Stories by Amanda Gillies
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Stoush brews over future of golf course
On Auckland's North Shore, a public golf course is fighting council plans to use their course as a floodwater catchment.
The shockingly bad press for ECT
Up to 300 New Zealanders a year are administered electric shock treatment - and the vast majority are happier for it.
How citizen's arrest laws could make New Zealand more dangerous
The government wants to make retail a safer work environment by allowing for citizen's arrests. One legal expert fears the change will have the opposite effect.
Changes underway for media industry, but it's a messy process
Media oversight and regulation is described as messy, and screen productions desperately need help.
A change in thinking over shaken baby syndrome
A supposed shaken baby case is raising questions over the misdiagnosis of injured infants, with authorities rushing to lay the blame on parents.
NZ doco maker on the case for convicted UK baby killer
How a Kiwi documentary producer has been instrumental in getting authorities to revisit one of the most notorious murder cases the United Kingdom has ever seen Audio
The 'bulldozer' of a bill set to change gene editing laws
Changes are coming to gene editing laws. Whether they'll help future-proof our economy or ruin New Zealand's international reputation is up for debate.
Beehive doors shut to country's biggest worker group
The Minister for Workplace Relations won't meet with the Council for Trade Unions.
The school system is not making the grade
As the 2025 school year kicks off, a slew of problems await students, teachers and the government.
A new documentary brings the Haka Party Incident into the public conversation
A new documentary on the Haka Party Incident tells the story of the 'three-minute war' through the eyes of the people who fought it
TikTok's short-lived blackout, a reprieve, and the sword hanging over the app
The TikTok saga has raised questions of what your personal data is worth in a trade-off with money making opportunities.
Rising unemployment and a brain drain forecast for 2025
A tough market for job seekers isn't set to improve until the second half of the year. Here's what that could mean.
An 'embarrassing' pay gap, and the government's plan to fix it
Despite a law against paying employees differently based on their gender, we've still got a gender pay gap. A new bill could help.
Taranaki region leaders at odds with government plans
There's a clash of wills going on between central and local government in Taranaki when it comes to plans for seabed mining.
All hail the social media X-odus
X is out, Bluesky is in, and what is Mastodon? Social media is dramatically changing and The Detail asks where it's all going.
Changes ahead for the mail, and posties aren't happy
Posties say proposals that include job cuts, price increases, communal delivery points and fewer deliveries and postal outlets threaten the NZ way of life. Audio
The day of the Swamp Fox
The most celebrated victory of New Zealand's incredible sporting weekend may have been the one at a small rugby ground in Te Aroha.
The Detail: A beginners guide to the economy
The OCR goes up to bring inflation down. So now that the OCR is falling, what does it mean for inflation - and what does that mean for New Zealanders?
Sailing into a contentious race at the America's Cup
Team New Zealand's decision to take the Cup to Spain has stirred the pot, and critics are not holding back.
Good politics, bad law: The last-minute gang insignia clause
The Detail - The move to give police search powers in private homes to look for gang insignia has raised a mass of red flags with lawmakers.
East Coast forestry industry facing the axe
Forestry is big business on the East Coast, but new rules about slash are threatening its survival.
More strike action coming from under-strain ambulance staff
Frontline St John ambulance staff say the organisation is broken and on life support.
The great slanging match that is the US election
The US election is a dog-eat-dog, no-holds-barred fight between two people who couldn't be more different to each other.