The Detail
Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts. Produced by Newsroom for RNZ, and made possible by NZ on Air. Listen on RNZ National at 7pm Monday-Thursday during The Panel.
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Another chip in the China relationship
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. Read more Audio
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Urgent rescue plan needed for India's Gloriavale branch
27 Mar 2024The 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 Read more Audio
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The language of economic doom
Are fiscal holes a real issue, or an easy headline? Read more Audio
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Gains for nature lost
25 Mar 2024Today from The Detail: When the money dries up, gains made by a wave of Covid-inspired funding are likely to be lost. Read more Audio
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The legend you've never heard of
The Japanese art forms that have shaped more of the West's story telling than you may realise Read more Audio
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Changing the charges on electricity
22 Mar 2024In the wake of a change in the way power bills are calculated, The Detail helps you understand the bottom line. Read more Audio
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Finding the heartbeat of our oceans
A team of New Zealand scientists has just returned from studying the sea ice factories in Antarctica, in a joint expedition with Italy Read more Video, Audio
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NZ's confusing and complicated holiday laws
20 Mar 2024The Holidays Act is complex and has led to years of problems. But fixing it seems just as challenging. Read more Audio
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Police confiscation net widens
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. Read more Audio
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Seymour is the grand ruler of cutting red tape
A sector that's had rules piled upon it is welcoming moves to cut the red tape
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The man behind NZ's music
16 Mar 2024The Detail's Davina Zimmer discovers she's sitting across from a quiet music legend. Read more Audio
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Samoa's plan to allow overseas voting
15 Mar 2024Critics of a new electoral law in Samoa say it could allow overseas voters to decide elections.
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Aucklanders raise a bin din
14 Mar 2024Auckland Council is calling it a 'bin optimisation drive', but residents say the move to remove their litter receptacles is rubbish Read more Audio
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A perfect storm for problems and incompetence at Immigration NZ
13 Mar 2024A review into a new visa category that sparked more problems than it solved is scathing about Immigration NZ's processes and systems. Read more Audio
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Hurricanes Poua's controversial haka
A haka incorporating barbs aimed at the Government has rekindled a decades old debate over sport and politics. Read more Audio
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Power and money lending rules
The laws that govern our money-lending landscape are in for another shakeup. Read more Audio
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The art of ice
9 Mar 2024All ice is not created equal, and the ice created by Conor Whale is top-shelf stuff. Read more Audio
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The university launching space students
8 Mar 2024Auckland University's new space centre will soon take control of a satellite that detects the world's worst methane emitters. Read more Audio
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Lights, cameras, Academy Awards
7 Mar 2024Hollywood's red carpet is getting rolled out for its premier event, the Oscars, for the 96th time this weekend Read more Audio
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The special school that's being starved
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. Read more Audio
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New Zealand gets ready for Paris Olympics
The first of our athletes to wear the silver fern in Paris have been announced Read more Audio
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Rare disorders aren't unusual enough to ignore
4 Mar 2024One in 17 New Zealanders have what's termed as a rare disorder. March is the month to highlight their lives and struggles. Read more Audio
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What the small screen did to magazines
Magazines are facing extinction by internet. Are they special enough to save? Read more Audio
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The headlines are grim for Newshub
1 Mar 2024It 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 Read more Audio
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Time, heavenly bodies and leap years
Leap year is all about matching the seasons to time. It's just a construct, but try telling that to February 29th babies. Read more Audio
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A legal way to safety-check illegal drugs
28 Feb 2024At festivals, a volunteer-based service runs quality-control on illegal drugs. Read more Audio
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Why the Waitangi Tribunal can't win the fight over the Māori Health Authority
27 Feb 2024What 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? Read more Audio
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Why our romance with the office is dead
26 Feb 2024Four years after the first lockdown, the way we work has changed. Read more Audio
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A $20 million magic wand
24 Feb 2024A life-changing diagnostic device tested on sheep in New Zealand is about to be trialled on humans Read more Audio
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Lessons from a brilliant bridge
23 Feb 2024Good, fast and on-budget infrastructure building shouldn't have to wait for disaster situations to swing into action. Read more Audio
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