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Death Bed: The Kelly Savage story
25 May 2019A young New Zealander entered a Japanese hospital in psychosis. He left braindead. His grieving mother is fighting for change.
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Man says he was gang raped in NZ military in the 1970s
24 May 2019Insight: The partner of a man sexually assaulted while in the army in the 1970s is demanding the attack be investigated. Audio
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Why ACC is turning away traumatised mosque survivors
14 May 2019Distressed survivors can't get support because ACC doesn't cover mental injuries the way it covers physical ones. Can a government which says it's prioritising mental health continue with this model?
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Forget me not: Starting a romance when your spouse has dementia
10 May 2019In sickness and in health, but what if your beloved has dementia? As the number of people with the condition grows, Teresa Cowie finds spouses wrestling with the desire to start new relationships. Audio
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Anonymity on the internet and fighting extremism
3 May 2019Insight - Should we increase surveillance of online bulletin boards and, if so, how? Max Towle asks 8chan's founder Frederick Brennan and NZ experts whether the rise of online extremism can be curbed. Audio
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Chch families desperate as Victim Support holds onto donated millions
4 May 2019People too traumatised by the Christchurch mosque attacks to work want to know why Victim Support is holding onto millions donated to the city's Muslim community.
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Why Rachel Māia chose to have her leg amputated
30 Apr 2019What's it like to look at your leg for the last time then ask doctors to amputate it? Zoë George follows champion rock climber Rachel Māia as she says goodbye to her limb.
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Investigation: The new alt-right groups hiding in plain sight
26 Apr 2019Insight - New brands of far-right political groups and ideology are set to gain ground and be harder to detect, RNZ's Gyles Beckford writes. Audio
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Provincial Growth Fund: Slush fund or lifeline?
Insight - As the government pours money into Northland in a bid to turn around a region that's struggled for decades, are local communities reaping the rewards, or are there questions over where the… Audio
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NZ's heart-breaker: rheumatic fever rates on the rise
31 Mar 2019Rheumatic fever rates are on the rise. Insight talks to those living with this heart-damaging auto-immune disease and to those left behind. Audio
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Remember the heroes
30 Mar 2019Horror and hatred killed 50 people in the Christchurch mosque massacre. Courage and kindness protected many more. Kate Newton reports.
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Provincial Growth Fund - slush fund or lifeline?
As the government pours money into Northland in a bid to turn around the region, are locals reaping the rewards, or are there questions over where the money is going? Audio
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The shadow hovering over NZ's gun owners
7 Apr 2019Insight - As legislation to ban most types of semi-automatic and military-style guns, after the atrocity of the mosque attacks, works its way through parliament Philippa Tolley explores how gun owners… Audio
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New Zealand's darkest day
25 Mar 2019It took just 21 minutes of mayhem to end 50 lives and change others forever. Here is a timeline of events from last Friday's attacks.
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They are us: A memorial to the lost
19 Mar 2019They were grandparents and spouses, parents of new babies and grown adults, and they were children. These are the people we lost in the Christchurch terror attacks.
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Why privacy scandals don't scare us off social media
15 Mar 2019Facebook 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
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Growing Demand - NZ's budding cannabis businesses
With a cannabis referendum on the horizon Teresa Cowie talks to NZ's businesses gearing up for a possible law change. Audio
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Curbing comments to calm the farm online
31 Mar 2019Mediawatch - 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
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Benneydale vs Te Māniaiti: Entire town against name change
6 Mar 2019Should 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.
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Strike! Why industrial action is up under Labour
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
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Being queer and Christian in 2019
28 Feb 2019As New Zealand increasingly backs queer rights, are our Christian churches evolving or standing firm that homosexuality is sinful? Max Towle investigates.
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How justice for Susan Burdett took 27 years
22 Feb 2019In 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.
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How it feels to have PTSD at 8
22 Feb 2019On the eighth anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Canterbury teenager Ashley Cullen describes how post-traumatic stress disorder tore through her childhood.
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A bitter pill: Why can't we recycle medication?
18 Feb 2019While 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?
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