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. Listen on RNZ National at 7pm Monday-Thursday during The Panel.
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Auckland's decades-old stadium shuffle
5:00 am todayAre stadiums a joyful symbol of a thriving city - or a wasteful excess draining ratepayer finances? Read more Audio
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The Enhanced Games, where drug use isn't cheating
Steroid use will be out in the open at the Enhanced Games, and testosterone won't be banned. But is it taking away from the sport? Read more Audio
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Drama as the knife hovers over kiwi soap
Fans fear Shortland Street's 32 years of soapy drama could be coming to a close if TVNZ's cost-cutting knife hovers over it for too long
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When dying well is out of reach
2 May 2024A vital part of our healthcare - palliative care - has been sidelined by our health system, largely because we don't like to talk about dying Read more Audio
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Emergency management missing in action
1 May 2024A new review of New Zealand's response to crisis is blunt about the inaction of the past, and sceptical that much will change in the future Read more Audio
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A fast track to unprecedented power
30 Apr 2024The new fast-track approvals bill has been described as 'government by amateurs', with no checks and balances Read more Audio
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Green hydrogen developments promise a lower carbon future
It's hoped a new GNS Science lab can crack open the door to cheaper green hydrogen production Read more Audio
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The island where people's stories are paramount
27 Apr 2024On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing Read more Audio
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On the fringes of the Gallipoli battlefield
26 Apr 2024When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the sunsets, birds and flowers; and to souvenir treasures Read more Audio
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Life-saving legislation that got out of kilter
24 Apr 2024The government's hit pause on strict new building regulations over earthquake strengthening, and even its usual opponents are happy with the move Read more Audio
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NZ rail's track of perpetual failure
23 Apr 2024KiwiRail's future could be veering more towards mothballs than mega-ferries, but the government's not sending out any hints Read more Audio
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New hope with new tech for abuse survivors
22 Apr 2024New technology available to abuse victims aims to change the figures on unreported sexual assaults. Read more Audio
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That's so last century
20 Apr 2024From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the 1950s through 1990s Read more Audio
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Wellington's ebb and flow of public servants
19 Apr 2024The government's back-office public service job cuts are adding to Wellington's woes
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Pharmac and the keys to the drug cupboard
18 Apr 2024Secret lists and capped budgets - how does Pharmac make its drug buying choices? Read more Audio
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Skin deep beauty and the pain that goes with it
The beauty industry in New Zealand is a wild west devoid of regulation, and the price people are paying can take the form of scars, burns and infections. Read more Audio
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Traffic lights alone won't stop truancy
Government fixes for truancy need to look at why kids aren't coming to school, rather than just shaming schools for their numbers. Read more Audio
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The brand new hospital that has no budget to operate
15 Apr 2024The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore. Read more Audio
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On the frontline of Victim Support
A Victim Support worker on what it's like to support victims on their worst days. Read more Audio
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Winston goes to Washington
12 Apr 2024New Zealand is edging away from our long-held Independent Foreign Policy and towards old allies, and navigating it all is an old hand. Read more Audio
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The heritage building hullabaloo
The heritage building debate: A balance between saving our history and building our future. Read more Audio
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When it comes to rates bills, the only way is up
10 Apr 2024Coming soon to an inbox or letterbox near you is something shocking - your next rates bill. Read more Audio
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When it's too expensive to measure poverty
Two fact-finding projects on children and poverty are under attack by public service cost cutting. Read more Audio
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A GPS that could backfire on commuters
8 Apr 2024The plan to get Kiwis moving - as long as it's along a motorway - has public transport experts fuming Read more Audio
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Cherry picking our healthy food labels
Using the health star-rating for packaged food should be simple, but it's not Read more Audio
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Ruapehu's tourism future is complicated and confusing
Snow season is fast approaching but the North Island's only commercial skiing mountain has an uncertain future Read more Audio
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Rugby drops the ball of sporting domination
4 Apr 2024On the field and off, rugby is fighting to keep the game alive Read more Audio
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Rubbing out the rainbow
The line between freedom of expression, and suppression of other people's freedoms Read more Audio
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The disability ministry's funding fiasco
2 Apr 2024Service cuts from the disability ministry caused panic and stress. How did it all go wrong? Read more Audio
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Another chip in the China relationship
China has been caught spying on us. Forty billion dollars in trade might explain why it took three years and the support of two friends to announce. Read more Audio
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