In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Why privacy scandals don't scare us off social media

  In Depth

  15 Mar 2019

  

  Facebook knows who we message, the calls we make and the contacts in our phones, so why aren't we all closing our accounts? Max Towle investigates. Video

  Why privacy scandals don’t scare us off social media

• Growing Demand - NZ's budding cannabis businesses

  business health

  10 Mar 2019

  

  With a cannabis referendum on the horizon Teresa Cowie talks to NZ's businesses gearing up for a possible law change. Audio

  Growing Demand - NZ's budding cannabis businesses

• Curbing comments to calm the farm online

  internet technology

  31 Mar 2019

  

  Mediawatch - After the atrocity in Christchurch, Stuff says it's time to civilise the often unpleasant space 'below the line.' Is this censorship in response to tragedy - or was more moderation long… Audio

  Curbing comments to calm the farm online

• Benneydale vs Te Māniaiti: Entire town against name change

  In Depth

  6 Mar 2019

  

  Should a King Country town change its name? Susan Strongman heads to the heartland and can't find a single person who backs a new proposal.

  Benneydale vs Te Māniaiti: Entire town against name change

• Strike! Why industrial action is up under Labour

  business economy

  3 Mar 2019

  

  Insight - There were more strikes last year than in any of the previous 10 years. Gia Garrick asks why, and questions whether Labour's historic relationship with the unions could lose it support. Audio

  Strike! Why industrial action is up under Labour

• Being queer and Christian in 2019

  In Depth

  28 Feb 2019

  

  As New Zealand increasingly backs queer rights, are our Christian churches evolving or standing firm that homosexuality is sinful? Max Towle investigates.

  Being queer and Christian in 2019

• How justice for Susan Burdett took 27 years

  crime

  22 Feb 2019

  

  In 1992, Malcolm Rewa raped Susan Burdett. Today, he was finally found guilty of her murder. Anneke Smith traces one of New Zealand's most epic justice journeys.

  How justice for Susan Burdett took 27 years

• How it feels to have PTSD at 8

  Canterbury

  22 Feb 2019

  

  On the eighth anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Canterbury teenager Ashley Cullen describes how post-traumatic stress disorder tore through her childhood.

  After the Christchurch earthquakes: How it feels to have PTSD at 8

• A bitter pill: Why can't we recycle medication?

  health

  18 Feb 2019

  

  While some struggle to afford prescription medicines, $40 million of unused pharmaceuticals are dumped in landfills each year. Is there a better way to deal with both the waste and the want?

  A bitter pill: Why can't we recycle medication?

• Fighting nature's fury - the Tasman fires

  Civil Defence rural

  17 Feb 2019

  

  Residents in Tasman forced from their homes by the huge fires are cautiously settling back in, while firefighters continue to dampen the hotspots. Alex Ashton investigates how the country can better… Audio

  Fighting nature's fury - the Tasman fires

• Jealousy, murder and lies: The killing of Arishma Chand

  crime

  14 Feb 2019

  

  Rohit Singh was so besotted with Arishma Chand he had her face tattooed on his chest. Today he was sentenced to at least 19 years for her murder. Anneke Smith charts a tale of obsession, farcical lies…

  Jealousy, murder and lies: The killing of Arishma Chand

• Insight: Teenagers who kill

  crime inequality

  10 Feb 2019

  

  Insight - Four teenagers connected with the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere have been convicted of violent murders in just over a year. Anneke Smith visited Hawke's Bay to find out why. Audio

  Insight: Teenagers who kill

• Sex self-identification debate a 'cesspool of harmful stereotypes'

  In Depth

  8 Feb 2019

  

  A toxic debate rages over a law that will make it easier for gender diverse people to change the sex on their birth certificates. Susan Strongman enters the fray.

  Sex self-identification debate a 'cesspool of harmful stereotypes'

• Deported and destitute: Indian students say NZ failed them

  In Depth

  31 Jan 2019

  

  Students who were kicked out of New Zealand say their lives are ruined, and that electioneering Labour MPs, including Jacinda Ardern, promised help but went silent after coming to power, writes Max…

  Indian students deported and destitute say New Zealand failed them

• Ice Ice Naseby: Curling qualifiers put summer on ice

  In Depth

  24 Jan 2019

  

  As Central Otago temperatures approached 30°C this week, Naseby forgot summer and focused on ice, as the World Curling Championships qualifiers transfixed the town.

  Ice Ice Naseby: Curling qualifiers put summer on ice

• White Noise: Who is shaping Auckland’s future?

  In Depth

  21 Jan 2019

  

  It's our most culturally diverse city, but older, wealthier, Pākehā people have the loudest voice when it comes to shaping Auckland's future. Kate Newton reports.

  White Noise: Who is shaping Auckland’s future?

• Gail Maney case 'could be bigger' than Teina Pora's - investigator

  In Depth

  18 Dec 2018

  

  He helped overturn Teina Pora's murder conviction. Now Tim McKinnel is investigating another potential wrongful conviction he believes could out-do even that case, Felicity Monk writes.

  Gail Maney case 'could be bigger' than Teina Pora's - Investigator Tim McKinnel

• Person with wrong sex on birth certificate feels 'like a fraud'

  New Zealand identity

  8 Feb 2019

  

  A gender non-binary person trying to correct the sex on their birth certificate has spent six months communicating with the Births, Deaths and Marriages office, with little success.

  Person with wrong sex on birth certificate feels 'like a fraud'

• Running dry: Can NZ thrive without irrigation?

  farming climate

  3 Feb 2019

  

  The government has pulled its backing for big irrigation projects, but smaller ones are still getting financial support. For Insight, Eric Frykberg explores whether this middle path will be enough to… Audio

  Running dry: Can NZ thrive without irrigation?

• Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat

  health rural

  27 Jan 2019

  

  Insight - Rural GPs and nurses are thin on the ground and as Tess Brunton reports the pressure on those trying to provide life saving emergency help is even more evident over the summer. Audio

  Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat

• Together Alone: NZ's silent Pasifika mental health crisis

  Together Alone

  11 Dec 2018

  

  What do you do if your culture treats mental illness like a curse? Bury it deep. Indira Stewart reports on why so many Pasifika people suffer psychological distress - and why so few seek help.

  Together Alone: NZ's silent Pasifika mental health crisis

• Youth justice: 'We need to do something for these people'

  crime law

  9 Dec 2018

  

  Insight - Is Oranga Tamariki succeeding in turning young lives around? Philippa Tolley investigates for Insight. Audio

  Youth justice: 'We need to do something for these people'

• The beginning of the end for religious classes in schools?

  education

  7 Dec 2018

  

  A powerful secular group says schools' religious classes favour Christianity and divide children, and the government is turning its focus on the classes too. Will they survive?

  The beginning of the end for religious classes in schools?

• Flying the flag for cannabis law reform

  In Depth

  4 Dec 2018

  

  With a referendum on legalising cannabis in the offing, a new group is trying to give the 'yes' campaign a respectable face. Can they push through change? Russell Brown reports.

  Flying the flag for cannabis law reform