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The silent sentence facing newly-released inmates
24 Jul 2023There's a silent sentence faced by prisoners just out of jail – one that makes it hard for them to get back on their feet without resorting to crime again.
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The Week in Detail: Productivity, political slogans, and Healthy Homes
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Procurement without purpose: the problems with broader outcomes
By Nikki Mandow: The government spent $51.5 billion of taxpayer money on buying stuff last year. The criteria for how they spend it have had a shake-up.
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This is a party political slogan, brought to you by an ad man
As the political parties reveal their slogans for the election campaign, we look at who and what makes a catchphrase sing,
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The cracks in the Healthy Homes rules
There are five basic standards to be met before landlords can get their Healthy Homes tick. Why do so many seem to be slipping through the cracks?
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Productivity – the financial metric that clashes with our kiwi culture
19 Jul 2023New Zealand's slow slide into poor productivity isn't just a cultural quirk – it means we miss out when it comes to competition and trade opportunities.
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The battle of the social media platform powers
Two decades after Facebook.com changed our lives, social media is going through another big upheaval.
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Why a great uniform has great power
Whether it's a corporate refresh with more cultural considerations, or a new version of a sporting uniform steeped in history, what our high profile teams wear matters.
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The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
15 Jul 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: The Flames of Our Shame
15 Jul 2023By Max Rashbrooke: While the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge has reinforced calls for greater scrutiny of boarding houses, the warning signals have been around for years.
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Is Matariki the world's oldest story?
We call this star cluster Matariki – but the Seven Sisters myth is told all over the world, in startlingly similar fashion. Could it be our oldest story?
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The outrage over a brutal weapon of war
The US is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine in a move it hopes will shorten the war – how do they work, and why has the move prompted an uproar from human rights workers?
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Pacific fears over Japan's nuclear fallout
11 Jul 2023Japan has made assurances the wastewater it's dumping in the Pacific is safe – but not everyone is convinced.
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The tragedy that's brought the Whakatāne community closer
10 Jul 2023The WorkSafe prosecution over the Whakaari eruption begins today – and some of the heroes of that dreadful day are in the spotlight.
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The Week in Detail: Busted roads, overflowing lakes and car-free cities
9 Jul 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Bone Hunters
By George Driver: An ancient lake bed in St Bathans is revealing New Zealand's mysterious past.
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Why city centres are going car-free
Auckland, Dunedin, and now Wellington – does pedestrianisation solve problems, or create them?
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'A slow-moving disaster': Rotorua lakes full to bursting
6 Jul 2023Months and months of heavy rain means many of the lakes around Rotorua are reaching levels not seen in 50 years, flooding nearby boat ramps, playgrounds and properties.
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The impact of the Hollywood writers' strike on NZ
Hollywood writers have been striking for three months' now – and there's no resolution in sight. Half a world away, the strike's having an impact on the screen industry here in New Zealand, too.
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What it takes to get a road back open
4 Jul 2023Storms and cyclones have caused major disruptions on state highways across the country this year. What's involved in fixing them up to get them back open?
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'Set up to fail': The alternative education problem
These programmes are the last resort for kids who can't cope in mainstream schools – but barely any leave with NCEA qualifications.
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The Week in Detail: Gang towns, Prigozhin, and single-use plastics
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Guilt, Part I: Murder in Paeroa
By Ryan Wolf: Speculation still swirls about the unsolved 2012 murder of pizza shop owner Jordan Voudouris.
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The cancer-causing dangers in our workplaces
30 Jun 2023New Zealand's first-ever Carcinogen Survey has found alarming numbers of people are exposed to cancer-causing agents in their work. What can we do about it?
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