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

Tony Stamp reviews Sydneysider Julia Jacklin's impeccable third album, Poneke jazz from Clear Path Ensemble, and a sprawling RnB opus by Sudan Archives. Audio

Answers to the grim discovery of two dead children in suitcases in Auckland may be a step closer with the arrest of a woman in South Korea.

She denies she's responsible for the crime.

Korean media… Audio

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a lot on her plate, but who is she and what does she stand for? Audio

Ukraine's president Vlodomir Zelensky says his forces have seized more territory from Russia. This comes as Moscow has admitted losing key cities in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Some military… Audio

A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced for its role in sending a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway, that resulted in a deadly multi-vehicle crash.

The company was spreading lime at a… Audio

Marae and rural communities will be able to install solar panels to help save money and provide clean and locally generated power as part of small scale government funded projects.

Ngātiwai trust… Audio

A top Defence Force boss is confident the troops leaving for the UK today won't take leave to fight in the Ukraine.

Corporal Dominic Abelen was on leave without pay when he was killed while fighting… Audio

A former National Defence Minister, Wayne Mapp, says slain New Zealand soldier Dominic Abelen was a hero.

Thirty-year-old Corporal Abelen was on leave without pay from the Defence Force when he was… Audio

A former soldier Tenby Powell, says an awful lot of work, through diplomacy and operational channels, will be needed to return the body of slain soldier Dominic Abelen back to New Zealand.

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An expert in international relations says the death of Corporal Dominic Abelen in Ukraine is tragic, but that the country must be supported.

Thirty-year-old Corporal Abelen was on leave without pay… Audio

Tributes have been pouring in for the off-duty New Zealand soldier killed in eastern Ukraine while fighting on the frontline.

Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University Wellington, Dr Marnie Lloydd… Audio

A former New Zealand soldier fighting in Ukraine says he's proud to see other Kiwis on the front line - even though one of his countrymen has given his life for the cause. The Defence Force announced… Audio

The Conference - a German film about Nazi officials meeting to, essentially, plan the Holocaust - is an uncomfortable watch, which is a compliment to its accuracy. Video, Audio

Ben Novak was 14 years old when he decided to dedicate his life to resurrecting extinct animals. Now, aged 35, Novak is a de-extinction biologist with Revive & Restore, an American organisation aiming… Audio, Gallery

In Northland all eyes are on the tide which is expected to peak in about 2 hours from now . The eastern coast of the region is flooded and there are fears the high tide could make it worse. And 150mm… Audio

Residents of Kāeo are on alert. Civil Defence is setting up an emergency centre and not ruling out evacuations if conditions worsen.

The town's main street is flooded after the river rose by half a… Video, Audio

Every three years 120 young MPs descend on Parliament to show the old MPs how to do it properly. They bring speeches, stories, ideas and experience that are compelling. Here are photos and words from…

The 2020s bring unprecedented challenges for young New Zealanders including a pandemic, climate crisis, economic hardship and volatile politics. Youth Parliament Press Gallery reporter Louis Collins…

The latest book by historian James Belich, The World The Plague Made, explores how the Black Death of the 14th century not only halved populations but also helped bring about Europe's rise. Audio

Children in war-torn Ukraine will hopefully have some winter woollies from New Zealand to keep warm in this winter. Knitting groups from around the country have taken up their needles for the… Audio

A multi-terrace housing development in Auckland's affluent eastern suburbs has hit the skids because it does not fit the leafy single house character of the neighbourhood. Video, Audio

Tony Stamp reviews an exploration of Uralic languages by Auckland musician László Reynolds, the easy-going guitar jams on Aussie band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's 4th offering, and jazz pianist… Audio

Polling in PNG drawing to a close for most electorates; Freak ocean waves wreak havoc in eastern Polynesia;USP financial woes to continue as Fiji govt continues to withhold payments; NZ government and… Audio

Freak ocean waves wreak havoc in eastern Polynesia. Audio

Priya Sami of the band BUB, performs her new single BORED, live for us un the RNZ studio, in support of  the Eastern Women's Refuge Fundraiser at Galatos 9th July 2022. 
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Those leading a new methamphetamine harm reduction programme in Murupara say Covid restrictions unwittingly highlighted the serious nature of the community's drug problem.

Te Ahi Mauri is modelled on… Video, Audio

The NATO leaders summit, where leaders pledged more funding to Ukraine and to strengthen forces in Eastern Europe, has come to end.

US President Biden said Ukraine can count on support from the… Audio