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Climate change and our survival instincts
18 Oct 2022The news is filled with doom and gloom about climate change - is there any reason to be optimistic?
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Demystifying the world of political lobbying
Kris Faafoi's move into lobbying has raised eyebrows - is there a case for regulating the industry?
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The Week in Detail: Taxes, kauri, and Peter Ellis
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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The wild world of chess cheating
A cheating scandal has rocked the chess world, but it's just the latest in a long list of sports cheats.
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Peter Ellis' faith finally repaid
The Detail talks to Newsroom's Melanie Reid about the years she's spent covering the Peter Ellis case.
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Kauri: The fightback against dieback
12 Oct 2022Kauri dieback disease is killing our giants of the forest - are we any closer to a cure?
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Taxing times: What's on the table for tax cuts?
A record tax take, a better than expected deficit - could tax cuts be on the table going into next year's election?
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The Ig Nobel Prize and the quirky side of research
10 Oct 2022Scientific research doesn't always have to be serious, but it should always make you think.
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The deadly remnants of a war that won't go away
7 Oct 2022What do we do about cleaning up the bombs left behind in the Pacific after World War II?
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Making cents of our dollar
Why are there so many rainclouds over so many of the world's currencies?
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Why Iranian women are rebelling against decades of oppression
5 Oct 2022They are the biggest protests in Iran for years - but will this women-led uprising force the regime to change?
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Slipping away: Can we keep fixing up after landslides?
4 Oct 2022Landslides can happen anywhere there is a slope, at any time. Can we stop them?
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How a murder case was unravelled by a police interview
The police need to solve crimes - but there are strict rules about how they obtain evidence. What happens when it goes awry?
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'Slap in the face': The problem with Chinese Language Week
The heavy focus on Mandarin over Chinese Language Week is disappointing to many Chinese Kiwis.
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Why your caffeine fix is getting more expensive
The price of your flat white is going up. The Detail tries to find out why.
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The fragile magic of highly productive land
The government has just put new protections on highly productive land, the best of which makes up only one percent of our soil.
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We've got a king, now what?
27 Sep 2022Now that the dust has settled after the Queen's death, what's next for Aotearoa and the monarchy?
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The Week in Detail: Lotto, rugby and local elections
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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The 'spicy' mayoral races you haven't heard about
Outside our bigger cities, Aotearoa's smaller centres are seeing stacked races and fraught local issues.
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Laura Fergusson closure leaves a gap that's hard to fill
22 Sep 2022The closure of the Laura Fergusson Trust's Auckland rehabilitation and respite facility came as a shock - what does it tell us about the state of disability support services?
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Putting women's rugby on the world stage
With the Rugby World Cup getting underway next month, The Detail takes a closer look at what it means for the women's game.
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Behind the story: Luck, loss and Lotto
20 Sep 2022The Detail talks to RNZ's Guyon Espiner about his investigative series on Lotto - have we bought into a dream that's turning into a nightmare?
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"Scared of change": the cities shirking new housing laws
Christchurch is saying 'no' to the government's new housing density rules. Has the whole thing backfired?
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The Week in Detail: Pakistan, prime ministers and pepeha
18 Sep 2022The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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