Navigation for News Categories
In Depth
In Depth headlines with summaries.
-
Down the drain: How phones in the shower are scuppering sustainability
29 Sep 2020Some internet surfers are in hot water over their in-shower cellphone use, Teresa Cowie discovers.
-
SIS left girl to be sexually abused - former spy
24 Sep 2020The SIS knew a young woman was being sexually abused by her father but failed to lodge a complaint with the police, effectively allowing the abuse to continue for years, a former spy says.
-
'We were always taught to look after each other' - what Pasifika families' unpaid work means to NZ
10 Sep 2020For many Pasifika serving their communities is a natural calling, but their contribution to New Zealand though volunteering and unpaid work is not fully recognised . Video
-
Prolonged confinement of prisoners could prompt legal action against Corrections
9 Sep 2020Corrections admits it has opened itself up to the possibility of legal action as it may have broken the law by confining women to their cells for more than 23 hours a day.
-
'Punitive culture' at NZ's largest women's prison - review
7 Sep 2020New Zealand's largest women's prison has a "punitive culture" where guards are too quick to resort to force and women's health needs go unmet because of a lack of staff, according to an internal…
-
When a relative falls down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole
21 Aug 2020How does it feel to watch family members become obsessed with Bill Gates, microchips and 5G - and is there anything you can do to help them?
-
I was filmed in a Kmart changing cubicle
19 Aug 2020When a stranger videoed Veronica Schmidt undressed in a changing room, the store's staff refused to call police. Here she writes about what it took to finally get the offender in front of a judge.
-
Inmate organised bar tab for Mt Eden prison guards
28 Aug 2020An imprisoned gang member organised a bar tab for Corrections guards drinking at a pub after hours, in an attempt to corrupt them.
-
'Serious concerns' raised about Pūhoi-Ōkahu highway
15 Sep 2020Serious safety concerns have been highlighted in the design of two highway viaducts being built north of Auckland.
-
Stone appeals murder convictions 30 years after deaths
19 Aug 2020A man labelled one of New Zealand's most notorious killers has lodged an appeal against the murders featured in hit podcast Gone Fishing.
-
Border exemptions for horse-racing track workers
Four people have been let in from Australia to work on an all-weather horse-racing track in Cambridge, sparking questions about what the government is prioritising during the pandemic.
-
How a city race track bagged Provincial Growth Fund money
10 Aug 2020More than $10 million is going to a horse track in the middle of NZ's second largest city, despite officials saying Christchurch is ineligible for PGF funding.
-
Vitamin dosing via bluetooth? Physicist warns don't waste your money
29 Jul 2020A month after saying a dietary supplement could prevent Covid-19, Orewa psychic Jeanette Wilson now claims a bluetooth device she's selling can dose vitamins "vibrationally". Audio
-
Police, Medsafe 'raid' New Zealand bleach 'cure' seller
27 Jul 2020Police and Medsafe have raided the property of a man who sells a bleach he claims can cure Covid-19, RNZ understands.
-
Alternative cancer 'treatments' can increase risk - oncologist
24 Jul 2020An oncologist is warning that promoting alternative cancer treatments can lead people to delay conventional therapy.
-
Cancer patients, a deregistered doctor and a bleach 'cure' that's still for sale
23 Jul 2020A woman who was convinced Te Kiri Gold would save her dying father is devastated it is still for sale, even after one of the owners - a doctor - was deregistered for testing it on patients. Susan…
-
Taxpayer funded Antarctica trip for friends aimed to raise funds - Peters
22 Jul 2020Winston Peters' super wealthy friends were nominated for the prized trip in hopes they would pay for redevelopment of Scott Base, he says, but they were never asked for money.
-
NZ broke into embassies for CIA and MI6
1 Jul 2020The SIS broke into the Indian High Commission for MI6 and the Iranian Embassy for the CIA in the late 1980s and early 1990s to photograph code books, plant bugs and steal communications.
-
Winston Peters' friends went to Antarctica on taxpayer
22 Jul 2020The foreign minister directed Antarctica New Zealand to give two highly-prized spots on a trip to the continent to two women closely linked to one of South East Asia's richest families.
-
Bleach sellers arrested over Covid claims
10 Jul 2020Four Florida men have been charged for selling a bleach - also sold in NZ - as a Covid-19 cure. Susan Strongman reports.
-
My body, my choice - but what if that choice is a caesarean?
25 Jun 2020A woman's right to choose how she gives birth has come a long way, but is allowing the choice of a planned caesarean a step too far? Teresa Cowie investigates.
-
Beyond reasonable drought: New Zealand's climate future
18 Jun 2020Auckland's dams are half-empty and huge swathes of the country are reeling from one of the deepest droughts yet. Climate scientists say: get used to it.
-
Covid-19 bleach 'cure' sold by New Zealand man rusts steel
17 Jun 2020Chemicals a New Zealand man is selling as a "miracle" Covid-19 cure generate toxic chlorine gas when combined, experts say. Video, Audio
-
Borders may become irrelevant in job market - tech CEO
12 Jun 2020A leading New Zealand tech CEO says a new global workforce could emerge in the wake of Covid-19, where borders are irrelevant and the office is replaced with video conferencing apps like Zoom.