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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The languishing honey industry
5:00 am todayDramatic pictures of diseased beehives going up in flames have spotlit issues with the apiculture industry Read more Audio
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Trouble at The Warehouse
Will a shake-up in leadership at The Warehouse give the company what it needs to survive? Read more Audio
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The public housing problem
29 May 2024Is Kāinga Ora, the government's social housing arm, a total mess or a 'stonking financial success'? Read more Audio
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Seabed mining's hazards
28 May 2024New Zealand has three live seabed mining issues right now, and what they have in common is a startling lack of information on how damaging their activities will be
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Lifting the game against gangs
The new specialised National Gang Unit is being described as the same policing with a different name. Read more Audio
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A mood shift by voters in Taiwan
25 May 2024In 2024 more voters than ever in history are heading to the polls, but one of the most extraordinary elections happened this week Read more Audio
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New Caledonia's fires for freedom
Kiwi holiday makers have been air-lifted from New Caledonia, but what kind of mess have they left behind? Read more Audio
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The fishhooks in charter schools
Former charter schools are expressing caution about David Seymour's revival plans Read more Audio
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The real change in education
Out with Reading Recovery; in with structured literacy. There's a big change coming for New Zealand's young readers Read more Audio
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Hit by a digital guillotine
21 May 2024Do influencers and celebrities with large social media followings have a responsibility to speak out on political and other issues? Read more Audio
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The Pacific brain drain
Does New Zealand have a responsibility to address a problem it's created by snapping up seasonal workers from the Pacific? Read more Audio
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The hijacking of the body positive movement
It's one thing to be encouraged to accept your body, no matter what size it is. But some 'fat activists' have gone too far in encouraging self-love Read more Audio
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Overhauling our drug policies
Our current drug laws are harmful, according to a group of experts who want to see the Misuse of Drugs Act overhauled Read more Audio
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We are the unsung heroes of power generation
16 May 2024Energy experts doubt New Zealand will ever get to 100 percent renewable, and say incentives and rewards are the answer to bridging the gap Read more Audio
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The Reserve Bank's double-pronged cash plan
15 May 2024We're never going to let go of our notes and coins - so the Reserve Bank is not only looking at digital currency for the future, it's also trialling cash services for small towns Read more Audio
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Our endangered languages
14 May 2024There are five Pacific languages listed as endangered by UNESCO. What's the point of reviving them? Read more Audio
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The haves and have-nots of aged care
New Zealand's aged care sector faces huge inequities - while the flashiest ever has just opened in Auckland, many in smaller towns are closing Read more Audio
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Men and body positivity
11 May 2024The body positivity movement started for women but in a warped sort of equality, men now appear to be just as miserable about their looks Read more Audio
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All trained up and nowhere to write
A journalism cadetship programme promised to transform New Zealand's newsrooms. But then the media landscape shrank Read more Audio
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Litigation log-jamming the courts
There's evidence New Zealanders are getting more trigger-happy when it comes to using courts to stamp down on competition Read more Audio
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Driver licencing is fraught from start to finish
8 May 2024There are traffic jams at the young end of driver licencing and fear and trepidation at the other end. Read more Audio
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Alarm bells over avian flu virus
7 May 2024New Zealand has so far managed to dodge the H5N1 virus, but it's becoming increasingly concerning to scientists, and it's on our doorstep Read more Audio
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Auckland's decades-old stadium shuffle
6 May 2024Are stadiums a joyful symbol of a thriving city - or a wasteful excess draining ratepayer finances? Read more Audio
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The Enhanced Games, where drug use isn't cheating
Steroid use will be out in the open at the Enhanced Games, and testosterone won't be banned. But is it taking away from the sport? Read more Audio
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Drama as the knife hovers over kiwi soap
Fans fear Shortland Street's 32 years of soapy drama could be coming to a close if TVNZ's cost-cutting knife hovers over it for too long
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When dying well is out of reach
2 May 2024A vital part of our healthcare - palliative care - has been sidelined by our health system, largely because we don't like to talk about dying Read more Audio
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Emergency management missing in action
1 May 2024A new review of New Zealand's response to crisis is blunt about the inaction of the past, and sceptical that much will change in the future Read more Audio
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A fast track to unprecedented power
30 Apr 2024The new fast-track approvals bill has been described as 'government by amateurs', with no checks and balances Read more Audio
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Green hydrogen developments promise a lower carbon future
It's hoped a new GNS Science lab can crack open the door to cheaper green hydrogen production Read more Audio
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The island where people's stories are paramount
27 Apr 2024On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing Read more Audio
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