly is being investigated by the Commerce Commission - but are the big two, too big to bring down?
11/29/2020 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
Covid break gives us a chance for a tourism reset
The tourism industry has some big decisions to make, and it's had an enforced break to think about them. But with vaccines on the horizon we'd better hurry on policies that decide what type of visitors we want.
11/26/2020 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
The distance from dementia that's holding back help
Support for people with dementia is reaching few of them - yet four in five New Zealanders have some connection to the disease. Dementia sufferers need a champion.
11/25/2020 • 21 minutes, 15 seconds
Is RCEP a door-opener or just another acronym to learn?
What's the big deal about the new trade deal we've signed up to? And didn't we already have one of those with the same players?
11/24/2020 • 21 minutes, 50 seconds
The Reserve Bank and the housing crisis
The Reserve Bank has been caught up in a political storm over the housing crisis. Is it really the Bank's fault that the levers it pulls have seen prices spiral out of control?
11/23/2020 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
Covid mutations in mink - the repercussions
Denmark is looking at culling all of its 17 million mink after they were found to have a mutated form of coronavirus - how worried should we be about this development?
11/22/2020 • 21 minutes, 26 seconds
Female athletes urged to think about fertility and maternity - now
LockerRoom's Suzanne McFadden opens up about her ground-breaking series on top female athletes, maternity and fertility.
11/19/2020 • 24 minutes, 56 seconds
Leaving the beach front - a political and financial nightmare
Dealing with the political and financial repercussions of sea level rises is going to make political decisions over Covid look easy. There are billions of taxpayer dollars at stake in property bailouts.
11/18/2020 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Dementia research funding under threat
As dementia numbers soar and a cure remains elusive, one of the key organisations leading research into prevention and treatment is under threat.
11/17/2020 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Ombudsman's work is more than just about official information
Emile Donovan sits down with the man charged with keeping the country's civil servants in check.
11/16/2020 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
The rise - and fall - and rise - of the Māori Party
Māori politics is a story of rapid rises and sudden falls - and this year the Māori Party is back
11/15/2020 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
The sport saddled with problems
With Winston Peters gone from the political scene, why do we still need to indulge his pet portfolio of racing? We look at the health of the sector and progress of planned reforms.
11/12/2020 • 19 minutes, 28 seconds
John Key on Joe Biden and why he's good for us
Sir John Key dealt with Joe Biden when he was US vice-president. He gives The Detail an insight into the man.
11/11/2020 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds
Ambitious salmon farming plan hits drawbacks
The country's first open ocean fish farm could bring in billions - but the company behind it is running into objections, largely by locals not impressed by its levels of compliance elsewhere.
11/10/2020 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Why is Labour putting the brakes on its own political capital?
With the biggest political mandate in a long time, why is Labour holding itself back from treading a traditional - and bold - left-leaning path?
11/9/2020 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
Should NZ copy Taiwan?
While New Zealand has successfully (for the most part) kept the pandemic at bay, Taiwan's done it without a strict lockdown and it's economy has actually grown. Today The Detail looks at how.
11/8/2020 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Untapped resources - the arts and tech sectors' plea
As industries hand the new government their wish lists, we look at two sectors - arts and tech - that say they have plenty of untapped potential.
11/5/2020 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Who is Nanaia Mahuta?
Many didn't pick her as the new Foreign Affairs Minister and she made headlines for being the first woman in the role on Monday. Today The Detail looks at Nanaia Mahuta's track record and just what she will bring to the job.
11/4/2020 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Special votes are more important than you think
On Friday, the outcome of the special votes - nearly 20 percent of the overall vote - will be revealed. Here's what it could swing.
11/3/2020 • 21 minutes, 4 seconds
The fraught and divided US election
Our election may be over but all eyes now turn to the US - who will prevail?
11/2/2020 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Time for a Royal Commission into accident compensation
Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer wants a Royal Commission into ACC, saying the system that was a world-beater is now unjust.
11/1/2020 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
The long overdue changing face of zoos
Auckland Zoo has been open for nearly 100 years - and it's come a long, long way in that time. But should we still be looking at captive animals these days?
10/29/2020 • 20 minutes, 19 seconds
The fall of our flashiest playboy, Eric Watson
New Zealand businessman Eric Watson is currently in a London jail, felled by a man with deeper pockets and a big score to settle. How did it come to this?
10/28/2020 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
The rookie ACT MPs who might not be what you expect
ACT scored big on election night but it was a "bittersweet" victory - the party is still on the wrong side of power. So what will its nine new MPs do for the next three years?
10/27/2020 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
NZ and the search for a Covid-19 vaccine
Developing a Covid-19 vaccine is arguably the number one priority of humanity right now. So how does New Zealand fit in?
10/26/2020 • 20 minutes, 5 seconds
The unacknowledged heroes of New Zealand's pacific war
The descendants of Pacific Island Coastwatchers just want to be part of the ANZAC story - but there's so little recorded about the men sent to remote areas with no resources, who then got no pensions or medical care.
10/25/2020 • 19 minutes, 17 seconds
Squeezing us in - the housing crisis is changing expectations
A growing population, cities straining at the edges, and everyone wants a back yard for the kids. Or do they? We may have reached the stage where a change of mindset is helping to house people.
10/22/2020 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Navigating Auckland's cone zone
Construction of Auckland's City Rail Link is well underway and don't local retailers know it. It's killing the heart of the city and turned it into a cone zone, the sound of construction replacing the ringing of tills.
10/21/2020 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
The inquiry and the cover ups over abuse in state care
Journalist Aaron Smale talks about his deep-dive investigation into children abused in state care - and the roadblocks the Crown put up to stop the details getting out.
10/20/2020 • 23 minutes, 54 seconds
How has Sweden really tackled the Covid pandemic?
A lot has been said about Sweden's approach to tackling the Covid pandemic. Not a lot of it is true.
10/19/2020 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
Goodbye Winston Peters - it was never dull
Winston Peters was the wild card of New Zealand politics for most of his long political career - cutting, brusque, combative, rude, funny - a contradiction. Now he's gone, and we look back.
10/18/2020 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Coming home
New Zealanders are coming home in droves in what's becoming known as the 'brain gain'. Who are they, why are they returning, and how long will they stay for?
10/15/2020 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Farmers have form filling issues with sustainability
Are farmers really intractable over freshwater regulations and climate change rules - or are they embracing environmental protections as the Prime Minister suggests?
10/14/2020 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Behind the scenes in coalition negotiations
Peter Dunne is the MP who's been involved in more coalition negotiations than any other - he takes us behind the closed doors to shine a spotlight on what happens after an MMP election.
10/13/2020 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Billy Te Kahika - the conspiracy theorist with a hidden following
Advance NZ's Billy Te Kahika has some strange ideas that it would be better to keep a lid on. So why has one of the country's top investigative reporters shone a spotlight on him?
10/12/2020 • 19 minutes, 58 seconds
Where is the mental health support in New Zealand?
The alarming levels of New Zealanders with mental health issues is being described as a silent pandemic. What's being done to stem the tide?
10/11/2020 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
Artists, arts grants, and Creative New Zealand
The Taxpayers' Union has generated a lot of heat but not much light when it comes to its digs at Creative NZ grants. We explore who they go to, and what the money is used for.
10/8/2020 • 19 minutes, 24 seconds
Time for a change of thinking on dyslexia
Dyslexia was recognised officially as a learning condition 13 years ago, but our attitudes towards children - and adults - who think differently have barely moved. Isn't it about time this changed?
10/7/2020 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Is renewable energy a victory or a diversion?
New Zealand's not far off achieving 100 percent renewable energy - but is that really our best bet for combating climate change?
10/6/2020 • 22 minutes, 44 seconds
Should we care that public debt is spiralling out of control?
At election campaigning time politicians have a lot to say about public debt and government spending. But how does it really affect ordinary people, and should we care about it?
10/5/2020 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
Immigration - the political cold potato
The political narrative on immigration has flipped - with closed borders, the numbers have plummeted and the debate has dried up. But we have to talk about it at some stage.
10/4/2020 • 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Fashion struggles in the Year of the Elasticated Pant
Locked up inside and working from home - it was a death knell to the high fashion industry. But one expert says some luxury brands may have closed their doors too quickly.
10/1/2020 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
Protecting the past while preparing for the future
Wellington is trying to prepare for its projected population growth, but potential housing developments are being held up by debate over how to honour its heritage buildings.
9/30/2020 • 19 minutes, 20 seconds
Fruit picker shortage reaches new levels
It's the annual story - orchardists can't get fruit pickers at harvest time. Now with no immigrant workers the situation is even more dire. But there's a reason unemployed New Zealanders won't take up the jobs.
