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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Long Read: Immaculate
5 Aug 2023By Dave Hansford: Meet New Zealand's lawn addicts, who can be found in the weekend perfecting their 'outdoor carpet'. Read more Audio
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The charismatic kākāpō is booming, but its friends need help
4 Aug 2023Having 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. Read more Audio
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'Crisis': The state of the Far North's crucial roads
The Far North's roads are in a perilous state – and the fix-up job is mammoth in scale. Read more Audio
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Stormy weather: The review into NIWA and MetService
2 Aug 2023MetService and NIWA are both government agencies. Why are they competing with one another? Read more Audio
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Taking flight: The post-pandemic travel boom
Thinking about booking that long-awaited overseas trip? International travel is back and bigger than ever. Read more Audio
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Playing whack-a-mole with fraudsters
Bank scams are rising exponentially, so much so that $183 million has gone out of New Zealanders' accounts over the last year. Read more Audio
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The Week in Detail: Dickason murders, KiwiSaver, and home detention
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio
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Long Read: The Gloriavale employment case
29 Jul 2023By Jean Edwards: Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory. Read more Audio
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The home jail that's not on Easy Street
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? Read more Audio
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The wisdom of dipping into retirement savings
27 Jul 2023It'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? Read more Audio
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Court reporting under the microscope
Should the media be self-censoring its court reporting of the Dickason triple murder trial as the gory details unfold? Read more Audio
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Commonwealth Games future looks grim
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. Read more Audio
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The silent sentence facing newly-released inmates
24 Jul 2023There'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. Read more Audio
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The Week in Detail: Productivity, political slogans, and Healthy Homes
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio
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Long Read: Procurement without purpose: the problems with broader outcomes
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. Read more Audio
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This is a party political slogan, brought to you by an ad man
As the political parties reveal their slogans for the election campaign, we look at who and what makes a catchphrase sing, Read more Audio
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The cracks in the Healthy Homes rules
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? Read more Audio
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Productivity – the financial metric that clashes with our kiwi culture
19 Jul 2023New 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. Read more Audio
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The battle of the social media platform powers
Two decades after Facebook.com changed our lives, social media is going through another big upheaval. Read more Audio
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Why a great uniform has great power
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. Read more Audio
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The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
15 Jul 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio
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Long Read: The Flames of Our Shame
15 Jul 2023By 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. Read more Audio
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Is Matariki the world's oldest story?
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? Read more Audio
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The outrage over a brutal weapon of war
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? Read more Audio
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Pacific fears over Japan's nuclear fallout
11 Jul 2023Japan has made assurances the wastewater it's dumping in the Pacific is safe – but not everyone is convinced. Read more Audio
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The tragedy that's brought the Whakatāne community closer
10 Jul 2023The WorkSafe prosecution over the Whakaari eruption begins today – and some of the heroes of that dreadful day are in the spotlight. Read more Audio
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The Week in Detail: Busted roads, overflowing lakes and car-free cities
9 Jul 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Read more Audio
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Long Read: Bone Hunters
By George Driver: An ancient lake bed in St Bathans is revealing New Zealand's mysterious past. Read more Audio
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Why city centres are going car-free
Auckland, Dunedin, and now Wellington – does pedestrianisation solve problems, or create them? Read more Audio
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'A slow-moving disaster': Rotorua lakes full to bursting
6 Jul 2023Months 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. Read more Audio
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