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Frittering away - Why whitebait is in decline
2 Dec 2018Insight - With four out of the five whitebait species under threat or in decline, Teresa Cowie heads to the West Coast to find out if we have to give up on our springtime whitebait treat. Audio
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Wheels in motion for ride sharing revolution
Could we be on the cusp of a new way of living, can we stop global warming? Bernard Hickey literally puts his life on the line to highlight the ongoing growth of the sharing economy.
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Why we're ignoring climate change
30 Nov 2018It's a dark cloud hanging over our civilisation, but there's still a chance to act. So why do we all have our heads in the sand? Susan Strongman reports.
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HIV: The shame, stigma and progress
30 Nov 2018Half of Kiwi parents wouldn't want their child playing with an HIV-positive child. Ahead of World AIDS Day, Max Towle asks how much attitudes have changed.
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Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting
Insight - The road freight industry is short of 2500 drivers as those pressured by tight deadlines and long hours quit, reports Tracy Neal. Audio
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The GM debate and its potential effects on agriculture
Insight - Should we back or block the genetically changed plants New Zealand scientists are growing? Charlie Dreaver reports. Audio
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The lifelong health hangover of teen drinking
23 Nov 2018Teen binge drinking is often brushed off as an experimental phase, but research shows it's setting up young people for serious problems later in life.
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Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?
Insight - Secondary schools are divided over new methods of teaching and learning. RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen investigates the heated debate over how best to teach our teens. Audio
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Inside New Zealand’s unregulated sperm donor network
7 Nov 2018Why are women eschewing fertility clinics and looking for sperm donors online? And why are men donating to strangers they meet on Facebook? Amy Nelmes Bissett uncovers a world of hope and risk.
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The next pandemic: Are we ready?
Insight - November was the peak month of the 1918 pandemic that killed 9000 New Zealanders. One hundred years on, will we be able to deal with the next one? Audio
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Beyond the Beehive: 'Life for them is a day-by-day survival'
30 Oct 2018One Year On - How much have rises in accommodation supplements, the minimum wage and family tax credit payment rates helped people living in poverty? Video
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PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?
Insight - Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown. Audio
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The drug courts on trial - should they be permanent?
Insight - The Alcohol and Other Drugs Treatment Court has been run as a pilot for the past six years, Teresa Cowie visited to find out how it works, and if it is worth continuing. Audio
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The woman who says psychedelic 'medicine' cured her PTSD
24 Oct 2018Zoe Helene grew up in NZ. Now she's a 'psychedelic feminist' in the US, who leads women on hallucinogenic journeys in the Amazon jungle. Susan Strongman reports.
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On the outside: the problem with life after prison
14 Oct 2018Insight - Former prisoners trying to build a their lives on the outside speak to Leigh-Marama McLachlan about what it is really like. Audio
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History repeating - New Zealand's mental health inquiries
28 Oct 2018New Zealand's mental health system has been repeatedly pulled apart in major investigations, the latest of which is reporting back next month. Jess McAllen looks at the history and recurring themes of…
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Protect and promote: Can DOC really do both?
7 Oct 2018Insight - Belinda McCammon visits several small communities in the path of the tourism boom to see what impact it is having on them. Audio
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A crisis of the humanities
12 Oct 2018In an era of fake news and partisanship, society needs critical thinkers more than ever. So why are students increasingly turning away from the humanities? Kate Newton reports.
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Pacific Super Rugby team: Tackling soft diplomacy
Insight - RNZ Pacific's sports editor Vinnie Wylie asks if a Pacific-based rugby team will ever get off the ground and why the New Zealand government is getting involved. Audio
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NZ's role in the Malaysian plastics dumping ground
23 Sep 2018Insight - Thousands of tonnes of plastic from New Zealand is going to Malaysia where illegal factories are burning waste they can't process, Nita Blake-Persen travelled there to investigate. Audio
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Where are all the male contraceptives?
28 Sep 2018Almost 60 years after the pill arrived in NZ, there is still no male equivalent. Are men willing to step up? And why aren't pharmaceutical companies coming to the party? Bonnie Sumner investigates.
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Insight: Nurses pay and staffing deal - hospital crisis averted?
9 Sep 2018Insight - Will the latest nursing pay and staffing deals ease the pressure? Karen Brown heads into a ward in one of the country's busiest hospitals to find out. Audio
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Fighting back against the avocado crime wave
18 Sep 2018Burgled and beaten up, avocado growers are sleeping in their orchards, patrolling the streets at night and using CCTV to protect their 'green gold' from organised crime and a fruit blackmarket. Video
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The reality of life on the minimum wage in NZ
10 Sep 2018Men pee in front of Victoria when she's cleaning the gents. Roszanne couldn't afford to go to her brother's tangi. Lavinia hardly sees her children. Meet the women working for minimum wage. Video
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