9/29/2020 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
When politics and dating don't mix
Can you date, marry, or even just be friends with someone who holds the opposite political views to you? In the US that's generally a hard 'no' - here, it's a bit different.
9/28/2020 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
Breaking down cannabis
As the cannabis referendum draws nearer, we have a look at the chemical make up of the substance there's been so much debate over.
9/27/2020 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Making a mark in Auckland's growing film industry
In warehouses near motorways and on backlots in West Auckland, players who contract to the movie industry are making their mark - in business, and on the world.
9/24/2020 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Blurred lines - the police and facial recognition technology
Law enforcement organisations all over the world are tapping into increasingly sophisticated facial recognition tech - but the regulations on how it can be used are vague.
9/23/2020 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Why do we still ship livestock overseas?
MPI has slapped a temporary ban on live animal exports after the sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1. There are demands they cease all together but banning them completely is not that simple.
9/22/2020 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
Repairing Auckland's iconic coathanger
One sudden gust of wind and traffic around New Zealand's biggest city goes into a chaotic meltdown. How long will it take to fix the Auckland Harbour Bridge and why can't it be faster?
9/21/2020 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
The drama of the TV election debate
A look at the three elements that make up the TV election debate - the broadcaster, the moderator, and the politician.
9/20/2020 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
A kiwi in California and a drama-filled 2020
Soaring temperatures, lockdown in a pandemic, a summer of riots and protests, a crazy election - and now raging wildfires. A kiwi in California details her drama-filled 2020.
9/17/2020 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Finally, a plan for abandoned Waiwera Hot Pools
The Waiwera Hot Pools closed more than two years ago for refurbishment and never reopened. Everyone assumed they were dead, but a new plan is bubbling to the surface.
9/16/2020 • 21 minutes, 50 seconds
Is Hamilton NZ's most beautiful city?
Hamilton is up for the prize of New Zealand's most beautiful city - and far from scoffing, one Auckland architecture expert says the crown would be well-deserved.
9/15/2020 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
The goodies and baddies of the 1pm covid presser
The 1pm Jacinda and Ashley show has exposed the way journalists operate - and it's not pretty. Should they modify their behaviour now it's televised?
9/14/2020 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
Avatar's producer on why he's made NZ home for now
Avatar producer Jon Landau talks to Sharon Brettkelly about making block-buster sequels in New Zealand - far away from home, during a pandemic.
9/13/2020 • 24 minutes, 56 seconds
Why do we have preferential entry into med school?
Debate around Otago University’s medical school makeup has raised the hackles of some students – so why do we have affirmative entry policies at our universities?
9/10/2020 • 22 minutes, 50 seconds
How one iwi's treaty settlement is lifting up its people
Where does all that treaty settlement money go? We look at how one iwi is using it to lift the health and welfare of its people.
9/9/2020 • 21 minutes, 15 seconds
Televised school sport - great exposure, or breeding elitism?
The uproar over televising school sport, and the complicated mix of players clashing over who owns it.
9/8/2020 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
The Covid stock market gamblers investing by app
This pandemic has brought out the amateur share traders and a new app is helping them invest - or is it gamble? - on the stock market.
9/7/2020 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
The kiwi company keeping Covid patients alive
The New Zealand company making the machines keeping Covid patients alive is cashing in big-time from the pandemic, but says it also feels huge responsibility.
9/6/2020 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds
Earthquake anniversary marks 10 years of disruption
It's 10 years since the first big Christchurch earthquake - and if you'd just started school then you're now ending your decade of education amidst a global pandemic. We meet two teens for whom disruption is normal.
9/3/2020 • 21 minutes, 16 seconds
The unintended medical consequences of lockdown
The medical world is starting to look at some of the unintended consequences of lockdown - some of them positive, some more worrying.
9/2/2020 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
Could boxes from China solve our housing problems?
Meet a developer who's trying to help solve the housing crisis by importing boxes from China.
9/1/2020 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Free food, free money and stimulating the economy
The whole world is facing a pandemic recession - so what are the off-beat measures some governments are taking to stimulate their economies?
8/31/2020 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
How a digital inclusion policy is widening the inequality gap
New Zealand is powering on towards a digital future, in the face of a new report that reveals unexpectedly high numbers of people who don't have access to internet services.
8/30/2020 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Insight, spin and political commentary
Political commentators often light up the comments section, but how much of what they have to say is valuable insight, and how much is clutter and noise?
8/27/2020 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
Covid-19: Where are the jobs for women?
Just because New Zealand's leader is a woman doesn't mean all is fine for women in the workplace - in fact, in this pandemic, things have got significantly worse.
8/26/2020 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
The murky depths of water reform
Councils are wary about signing up to the Three Waters programme, aimed at improving drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. We discuss the fishhooks.
8/25/2020 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Sixteen - but not sweet enough to vote
You can legally drive, fly a plane, have sex or own a gun at 16 - so why can't you vote? Well, there's a campaign underway aimed at changing that.
8/24/2020 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
Gloves that protect you at the cost of slavery
As a second Covid wave hits the country we are gearing up - but some of that PPE gear including gloves and masks could have reached New Zealand via slave labour factories in Asia.
8/23/2020 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
How Singapore carried out its Covid-19 election
Our election date's been delayed for a month - but there's no guarantee we won't still be in lockdown on 17 October. How did Singapore manage to conduct its Covid election?
8/20/2020 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
Our genome detectives helping to save the world
New Zealand scientists are playing a key role in genome testing being used trace coronavirus cases back to their sources.
8/19/2020 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Rumour, regret, and damage that can't be undone
Dylan Reeve tracks down the source of the rumour that sparked vileness on the internet - and finds a young man full of regret and waiting for a call from police.
8/18/2020 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
What's behind the management exodus at the CDHB?
Christchurch's health services are under siege and the DHB's financial issues have seen vital management team members leave. What is going on?
8/17/2020 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
The harmful machines that work for public good
A lot of our problem gambling issues stem from pokie machines - but those same machines prop up a myriad of community groups. What's the solution?
8/16/2020 • 23 minutes, 1 second
Rubbish responsibility - keeping stuff out of landfill
Reduce, re-use, recycle is taking on a new and more formal meaning with the government's product stewardship scheme.
8/13/2020 • 20 minutes, 38 seconds
The fear of going back
Ambiguity, uncertainty and unpredictability are three key indicators for stress, and Aucklanders in particular are going through all of those right now. A clinical psychiatrist has some sound advice.
8/12/2020 • 19 minutes
The other diseases NZ needs to crush
There are other diseases the country is battling that could do with big injections of money and effort, but they don't attack humans.
8/11/2020 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
How drastic are the new changes to tenancy law?
Long awaited changes to tenancy law have been made - are they really the landlord-killers that some make them out to be?
8/10/2020 • 21 minutes, 17 seconds
Kids have cut the binge drinking - and we don't really know why
Binge drinking in teenagers has dropped dramatically in the last 20 years - but it's not really about super-sizing screen time, and researchers don't really know what has happened.
8/9/2020 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
NZ's moves towards becoming a tech hub
Auckland will host an international conference next year on cyber security, as the country tries to take advantage of its trusted reputation to make waves in the technology space.
8/6/2020 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
What's lurking behind the four percent job figure?
How does a four percent unemployment figure gel with estimates that soon there will be whole neighbourhoods of people in south Auckland without work?
8/5/2020 • 21 minutes, 58 seconds
China's changing appetites - and why NZ must change
After China's succession of food scares, and post-Covid wariness, consumer demands there are changing. New Zealand can take advantage of that, or be left behind.
8/4/2020 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
The science of transgender women in sport
The science on transgender women in sport, from the person whose scientific work informed World Rugby's controversial new proposed policy
8/3/2020 • 25 minutes, 35 seconds
What you need to know about election 2020's referendums
New Zealanders are about to vote on two of the most polarising social issues of our time - how much do you know about the cannabis and end of life referendums?
8/2/2020 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
Pleas for a Pacific travel bubble as tourist cash evaporates
In opting to protect their people from Covid-19 the Pacific islands are cut off from tourism income - and they're suffering badly as a result.
7/30/2020 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Polls, rogue polls and statistics
Was it really a 'rogue' poll? How do pollsters go about getting a real taste of what the electorate is thinking? We speak to two experts on the methodology behind the numbers.
7/29/2020 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
The changing face of Rotary
The astonishing story of a young Māori woman who started life amongst gang culture, went through homelessness, got hooked on helping people and is now the president of the Waitakere Rotary Club.
