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The Week in Detail: El Niño, The Voice, and community gardens
7 Oct 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Tairāwhiti's Trauma
7 Oct 2023By Aaron Smale: On the slow destruction and devastating impact of the pine industry on Tairāwhiti.
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A garden for soul food
When living space is tight, a community garden gives residents a place to breathe.
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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.
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What's at stake for disabled people in Election 2023
4 Oct 2023Few parties have policies on disability issues this election. How can disabled people ensure their voices are heard?
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The tiny proposal causing Australia so much angst
3 Oct 2023It's just a "moderate, tiny proposal" over indigenous representation, but Australia's The Voice referendum has caused huge uproar.
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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.
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The Detail: Celebrating 1000 episodes
30 Sep 2023Since launching in April 2019, The Detail podcast has run over 1,000 episodes. The team recap some of their favourites.
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The Week in Detail: Tiny homes, mental health awareness, and Afghan refugees
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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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.
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Torn apart by war, kept apart by bureaucrats
29 Sep 2023The 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.
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We've got mental health awareness. What now?
A multi-billion dollar industry has sprung up around mental health and wellness. Have the efforts to raise awareness been too successful?
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There's something in the water, but there shouldn't be
27 Sep 2023The cryptosporidium outbreak in Queenstown highlights the challenges of providing a clean water supply. Why is it so difficult to make our drinking water safe?
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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.
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Trying to live small when the problems are big
25 Sep 2023There are a lot of good reasons to downsize to a tiny home. But there are just as many problems in getting started.
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The Week in Detail: Burning the rubbish problem away and the 'wasted vote' myth
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Make voting sexy again
23 Sep 2023By 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.
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Turning down the lights to reach for the skies
22 Sep 2023The entire community of Naseby has decided to turn down the lights – and reach for the stars.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Wasting our rubbish when it could be energy
18 Sep 2023Mass incineration could be a great solution to New Zealand's increasingly scarce landfill space – or it could be a step backwards environmentally.
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Week in Detail: Winston's return, landlord rules, and big cats
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Turning the tide
16 Sep 2023A team of New Zealanders and Tongans have just carpeted a remote Tongan island with poisoned bait, hoping to eradicate rats.
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