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Sharon Brettkelly
Sharon Brettkelly was born in Whakatāne and started her journalism career at the age of 19 as the Whakatāne correspondent for the Rotorua Daily Post. She has since worked in TV, radio and newspapers in New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and London.
She joined RNZ as a reporter, and went on to produce for Afternoons and Checkpoint, before working as Auckland Bureau Chief. She is a founding presenter of award-winning podcast The Detail, produced for RNZ by Newsroom since 2020.
Sharon says she loves choosing the story, finding the talent to interview and the creativity of editing the podcast.
Outside of work, Sharon enjoys being part of a community choir, golf, gardening and adventure travel.
RNZ Programmes
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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.…
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Search results for Sharon Brettkelly
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Beautiful bugs and tiny plants
17 Aug 2024Capturing the health of a piece of bush, and figuring out what predator pests are around, often comes down to the state of its smallest inhabitants Audio
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Repeal, disestablish, abolish - what's the plan for Māori?
31 Jan 2024There's growing fear and anger from Māori over moves by the coalition government to revisit the rules around the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
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Highlights, lowlights, complaints, awards - it was all in The Detail this year
15 Dec 2023The Detail's co-hosts Sharon Brettkelly and Tom Kitchin, and producer Alexia Russell, roll through the highlights of nearly 300 podcasts and long reads in 2023 Audio
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The little guys contributing to a big problem
6 Dec 2023At a time when severe weather events are wrecking the environment, contractors on small building sites ignoring the rules are adding to the problem. Audio
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The Week in Detail: Smokefree, Judith Collins, and woke-washing
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The deep tech sector dreaming up ways to save the planet
28 Nov 2023A look inside an Auckland building that's an incubator for the deep tech sector, aimed at finding solutions for some of the world's biggest carbon-emitting materials. Audio
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The Week in Detail: Congestion, divorce, and toxic algae
26 Nov 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The Week in Detail: From pandemic pets to Wellington's budget woes
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The Week in Detail: From the Māori Health Authority to Israel-Palestine
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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When New Zealand is not a refuge from war
A Jewish and a Palestinian man both find they’ve been naïve in believing New Zealand to be a safe haven from hatred and abuse. Audio
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The Week in Detail: Supie, 15-minute cities, and gang crackdowns
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The Week in Detail: Pasifika MPs, 95bFM, and comic books
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