7/28/2020 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Our crushing court backlogs
Covid-19 has complicated our court system, caused more stress for victims of crime, and failed the dictum that everyone has a right to a speedy trial.
7/27/2020 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
The deep fake threat
Deepfakes, synthetic media - the latest and most advanced techniques to spread disinformation and deception.
7/26/2020 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
NZ's big sporting controversies
Once again the America's Cup has erupted in scandal - but that's nothing new for the sport. Today we take a trip through some of the country's other big controversies, with rugby writing legend Phil Gifford.
7/23/2020 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
What went so wrong with the Covid fight in Melbourne?
From today masks are mandatory in public in Melbourne and the adjacent Mitchell Shire as the city grapples with hundreds more Covid-19 cases every day. How did things go so badly wrong there?
7/22/2020 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
The tightrope of trade with China
Our biggest export market is changing post-Covid - and trading with China has always been a tightrope. What does New Zealand have to watch out for?
7/21/2020 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
The high risk project pulling a town out of poverty
Sharon Brettkelly heads to the Bay of Plenty where a tiny iwi has managed to galvanise a community behind a high-risk aquaculture project - and is reaping the rewards.
7/20/2020 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Inside Oranga Tamariki - is it an organisation unravelling?
Half of them are leaving or they want to leave .... investigative reporter Mel Reid talks about the extraordinary feedback she's received from social workers to her stories on Oranga Tamariki.
7/19/2020 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Stoat breakthrough could be the key to eradication
New Zealand scientist Dr Andrew Veale has mapped the stoat genome - a global breakthrough which may hold the key to eradicating the pest.
7/16/2020 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
The many sides of Judith Collins
She's tough, she's abrasive, and her political history is less than squeaky clean - but can Judith Collins rescue the National Party from a humiliating election defeat?
7/15/2020 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
The fierce battle over Himalayan Tahr
The rules over the culling and hunting of Himalayan Tahr are causing consternation for both hunters and environmentalists.
7/14/2020 • 20 minutes, 45 seconds
Borrowing to pay wages - St John ambulance needs treatment
St John Ambulance is paying wages on borrowed money - and that can't keep happening. Why don't we have a fully funded emergency service?
7/13/2020 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
Two cultures, bonded over a shipwreck
This is a story about a Chinese shipwreck, the Māori guardians of the bones, and the documentary maker who's upset two cultures with his efforts to tell the tale.
7/12/2020 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
The yellow sticker crunch - Wellington's earthquake strengthening problem
Making Wellington earthquake resilient involves billions of dollars, a tonne of anxiety and homeowners who've had it up to here with the yellow sticker nightmare.
7/9/2020 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Our gutted music industry
New Zealand's music scene is starting to open up again, but without international acts, it's a limp back to normal.
7/8/2020 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Re-thinking society's attitude towards methamphetamine
Methamphetamine - or P - has been demonised as the destructive drug associated with violent crime. But that shameful label could be stopping addicts from seeking help.
7/7/2020 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
How Covid has changed our spending habits
Our economy's taking a hit, our wallets are thinner - and this pandemic has also changed our direction of travel when it comes to spending.
7/6/2020 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
Pornography awareness ad reaches millions around the world
A New Zealand-made ad featuring porn stars that encourages parents to talk to their children about what they're seeing on line has gone viral - and sparked a world-wide conversation.
7/5/2020 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
Is NZ the best place in the world for women to play sport?
Three women's world cups to be played in New Zealand over the next three years - but how well does this country really do when it comes to equity in sport?
7/2/2020 • 21 minutes, 45 seconds
Schools stripped of international cash going back to basics
The Finance Minister says international students aren't coming back to NZ any time soon. How will schools that have come to rely on the money they bring in now going to cut their cloth to fit?
7/1/2020 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
From lockdown to recovery - tracking a small business during Covid
The Detail tracks a Christchurch small business owner from the shock of lockdown to re-opening and recovery.
6/30/2020 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
Clearing the streets of rough sleepers
Lockdown temporarily eliminated rough sleeping in New Zealand - but what's the long-term solution?
6/29/2020 • 21 minutes, 50 seconds
What first time voters want to know
Elections are just around the corner - here's what you want to know but have been too embarrassed to ask.
6/28/2020 • 21 minutes, 33 seconds
Our prison remand crisis
Remand prisoners are kept in a waiting room for danger - and they make up more than a third of the prison population. How did this situation turn into a crisis?
6/25/2020 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
Max Abbott and more - sexual harassment at a top university
Much-lauded mental health expert Dr Max Abbott has resigned after being outed for sexual harassment. But his case is just the tip of what's going on.
6/24/2020 • 23 minutes
The minor parties - their place in our political arena
What's the point in voting for a party that is never going to take a seat in Parliament? Well, there are plenty of reasons, say our guests today.
6/23/2020 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
Are Rocket Lab's enterprises in our national interest?
It's one of our most successful companies - but how much do we know about what Rocket Lab is carrying into outer space, and who it's carrying it for?
6/22/2020 • 21 minutes, 12 seconds
Using infrastructure to boost the economy
Infrastructure is such a boring word - but what's happening now to boost our economy through shovel-ready projects will change our quality of life.
6/21/2020 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Tackling New Zealand rugby's financial woes
Advertising deals down the drain, ticket sales from international games gone - why New Zealand rugby is in a fraught space financially.
6/18/2020 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Re-building our health system
The new Health and Disability Review is said to be the biggest shake up of the health system in a generation - so what was wrong with it in the first place?
6/17/2020 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
Tearing down statues - and revisiting our histories
The statues are being torn down, and history re-written. Are we destroying the past, or correcting the record?
6/16/2020 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
Trapped migrant workers - NZ's new underclass
New Zealand is developing a new underclass of desperate people - migrants who no longer have any work and can't get home; and temporary visa holders trapped outside the borders when they snapped shut.
6/15/2020 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
What happened while you were sleeping in?
The world didn't completely stop while we were in lockdown. Here's a summary of what else happened while we were tuned to the 1pm Ashley and Jacinda show.
6/14/2020 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Why is it taking so long to install fishing cameras?
Cameras on fishing boats have been promised for years, and were due to roll out on 1000 vessels on 1 July - now they've been quietly put on ice, again.
6/11/2020 • 24 minutes, 59 seconds
Why Armed Response Teams struck the wrong note in NZ
Armed Response Teams are dead in the water, with the new police commissioner reading the room when it comes to arming Kiwi cops.
6/10/2020 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
NZ's new internet laws - sensible censorship?
The World Wide Web is an international phenomenon with few rules, and no one stepping up as global sheriff. Can New Zealand's new internet legislation have an impact on its worst excesses without over-censorship?
6/9/2020 • 20 minutes, 50 seconds
The future of film in New Zealand
New Zealand's about ready to go back to the movies. Trouble is, what movies? And is this worldwide pandemic a chance to up our game in the industry?
6/8/2020 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
Why superannuation is political kryptonite
The Super dilemma - how can New Zealand afford the weight of future pensions without raising the superannuation age?
6/7/2020 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
An insight into George Floyd's world
An African-American pastor from George Floyd's community gives The Detail a special insight into what's happening there - and gives us hope for the future.
6/4/2020 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
Why is Transmission Gully such a troubled project?
Why is it so hard to build a coastal bypass road north of Wellington? Transmission Gully has been in the planning stages for over a century - and it's hit more hiccups.
6/3/2020 • 20 minutes, 12 seconds
The big Kiwi company hanging on to pandemic refunds
A company many consider a national icon is refusing to refund hundreds of millions of dollars in customer cash. Why is Air New Zealand holding on to airfares for cancelled trips?
6/2/2020 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
The health of our coastal waters is in peril
Efforts to protect our coastal waters from further degradation are piecemeal, slow and amount to a drop in an ocean of problems. How do we bring life back to the sea?
6/1/2020 • 19 minutes, 37 seconds
Battling lockdown fatigue
The Detail catches up with Sharon Brettkelly's sister and her family, still - after three months - in lockdown in California. So much has happened, and nothing has happened.
5/31/2020 • 22 minutes, 1 second
Changing our lives in a post-Covid world
How can New Zealand hang on to the silver linings of lockdown? The quiet, the lack of air pollution, the family bike rides, working from home, the kinder politics. Or will we quickly return to normal?
5/28/2020 • 23 minutes, 25 seconds
Women on boards - why NZ needs a kick
New Zealand is not as egalitarian as it likes to think it is when it comes to the boardroom. One of our top directors explains why we should introduce quotas for women; and an expert on the issue tells us why we shouldn't.
