Inheritance

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Family disputes are getting increasingly complex and costly to unravel. There's agreement on updating the law, but actual changes have stalled.  Audio

The Law Commission is currently reviewing succession law, which is the law that addresses who should get a person's property when they die. It's important law that affects all New Zealanders… Audio

We need to learn to be better ancestors, says philosopher and author Roman Krznaric. Audio

Dr. Ashley Mears is a former fashion model turned academic sociologist. Her new book Very Important People looks at how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their… Audio

While working in the White House, speechwriter Adam Frankel discovered a secret that would set him on a path to confront the echoes of the past. Audio

Pieced together from evidence in archives, newspapers and family lore, Bettina Bradbury tells the riveting true story of a woman (Caroline Kearney) forced to travel half way across the world with her… Audio

Genetic information could eventually be used to choose a child's sex, influence insurance approval, or as evidence for criminal intent, but whether it should be is still up for debate. Audio