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Census 2023: Getting the count right
16 Feb 2023There are high hopes that improvements made to this year's Census will result in a better turnout than 2018.
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Minor parties: Will they have a major impact?
Newsroom's political editor Jo Moir and RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch join The Detail to size up the minor parties as election year gets underway.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: What makes this storm so unique?
14 Feb 2023Cyclone Gabrielle is causing chaos across vast areas of the North Island - what makes it so different to the average summer storm?
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The vape of things to come
It's safer than smoking, but how worried should we be about teens taking up vaping?
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The Week in Detail: Broken roads and brand new planes
11 Feb 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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The Detail's Long Read: A Clean Sweep?
11 Feb 2023A Clean Sweep? by Kate Evans: we are the only nation still trawling in the South Pacific. Can the practice be fixed, or should it be phased out entirely?
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Missing the messenger? Communication and the Auckland floods
10 Feb 2023The Detail looks at how Auckland's mayor handled the flooding crisis, as another storm looms.
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Who's picking up the bill to fix the crumbling roads?
9 Feb 2023Roads up and down the country have taken a hammering after a summer of storms - who pays the repair bill?
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Are foreign students coming back?
8 Feb 2023The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores?
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The air force's new flying machines
7 Feb 2023The air force's decades-old Orions have been retired. The Detail finds out more about the planes that'll replace them.
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The Week in Detail: Floods, eggs, and Carmel Sepuloni
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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The Detail's Long Read: The School Away From School
4 Feb 2023The School Away From School by Bill Morris: incredible stories of change from the New Zealand Correspondence School in its 100th year.
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Can a sponge city really prevent flooding?
3 Feb 2023In the aftermath of Auckland's flooding, there's been plenty of talk about sponge cities - but what are they?
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Can the egg shortage be cracked?
Omelettes, quiches and even the mighty pavlova are off the menu - The Detail looks at why eggs are in such short supply.
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The flood-hit Titirangi street teetering on the edge
1 Feb 2023The Detail is on the ground in west Auckland, surveying the damage from last week's record-breaking rainfall.
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Carmel Sepuloni: What does it take to be deputy PM?
Who is Carmel Sepuloni - and why was she Labour's pick for deputy prime minister?
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'It's a catch-22': How dangerous is it getting aid into Ukraine?
30 Jan 2023The death of New Zealander Andrew Bagshaw in Ukraine has underlined the dangers of humanitarian aid efforts in a war zone.
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The Year in Detail: 2022
Natural disasters, economic turmoil, and injustices in the justice system - The Detail recaps the big stories from this year.
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How the case of Baby W made global headlines
The case of Baby W ended up in the international spotlight - how did it happen?
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Rebuilding a broken city
14 Dec 2022It's more than a decade since the Canterbury earthquakes, but how far has the Christchurch rebuild come?
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Making a dent in Tākaka's housing shortage
13 Dec 2022The Detail catches up with the man with a grand plan to solve Tākaka's afforable housing shortage.
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AI's new frontier: Works of art and human-like chatbots
12 Dec 2022Artificial intelligence continues to seep into our daily lives, but what are the ethical implications of it?
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The Week in Detail: In Nelson, Christchurch and Franz Josef
11 Dec 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Nelson's long, sodden road to recovery
9 Dec 2022The Detail heads to Nelson to survey the damage left behind by a massive storm four months ago.
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