5/27/2020 • 18 minutes, 41 seconds
Tip-toeing around China
Aggressively expanding, and sensitive to diplomatic slights, China is making sure a good crisis is not going to waste.
5/26/2020 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Mixed messages and confusion - travel after Covid
With many nations' borders still closed, global tourism is going to be slow to crank up. Who is leading the way and what are countries doing to entice back visitors?
5/25/2020 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
What's up with Wellington?
Wellington is dealing with failing infrastructure and pandemic problems at a time when councillors are sniping at each other and the new mayor is losing his political battles.
5/24/2020 • 20 minutes, 18 seconds
Our contact tracing app - how effective will it be?
The government's finally introduced a contact tracing app, but questions remain over its effectiveness, how transparent the process has been, and inconsistencies involved.
5/21/2020 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
Why conspiracy theories thrive in times of crisis
Attacks on 5G cellphone towers around the world are based on rumours and theories that just aren't true. Why has this pandemic spawned so many widely-believed conspiracies?
5/20/2020 • 22 minutes, 53 seconds
Could a free-money-for-all scheme catch on here?
Pope Francis, Mark Zuckerberg, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Gareth Morgan all want it - a Universal Basic Income. What is it, and how would it work?
5/19/2020 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
The race for a Covid-19 vaccine
A couple of months ago people were predicting a vaccine for Covid-19 by April. Clearly that was never going to happen - and here's why.
5/18/2020 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Queenstown - pretty, empty
A look at Queenstown’s economic coronavirus bloodbath - and what it will take to recover.
5/17/2020 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Tauranga - the downsides of a population explosion
Tauranga is one of the fastest growing areas of New Zealand but with that is growing gang war and a massive rates hike.
3/26/2020 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
How a young white supremacist did a radical u-turn
Caleb Cain got lost in an internet world of white supremacism. What happened to get him to make such a radical u-turn that he's now preaching from the other side of the page?
3/25/2020 • 21 minutes, 6 seconds
The future of flying looks grim
Tourism and travel are in free fall. Our biggest export earner is dead. Will the industry ever fully recover?
3/24/2020 • 18 minutes, 44 seconds
Technology and the big shift to working from home
Just about anyone who's still working, is working from home. We look at the social and technical issues behind the big shift to your new "office".
3/23/2020 • 22 minutes, 44 seconds
The weekend warriors hit by heavy-handed doping laws
Is New Zealand's sporting watchdog being too heavy-handed in banning weekend warriors who take substances for vanity reasons?
3/22/2020 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
China and Covid-19 - rewriting the facts
Have China's draconian powers of government enabled it to kick Covid-19 to the kerb? And can we believe the figures on the virus coming out of the country?
3/19/2020 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
What happens to a family stuck together in quarantine?
Like millions in the Bay Area of California, Sharon Brettkelly’s sister and her family are in virtual lockdown. We Skype them to discover how they found themselves stuck in the house, and how they’re coping.
3/18/2020 • 20 minutes, 22 seconds
Keeping anxiety in check amidst uncertainty
How do you manage your anxiety in a time of uncertainty like now? And when does concern turn into irrational fear?
3/17/2020 • 20 minutes, 54 seconds
Is COVID-19 the iceberg that will sink the cruise ship industry?
Ships banned, quarantined, and shunned by the bug-phobic - is the coronavirus the iceberg that will sink the cruise industry?
3/16/2020 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Curiosity is killing the kea
Hugely intelligent, insatiably curious, kea are more endangered than kiwi - and their bold antics are partly why the alpine parrot's population is shrinking.
3/15/2020 • 19 minutes, 49 seconds
Kyle Jamieson goes into bat for mental health
Kyle Jamieson is the cricketer of the moment - he's in Sydney today for the first of the ODI's against Australia - but he's also been frank about his battles with mental health.
3/12/2020 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
New Zealand's battle against wildlife smuggling
The country's first case of smuggled bear bile has gone through the courts - but it's far from the only example of trading in endangered wildlife New Zealand authorities are dealing with.
3/11/2020 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Did the millions raised for mosque victims actually get to them?
Millions of dollars from around the world were poured into funds for the victims of the March 15 mosque attacks - where has it ended up?
3/10/2020 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
What is the circular economy?
The concept of the circular economy has been around for many years, but this sustainable way of doing business is getting a boost from a new breed of environmentally aware consumers.
3/9/2020 • 19 minutes, 22 seconds
The gaming feature encouraging kids to gamble
Loot Boxes are the video version of bubble gum cards - you buy them while gaming, without knowing what prize you're going to get. But critics say they're opening a door for children to gamble.
3/8/2020 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
The murky, confusing world of US political races
The US Democratic primary races are incomprehensible to most of us - so why are they so gripping?
3/5/2020 • 19 minutes, 26 seconds
Coronavirus and "moral panic"
The number of coronavirus deaths rank lowly compared to other big killers - so why did the first case of the illness in New Zealand cause panic? And why is it being called a 'moral panic'.
3/4/2020 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
Where the big dry really hurts
Aucklanders can still turn on their taps during the drought but outside of the city supply, the north is counting every drop of water.
3/3/2020 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Is cancel culture repressing freedom of thought?
Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah?
3/2/2020 • 22 minutes, 28 seconds
How vulnerable is NZ to extreme right populism?
Europe is seeing a rapid rise of extremist parties in government - in countries with similar political systems as ours. Why isn't that happening here? Or is it?
3/1/2020 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
Should we be expecting more from the SFO?
The Serious Fraud Office is once again investigating a headline-producing case. But is it prosecuting the right crimes - or just the ones it knows it will win?
2/27/2020 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Coronavirus - floods of information in a misinfodemic
The global health emergency that is the Coronavirus - or Covid-19 - has become a game changer for scientists around the world in terms of the speed of the response. But at the same time it's been termed a "misinfodemic".
2/26/2020 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
The Millane murder case and its media storm
The murder case that sparked intense media interest here and around the world was actually not that hard to solve. Why did Grace Millane's death in particular spend so much time in the spotlight?
2/25/2020 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
Setting aside the Moriori myth
This month's Treaty settlement with Moriori does more than right wrongs - it sets the official record straight.
2/24/2020 • 22 minutes, 1 second
The city that soaks up water - can Auckland cope?
Aucklanders are breaking records for water usage - at the same time as the city breaks records for days without rain. How secure is the city's future water supply if these droughts continue?
2/23/2020 • 20 minutes, 27 seconds
When we go to Mars
The prospect of humans landing on the Red Planet is possibly a step closer with the US President's State of the Nation speech in which he promises we will be going there.
2/20/2020 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
The secret deal that's causing a big stink in Mataura
The 10,000 tonnes of toxic waste causing anger and anxiety in Mataura - and the secret deal that saw it dumped there.
2/19/2020 • 20 minutes, 25 seconds
Inside Immigration New Zealand
Sharon Brettkelly gets a rare look inside Immigration New Zealand as staff deal with increasing cases of fraud, and political clouds on the horizon.
2/18/2020 • 23 minutes
Kiwi immigrants on picking up their culture, generations on
The most common surname for babies born in New Zealand last year was Singh - evidence of new generations of immigrants. How are those children living a kiwi life without losing their own cultures?
2/17/2020 • 17 minutes, 44 seconds
Our gigantic e-waste problem
New Zealand produces some 80,000 tonnes of electronic waste every year - but we recycle less than two percent of it.
2/16/2020 • 20 minutes, 31 seconds
The problem with the global game of rugby
South Africa's desire to leave the Southern Hemisphere competition reflects the problem with global rugby - the world is too big, and there's too much money in it.
2/13/2020 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Adesanya - on a hiding to nothing at the Halbergs?
The most googled person in New Zealand last year is up for a Halberg Award today - what do you know about Israel Adesanya, or his bloody and controversial sport?
2/12/2020 • 20 minutes, 45 seconds
A rapid escalation - NZ First's donations issue
The New Zealand First Party political donations furore has escalated quickly into the hands of the Serious Fraud Office.
2/11/2020 • 20 minutes, 15 seconds
Another generation of unsustainable housing
New Zealand is building a new generation of unsustainable housing - tens of thousands of homes that will put out carbon emissions five times higher than levels set by the Paris agreement.
2/10/2020 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
Are we seeing a Te Reo Māori revival?
The aim of having one million New Zealanders speak basic te reo by 2040 might not be as impossible as it seems.
2/9/2020 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
What happened in Wuhan, the coronavirus ground zero?
How did an animal virus find such a deadly home in humans ... and what is life in coronavirus lockdown like?
2/6/2020 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
Waitangi Museum tells the stories of a nation's birth
The Detail takes a guided tour of the Waitangi Museum, which houses a host of stories about the people who built Aotearoa.
2/5/2020 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Brexit and you
Brexit has happened - and will be followed by 11 months of nothing really changing. What's next? And how will it impact on New Zealand?
2/4/2020 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Born into riches - the staggering extent of the Royal purse
Harry and Meghan might be Rexiting but there's no chance they'll be struggling to survive - thanks to generous pocket money from dad via the British taxpayer. Just how rich are the Royals?
2/3/2020 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Bringing down our horrific road toll
Road safety campaigners hope the drop in road toll deaths last year is the start of a turning point - but say the government needs to spend about twice as much as it's spending now on saving lives.
2/2/2020 • 25 minutes, 4 seconds
Our Top 10 of The Detail this year
For our last podcast of 2019, we've chosen our Top 10 episodes and talk about why they made an impact
12/19/2019 • 21 minutes, 40 seconds
How attempted censorship by Trump troops backfired
Author Rick Reilly has found himself the target of library activists who are hiding his book about how Donald Trump cheats at golf. But their censorship efforts have backfired.
12/18/2019 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Where in the world is our defence force?
Our Defence Force may be small but our troops are spread all over the world, sometimes in conflict zones that have left the headlines, and some places that are unexpected.
12/17/2019 • 20 minutes, 11 seconds
The big stars at Auckland's tiny tennis tournament
Auckland's ASB Classic is a minnow of tennis tournaments - so how does director Karl Budge lure some of the biggest names in the business to the end of the earth?
12/16/2019 • 21 minutes, 58 seconds
How to argue with your climate denier relatives this Christmas
Food, festivity ... and arguments with Uncle Trevor the climate change denier. Here's how to argue back this Christmas.
12/15/2019 • 20 minutes, 26 seconds
The beauty and the menace of Whakaari
When news of Monday's explosion on Whakaari/White Island broke on Monday, The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly called home.
12/12/2019 • 19 minutes, 41 seconds
Where do editorial cartoonists draw the line?
Editorial cartoonists are treading a fine line when it comes to social commentary - as the Otago Daily Times discovered recently. Have times changed so much that cartoonists are now shackled?
12/11/2019 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Plastic poison - where do we start in cleaning it up?
Laced with toxic additives and finding its way into the food system - cleaning up the plastic problem is bigger than you think, but that doesn't mean we need to get rid of it all.
12/10/2019 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Bougainville hoping to swap a troubled past for future peace
The referendum results will be in before Christmas - will the beautiful island of Bougainville, with a violent and destructive past, is heading toward independence.
12/9/2019 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
When Aotearoa heats up from below
When should we start getting worried when our volcanic fields start heating up - and which parts of Aotearoa are most vulnerable when it comes to an eruption?
12/8/2019 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
Does our explosion in imported shopping events have an expiry date?
New Zealand's seen an explosion of imported online shopping events - but are we pushing this retail trend too far?
12/5/2019 • 21 minutes, 17 seconds
The movie that takes a big Kiwi victory out of the picture
The Hollywood blockbuster Ford v Ferrari is "based on a true story" about the 1966 Le Mans 24 hour race - which was won by two Kiwis. But our sporting heroes have been scrubbed out of this version.
12/4/2019 • 21 minutes, 33 seconds
Why Samoa is being devastated by measles
Samoa's measles epidemic is exacting an horrific toll. Hospitals are overrun, health staff are exhausted, public gatherings have ceased, and the death toll continues to climb.
12/3/2019 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
The different fates of Christchurch's Catholic and Anglican cathedrals
Both of Christchurch's big cathedrals were destroyed in the earthquakes. Their fates have been very different, and only one will rise again.
12/2/2019 • 18 minutes, 33 seconds
Christchurch has rebuilt - now it needs people
It's more than eight years since the earthquakes saw Christchurch crumble. Forty billion dollars has been poured into rebuilding - but what's missing now, is people.
12/1/2019 • 21 minutes, 2 seconds
A Coroner's life of death
"The case has been sent to the Coroner ..." but what happens next? The country's Chief Coroner tells us, it's not like on TV.
11/28/2019 • 20 minutes, 43 seconds
What does the new sexual violence law hope to achieve?
Defence lawyers say a new sexual violence law will mean defendants won't get a fair trial. Why is this change being introduced and what does it hope to achieve?
11/27/2019 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Erebus and the aftermath - the fallout continues
Two years ago Stuff journalist Michael Wright started thinking about marking the 40th anniversary of the Erebus tragedy. The result is the six-part podcast White Silence, exploring the extraordinary events after the crash.
11/26/2019 • 21 minutes, 38 seconds
The confusing picture of television services in NZ
The TV landscape has changed beyond recognition - but there's a confusing picture over where your screen entertainment will be coming from in the future.
11/25/2019 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
Shooting the messenger - when journalists raise drugs in sport
When an Irish journalist raised the possibility of a drug culture in South African rugby he was attacked by fans for wrecking a good news story. But reporters who raise this subject are usually right.
11/24/2019 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Our leaky buildings saga is a long way from sorted
The leaky buildings crisis was big in the 90s. We barely hear about it anymore, but the problem is actually growing - and leaky homes are still being constructed.
11/21/2019 • 20 minutes, 28 seconds
Will a new suicide plan bring down the numbers?
A former coroner is at the helm of the new Suicide Prevention Office - and she is talking openly about suicide. But is there a better plan in place to get our shocking figures down?
11/20/2019 • 20 minutes, 29 seconds
The battle over Ōwairaka is about more than trees
Protestors in Auckland are in a standoff with the Tūpuna Maunga Authority over the planned chopping of trees on Ōwairaka - but this is a dispute that goes beyond wildlife.
11/19/2019 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Why councils are asking for a fireworks ban
Nearly two weeks after fireworks is over we're still hearing them go off in the early hours of the morning. This year fireworks fires caused huge damage including on two Auckland maunga. Is it time to say goodbye to crackers?
11/18/2019 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds
The tragic results of NZDF's failure to clean up after Bamyan
Stuff Circuit reporters Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham on how they uncovered the deaths of seven children as a result of New Zealand's failure to clear explosive remnants from its former firing range in Afghanistan.
11/17/2019 • 25 minutes, 20 seconds
The anger behind the OK Boomer viral meme
Chloe Swarbrick's 'OK Boomer' aside went viral, but there's a serious message to the older generation from millennials - we are sick of what you're doing to us, and to the planet.
11/14/2019 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
Police Māori strategy a re-turning of the tide
The timing of the launch of the new Māori policing strategy - which has the same name of one launched seven years ago that achieved nothing - has raised eyebrows.
11/13/2019 • 18 minutes, 52 seconds
How spitting into a tube can change your life
It's getting harder to keep secrets in our society - especially when a bit of saliva in a tube can reveal through DNA that your world is not what you thought it was.
11/12/2019 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
Three years in, how realistic is our Predator-Free 2050 goal?
All over the country New Zealanders are making efforts towards the country's Predator-Free 2050 goal. We meet a couple bringing back kiwi through their trapping.
11/11/2019 • 21 minutes, 52 seconds
Questions over armed police patrols
Armed patrols in Auckland, Waikato and Canterbury are a fundamental change in policing - but is there any evidence they will help keep anyone safe?
11/10/2019 • 19 minutes, 46 seconds
Abuse inquiry just scratches the surface
The first two weeks of New Zealand's biggest ever inquiry - into abuse in state and faith-based care - finishes today. It's been revealing, shocking, and heartbreaking - and it's just scratched the surface.
11/7/2019 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Is Auckland's light rail plan off track?
The machinations over getting Auckland's light rail plan off the grounds are complex and twisting - could the whole plan fall off the tracks?
11/6/2019 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
Is the Provincial Growth Fund making a difference?
Is the much-maligned Provincial Growth Fund making a difference in the regions?
11/5/2019 • 20 minutes, 32 seconds
Hope is fading for the Kiwi nurse missing in Syria
The Islamic State leader thought to have been holding Louisa Akavi hostage has been killed - but there is no sign of the Kiwi nurse. Hope is fading.
11/4/2019 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Understanding autism
There's growing understanding of what it means to be autistic, with famous faces talking openly about it and supermarkets like Countdown having a quiet hour.
11/3/2019 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter bluff
How real is the threat to close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, with the loss of 1000 jobs?
10/31/2019 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Funding two bodies to produce the same weather forecast
Why do two separate, government-funded bodies spend taxpayer money producing similar weather forecasts?
10/30/2019 • 22 minutes, 40 seconds
NZ in a flutter over Bird of the Year
Rigged voting, furious social media attacks - New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition brings out the claws. But this fun election has a serious message, and is helping to raise awareness about endangered species.
10/29/2019 • 20 minutes, 58 seconds
The festival organisers who now have to plan for disaster
Organisers of New Zealand's big cultural festivals have another item on their list of things to do - after March 15, security has become a major factor.
10/28/2019 • 18 minutes, 56 seconds
Wiring up an orchestra
How do RNZ engineers wire up an orchestra ready for radio play? With a lot of microphones, for a start.
10/27/2019 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
Salvaging the SkyCity convention centre
It's taken days to put the SkyCity International Convention Centre fire out - but the salvage and repair job will take much, much longer.
10/24/2019 • 19 minutes, 31 seconds
Where is NZ First heading next?
He's sucked up all NZ First's oxygen for decades - but Winston Peters admits he's not immortal. What does the party's future look like?
10/23/2019 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
NZ's low unemployment rate is hiding huge inequity
New Zealand's low unemployment rate hides the fact that over half the people on a benefit are disabled or have health conditions, or are caring for someone in that situation.
10/22/2019 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Andy Foster is not just a Peter Jackson puppet
Wellington's Mayor-elect, whose majority is hanging by a thread, didn't just (probably) get there because he was partly bankrolled by Sir Peter Jackson.
10/21/2019 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
Construction sector more confident than surveys reveal
Business confidence is trending down, but we're in the middle of a massive building boom. Are the surveys giving us the real picture on life in construction?
10/20/2019 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
Impeachment moves against a president not above the law
People have been talking about impeaching Donald Trump virtually since he took the Presidential oath. What is different this time?
10/17/2019 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
Whenuapai developer trumped by ministerial over-ride
The Defence Minister has intervened in a case with a property developer to allow the Whenuapai Air Base to continue engine testing, in spite of it exceeding noise limits. How did it come to this?
10/16/2019 • 19 minutes, 27 seconds
The drug testing dilemma - how we are getting around it
Drug testing volunteers who set up at festivals and events are treading a legal grey area, held up by politicians with morals.
10/15/2019 • 21 minutes, 42 seconds
Believe the hype - Japan has adopted rugby
Should we believe the Rugby World Cup's claims that the sport has taken over Japan?
10/14/2019 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
Stats NZ mines your cellphone data - should you be worried?
Stats NZ has upped the ante when it comes to data collection - should we be worried?
10/13/2019 • 20 minutes, 51 seconds
Is it time for New Zealand to push through anti-slavery laws?
Is it time for New Zealand to enact laws covering modern day slavery?
10/10/2019 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
The shocking story of what happens to refugees in Italy
The shocking story of what happens when refugees land in Italy, and the connection with your spaghetti Bolognese.
10/9/2019 • 20 minutes, 59 seconds
When fear dictates policy
A refugee policy that appears to have been based simply on fear has been reversed.
10/8/2019 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
Excluded from an inclusion conference
The Power of Inclusion conference in Auckland was supposed to be an affirming event for a new generation - instead, young artists told organisers why they felt left out.
10/7/2019 • 19 minutes, 57 seconds
Forestry companies buying vast amounts of New Zealand's land
Journalist, Kate Newton breaks down her investigation into land ownership in Aotearoa.
10/6/2019 • 22 minutes, 41 seconds
How New Zealand is adjusting to its ageing population
Is New Zealand keeping up with its ageing population; as the population grows older, how will we provide for them?
10/3/2019 • 22 minutes, 8 seconds
Australia looking to sting back in battle over mānuka honey
Australian beekeepers are staking their claim over products branded as mānuka honey.
10/2/2019 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
Is workplace bullying on the rise - or just no longer acceptable?
Is workplace bullying on the rise - or have we finally realised that it's not acceptable?
10/1/2019 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
The story behind the sex abuser at the sexual abuse inquiry
The story behind the discovery that a sex offender was attending meetings of survivors of sexual abuse.
9/30/2019 • 23 minutes, 19 seconds
The pardoning of Rua Kēnana - pacifist and prophet
Prophet and pacifist Rua Kēnana is to be pardoned - who was he, and how is this related to the government's announcement on teaching New Zealand history in schools?
9/29/2019 • 20 minutes, 15 seconds
Why global trade disruption is worrying our wine industry
Our $1.83 billion wine industry is being caught up in global trade wars that insiders describe as 'fundamentally concerning'.
9/26/2019 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
Farmers down in the dumps - and dragging down the country
Rural confidence is at its lowest point in three years, with farmers saying they're under siege from all sides.
9/25/2019 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
E-scooters - should we ban them or embrace them?
E-scooters have hit New Zealand's cities with a bang - often literally. Are they good news or bad news? And are they here to stay?
9/24/2019 • 21 minutes, 53 seconds
Sudden ditching of Te Papa North plan stuns Auckland
Years of planning for an Auckland arm of our national museum that would showcase much of the country's Māori and Pacific taonga have been dashed, in a decision that's stunned those behind it.
9/23/2019 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
Changing names without changing places
People get fired up when it's suggested the name of their town is changed - so what's involved in re-naming a place?
9/22/2019 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
New Zealand's rampant meth culture
New Zealand's demand for meth is rampant - and organised crime gangs are stepping up their efforts to get it into the country.
9/19/2019 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
Sophie Pascoe is the Michael Phelps of paralympians
Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe is so good, the only person she has to beat is herself.
9/18/2019 • 22 minutes, 3 seconds
The gender equity report that shocked a bank
Westpac NZ, a bank proud of its equity record, has revealed shocking figures on its own gender pay gap. It's front-footing the issue but says it can't change things on its own.
9/17/2019 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
What's behind south Auckland's recent crime spike?
What's going on in south Auckland that once again has its suburbs on the wrong side of news headlines?
9/16/2019 • 20 minutes
Pacific teams the have-nots of world rugby
They have all the flair in the world, look like they're having fun, and their fans are the most fervent - but in spite of being neighbours to the All Blacks, the Pacific teams are the have-nots of the Rugby World Cup.
9/15/2019 • 20 minutes
Taika Waititi is the toast of Toronto
Taika Waititi has been the talk of the Toronto International Film Festival for his film Jojo Rabbit - a controversial passion project that's being both lauded and slated.
9/12/2019 • 21 minutes
Labour's badly bungled sexual assault investigation
A look at the handling - or mis-handling - of sexual assault allegations within the Labour Party.
9/11/2019 • 23 minutes, 51 seconds
Why is Japan still slaughtering whales?
Japan has returned to commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years - but it's sticking to its own territorial waters. Is this why the world's gone quiet over it?
9/10/2019 • 20 minutes, 26 seconds
Eco-flying is far, far away
With 4.5 billion air passengers last year, and that number set to double in less than 20 years, how on earth are airlines going to help save the planet?
9/9/2019 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Is post-truth politics creeping into New Zealand?
We've seen 'post-truth' politics flourish in the US and Britain - are New Zealand politicians also starting to adopt the tactic of 'alternative facts'?
9/8/2019 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
Getting rich from lending to the poor
How the government plans to crack down on people who are getting rich from lending to the poor.
9/5/2019 • 19 minutes, 35 seconds
Fighting over Kashmir
Kashmir is a region of snow capped mountains and idyllic landscapes - as well as barbed wire and army round-ups. Tension has risen again as India moves in on the nation's autonomy.
9/4/2019 • 20 minutes, 19 seconds
The silent health problems that cripple women
Tens of thousands of girls and women have to put up with chronic pain for years - because their issues are played down or deemed non-urgent.
9/3/2019 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
How exposed is New Zealand politics to foreign influence?
Can rich foreigners buy political influence in New Zealand? And are our rules over donations to political parties too easy to get around?
9/2/2019 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
Swamp kauri plunder a tale of misadventure
The boom times for the controversial swamp kauri trade appear to be declining - just as a Northland environmental group wins a David and Goliath battle to stop the region being pillaged.
9/1/2019 • 22 minutes, 57 seconds
When tourist spots are so hot the residents get burnt
Imagine a bunch of tourists walking into your house uninvited. It's not unusual for the residents of Dunedin's Baldwin St, one of many overcrowded attractions in New Zealand and around the world.
8/29/2019 • 22 minutes, 4 seconds
Experiments with LSD
An Auckland scientist is planning a world-first study into the effects of micro-dosing a drug that entered notoriety in the 1970s - LSD.
8/28/2019 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Local body boredom - why every council election is a fizzer
Local body candidate billboards are everywhere right now, but they don't necessarily translate into awareness. Why do so few people vote in an election that affects everyone?
8/27/2019 • 21 minutes, 9 seconds
Anti-environmental policies blamed for Amazon fires
There has been an 80 percent increase in fires in Brazil's Amazon jungle in the last year and president Jair Bolsonaro is being blamed.
8/26/2019 • 20 minutes, 15 seconds
Is it time to re-visit our GE rules?
Are our genetic engineering rules keeping New Zealand safe - or holding us back?
8/25/2019 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
We are forgetting the Holocaust
It used to be a prevalent part of history - six million Jewish people were killed in World War II's holocaust. But new polls show we are forgetting the facts.
8/22/2019 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
Cracking open the secretive petrol retailing industry
High petrol prices in New Zealand is a merry go round of blame - will the Commerce Commission's new report lay open retailers' books and help drive prices down?
8/21/2019 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
How Big Pharma operates in New Zealand
Heartbreaking stories of cancer sufferers who need expensive and unfunded drugs abound. But some of those stories are helped into the spotlight by the drug companies that will also benefit.
8/20/2019 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
The unlikely freedom fighters of Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents would prefer to concentrate on their business activities - but they realise they're losing their freedom to a Chinese government that's not remote enough for them, and they're angry about it.
8/19/2019 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
Banks behaving badly
Why do banks get away with behaving so badly? There's been a run of activity lately that raises questions about whose side your banker is really on.
8/18/2019 • 21 minutes, 5 seconds
Why getting the census count right was so important
Getting the census right is important, not just for electoral boundaries but for a host of government funding decisions. Why has it been such a disaster this time around?
8/15/2019 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
Gene editing scientist was no lone rogue
The Chinese scientist who shook the world by announcing he'd gene edited twin baby girls appears to have unfairly been labelled a rogue - it turns out he had a 60-strong circle of trust.
8/14/2019 • 19 minutes, 58 seconds
The ABCs of the OCR
Newsroom's Bernard Hickey explains the latest OCR drop, what it means, and predicts its direction a year out.
8/13/2019 • 21 minutes, 58 seconds
The Pacific's plastic catastrophe
Meet the man who is swimming through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in an effort to draw the world's attention to the amount of plastic in the ocean.
8/12/2019 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
Shoots of discontent in the Green Party
The Green Party, in holding up the coalition government, has tasted real power - but some of the party's grass roots members don't like what's being done with it.
8/11/2019 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
A golf star in the rough
Lydia Ko, superstar of golf, a few years ago had the world at her feet. Now she's in a slump, and that whole world has seen fit to pile on the criticism.
8/8/2019 • 19 minutes, 8 seconds
Aussies toughen up on deportees
Australia looks likely to toughen up even further on its deportation of New Zealanders who've committed minor crimes. But once they're "home" - the problems get worse.
8/7/2019 • 21 minutes, 7 seconds
Discomfort over Commission secrecy
Questions are being raised over the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosque shootings - is it transparent and inclusive enough?
8/6/2019 • 18 minutes, 47 seconds
What's the point in trying to save a dying species?
Some of the species conservationists are trying to save seem determined not to survive. So why are we sinking hundreds of millions into trying to rescue them?
8/5/2019 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Where Aotearoa lets its kids down
A new $42 million project is looking to address New Zealand's education inequality - a system where Māori are failing, and are "leaving their culture at the gate."
8/4/2019 • 19 minutes, 12 seconds
Peter Ellis and the Christchurch creche case
Peter Ellis has always vowed he was innocent of the child sex charges he was jailed for in 1993. Now he's dying of cancer - and the Supreme Court has given him leave to appeal his convictions.
8/1/2019 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
Getting our heads around Facebook money
Facebook's new currency plans were barely more than a press statement before they came under fire from US lawmakers. Why do people hate the idea, and is it likely to fly?
7/31/2019 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
How to sink $4.4 billion underground
The Detail today takes you underground to have a look at progress on New Zealand's first underground rail system.
7/30/2019 • 19 minutes, 48 seconds
Ihumātao explained
The history of Ihumātao is long, complicated and fraught - and there may not be any way of resolving the issue.
7/29/2019 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Planting a billion trees by 2028
How on earth is New Zealand going to get a billion trees planted by 2028? And why are some farmers campaigning against the scheme?
7/28/2019 • 21 minutes, 2 seconds
Absence of Instagram 'likes' is a change for good
A seemingly innocuous move by the social media platform Instagram of removing visible 'likes' could help lessen the pressure of those whose social media use is wrecking their mental health.
7/25/2019 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Britain's Trump is now its Prime Minister
Boris Johnson's been described as a mini-Trump and is disliked by his own colleagues - can Britain's new Prime Minister lead the UK out of EU as he promised?
7/24/2019 • 19 minutes, 37 seconds
Re-balancing history - Cook landing commemorations will be different
Fifty years ago a very British-style ceremony marked the bicentennial of Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa. This year for the 250th, Māori have found their voices and will tell their version of events.
7/23/2019 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
The woman behind the women who won the World Cup
She took them from netball duds to darlings in 11 months - a look at Noeline Taurua, the out of the box coach behind the victorious Silver Ferns
7/22/2019 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
Why we need school leavers to pick up a hammer
The prejudice that encourages kids to go to university at the expense of a career in the trades is harming our economy.
7/21/2019 • 19 minutes, 15 seconds
Coping with the plastic bag ban
There have been 130 complaints of businesses breaking the law, and supermarket customers now pay for their bin liners - how is the country coping with the plastic bag ban three weeks in?
7/18/2019 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Fifty years after the moon landing, the space race speeds up
Fifty years after the moon landings - during which the space race slowed to a crawl - exploration is speeding up again.
7/17/2019 • 20 minutes, 57 seconds
The heartbreak behind the immigration backlog
New Zealand wants people coming in to the country to do the work - but we don't want them to stay.
7/16/2019 • 18 minutes, 31 seconds
Māori plant flag over uplifted children
Māori say their anger over uplifted children is greater than the foreshore and seabed issue, and Oranga Tamariki can not continue this way.
7/15/2019 • 18 minutes, 19 seconds
House prices are down but still out of reach
House prices are dropping, but they're still a long way off from being affordable.
7/14/2019 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
The way we watch sport is changing
Have you worked out how you'll be watching the Rugby World Cup this year? Because the way sport is being delivered to our screens is changing.
7/11/2019 • 20 minutes, 25 seconds
Sean Marks, the influential Kiwi winning at US basketball
Sean Marks is the other New Zealander making big waves in the world's biggest basketball competition, and he's more influential than Steven Adams.
7/10/2019 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
What's been stalling the drive to electric cars?
There's a new plan to tax gas guzzlers and give discounts on cleaner cars - but changing over to electric vehicles just isn't that easy.
7/9/2019 • 19 minutes, 23 seconds
Is it time to declare Matariki a public holiday?
Celebrations of Matariki seem pale in comparison to those for Chinese New Year and Diwali - why? And do we need to have a look at rearranging our public holiday schedule to mark it?
7/8/2019 • 18 minutes, 53 seconds
How multi-level marketing schemes don't work
MLMs - multi-level marketing schemes - are not illegal, but they often target vulnerable women and very few people make money out of them.
7/7/2019 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
Why businesses are lining up for the tick
It's a good time to be in the tick certification business in New Zealand - and now there's a new one: the Gender Tick.
7/4/2019 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
Do you need to be popular to win an election?
Low personal polling for National Party leader Simon Bridges doesn't necessarily mean that replacing him before the election is a sure thing.
7/3/2019 • 20 minutes, 56 seconds
Watershed report on Māori health highlights racism
A watershed Waitangi Tribunal report backs claims the system is racist, finding the Crown has breached the Treaty in failing to give Māori control over a primary health system that works for them.
7/2/2019 • 19 minutes, 18 seconds
Lady in waiting - what's happening to the St James?
There's a piece of New Zealand's most important heritage locked behind hoardings on Auckland's Queen St. The St James Theatre is dying a death of neglect - but those who love the old lady haven't given up.
7/1/2019 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Auckland gears up for the America's Cup
It's now two years after the America's Cup was lifted in Bermuda - and two years before the next event is run in Auckland. How ready is the city?
6/30/2019 • 20 minutes, 55 seconds
How NZ media plan to report the news but block the propaganda
How will New Zealand stop white supremacy ideology being broadcast from the dock when the man accused of the Christchurch mosque shooting is put on trial?
6/27/2019 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Iran - US tensions rising with no solution in sight
Tensions are escalating between Iran and the United States, and there doesn't appear to be an off-ramp.
6/26/2019 • 19 minutes, 49 seconds
What are the chances of the assisted dying bill passing?
Should desperately ill New Zealanders have the right to choose their own death? And if so, under what circumstances? David Seymour's End of Life Choice bill is back for a second reading today.
6/25/2019 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
Sudan: The massacre you missed
Rihanna talked about it and Instagram turned blue - Sudan is the massacre where social media drove awareness more than mainstream media.
6/24/2019 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
Paying for online news
The days when all your news was free on the internet are changing. The NZ Herald is now charging for premium content - and there are plenty of people willing to pay for good journalism.
6/23/2019 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Has media-hating Trump killed a 90-year-old tradition?
It's more than 100 days since the last White House press briefing. Is this the end of a 90-year-old institution?
6/20/2019 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
Who's on clean up duty after the West Coast rubbish washout?
The government has stepped in to clean up the vast West Coast rubbish spill, after local authorities ran out of cash to finish the job. But what's being done to stop it happening elsewhere?
6/19/2019 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Hong Kong protestors win their fight - for now
Hong Kong demonstrators have won their fight to stop a new extradition bill that would have allowed citizens to be tried for their crimes in China. But their mainland neighbour looms large and the battle isn't over.
6/18/2019 • 19 minutes, 18 seconds
How will declaring a climate change emergency help us?
Auckland Council has joined five other New Zealand local bodies to declare a climate change emergency - but is this just lip service being paid in election year?
6/17/2019 • 18 minutes, 55 seconds
Swapping ciggies for vaping
Is the government swapping one bad habit for another by encouraging smokers to move to vaping, as a way of curing their addiction?
6/16/2019 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
The astonishing rise of AOC
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sweeping through US politics like a hurricane. Her sharp use of social media means you've probably heard of her - so who is she?
6/13/2019 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
1080: 'The answer is really clear'
Why does New Zealand use so much of the world's 1080, the controversial poison that environmentalists say we need to use more of, or lose our threatened bird species.
6/12/2019 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
NZ's own stolen generation
Newsroom's Melanie Reid has been reporting on children and babies being taken by the state for two years. Now, footage taken by the families involved reveals the brutal reality of what really happens.
6/11/2019 • 20 minutes, 28 seconds
Should we believe the 5G hype?
5G is coming - what exactly is that, and will it be the revolution telcos would have you believe?
6/10/2019 • 20 minutes, 18 seconds
The Kim Dotcom saga is finally nearing an end
Kim Dotcom's seven year saga to avoid extradition to the United States for piracy crimes is finally coming to an end.
6/9/2019 • 20 minutes, 55 seconds
Australian whistleblowers under attack through the media
Three police raids on journalists and newsrooms have called into question abuses of Australian law.
6/6/2019 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
D-Day anniversary marks the beginning of the end
Popular culture tends to portray D-Day as an American event - but around 10,000 New Zealanders played a part in the landings 75 years ago today that changed the course of World War II.
6/5/2019 • 20 minutes, 11 seconds
What's happening with Auckland's port?
A giant car park occupies the most expensive real estate in New Zealand on Auckland's waterfront. Can we move the port - and should we?
6/4/2019 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
Gaming's potential gazillions
A $7.5 million injection into a University of Canterbury game lab is an indication of the staggering numbers the industry returns to the economy.
6/3/2019 • 19 minutes, 29 seconds
Risk taking and the pay gap
Researchers have revealed links between risk-taking girls and the gender pay gap.
6/2/2019 • 16 minutes, 29 seconds
What's all the fuss about Huawei?
Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a technology cold war, and now consumers have been dragged into it.
5/30/2019 • 19 minutes, 14 seconds
What on earth is China's Belt and Road?
The world's super powers are on edge as China's trade policy projects increasingly dot the world map.
5/29/2019 • 19 minutes, 17 seconds
The evolving month of Kiwi music
With New Zealand radio stations now happy to play around 15 - 20 percent Kiwi artists, is it still necessary to have New Zealand Music Month?
5/28/2019 • 22 minutes, 56 seconds
The Wellbeing Budget
The world's first 'Wellbeing Budget' will be unveiled on Thursday - what is different about it, and how did it change the ways ministers pitched for money?
5/27/2019 • 20 minutes, 30 seconds
Can Kiwibuild be rescued?
The government's Kiwibuild scheme has had set back after set back. Can it be rescued? And is it still worthwhile?
5/26/2019 • 16 minutes, 57 seconds
Drugs and Money
Pharmac attracts a lot of flak for what it doesn't fund in the way of drugs - but it's also the envy of the world for its ability to negotiate down prices. Do we have the balance right?
5/23/2019 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Death in Japan
Two years after a New Zealand man died in a Japanese psychiatric institution, restrained under circumstances unheard of in most other developed countries, his family still has no answers and no resolution.
5/22/2019 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Battle at Foulden Maar
Why an Australian resource firm is fighting to mine fossils to produce animal feed.
5/21/2019 • 18 minutes, 27 seconds
No ordinary assignment
Young Muslim RNZ journalist Isra'a Emhail gives a special insight into what it was like covering the Christchurch mosque attacks - and seeing her own community torn apart.
5/20/2019 • 16 minutes, 52 seconds
It's all about the cow burps
What New Zealand is aiming for with its Zero Carbon Bill, and why our country is unique when it comes to dealing with methane-producing cows.
5/19/2019 • 20 minutes, 24 seconds
'Bishop' Brian Tamaki - what draws people to his pulpit?
The self-proclaimed Bishop continues to dominate our news cycles. His latest venture, the Man-Up Prison programme drew crowds of thousands outside parliament.
5/16/2019 • 20 minutes, 42 seconds
How will trade wars between China and the US end?
The two superpowers are facing off in a trade tariff war with dangerous consequences.
5/15/2019 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
How would legalising cannabis work in New Zealand?
New Zealanders will soon cast their vote on if cannabis should be legalised. With parts of the US, Canada and Uruguay leading the debate - will we follow suit?
5/14/2019 • 17 minutes, 52 seconds
Calling Christchurch from Paris
On Wednesday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will co-chair a meeting of world leaders and tech giants aimed at stopping extremism spreading online. But what will it really achieve?
5/13/2019 • 18 minutes, 5 seconds
Commander in Cheat
Donald Trump cheats at golf, and lies about his handicap. Why does it matter? Former Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly talks about the President he says is as rotten as a year-old banana.
5/12/2019 • 13 minutes, 36 seconds
Smart phones: Why they're wrecking the economy
Smart phones have changed the world - and the global economy. Newsroom Pro's managing editor Bernard Hickey says billions of people are now carrying a deflationary engine in their pocket.
5/9/2019 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Why we're about to see a global pork shortage
African Swine Fever has slid under the radar in the west, but it's about to have a huge impact on pork prices around the world.
5/8/2019 • 14 minutes, 42 seconds
The Australian election
A beginner's guide to what looks like - from the outside - a chaotic and complicated Australian voting process.
5/7/2019 • 19 minutes, 26 seconds
Tomorrow's Schools
After 30 years of Tomorrow's Schools, the goverrnment's looking at a shake up that might just take us full circle.
5/6/2019 • 11 minutes, 34 seconds
Rebranding the Crusaders: The argument for it post-Christchurch terror attacks
After the Christchurch mosque attacks Canterbury rugby bosses have been forced to look at changing the famous franchise's name and branding, but Crusaders fans are dead set against it. Daily podcast The Detail looks at the argument in favour.
5/5/2019 • 17 minutes, 27 seconds
Pike River: Rebecca Macfie on its 'extraordinary story'
In another blow for Pike River mine families, the long-awaited re-entry has been delayed. Daily podcast The Detail speaks to Rebecca Macfie about the incredible events since the deadly explosion.
5/2/2019 • 20 minutes, 3 seconds
The Detail - The anti-vaccination conversation
There's been a resurgence in infectious diseases we thought we'd got rid of. The Detail speaks to a researcher studying who anti-vaxxers are, and how to win them back
5/1/2019 • 20 minutes, 30 seconds
The Detail - Paula Penfold gets personal on abortion law reform
Journalist Paula Penfold tells The Detail why she decided to get personal when it came to abortion law reform.
4/30/2019 • 14 minutes, 15 seconds
The Detail - What makes Sri Lanka's bombings different
The Detail's associate producer Kethaki Masilamani calls home to find out how the Easter Sri Lanka attacks were different to the violence of the past.
4/29/2019 • 12 minutes, 14 seconds
The Detail - Investigating the alt-right
Far right groups have gone underground since the Christchurch attacks, but there's a fear they'll emerge stronger and more sophisticated.
4/28/2019 • 13 minutes, 57 seconds
The Detail - coming soon
The Detail; a daily podcast helping you make sense of the news. Presented by Sharon Brettkelly and Alex Ashton. Debuts Monday April 29.
