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The Week in Detail: India, mānuka and 'greedflation'
28 May 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: Talofa and Ni Hao
27 May 2023By Ollie Neas: In Samoa, there are mixed feelings about Chinese influence and the nation’s growing indebtedness to the superpower.
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Mānuka: The buzz that a word makes
The Australians have beaten us again - this time, in the long-running fight over mānuka honey.
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Loafers Lodge and the lessons for higher density housing
In the push to get more people living in higher density housing, have our fire and building regulations been left behind?
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Is it inflation, or are businesses just greedy?
Greedflation: It's the latest buzzword in economics – is it behind soaring company profits?
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Preparing for the winter illness wave
Winter illness season is upon us. Can the health system cope with the inevitable increase in demand that comes with it?
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The India dilemma
A relationship with India is one that requires a great deal of homework and hard work - something New Zealand has shied away from.
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The Week in Detail: From sportswashing to council asset sales
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: How To Save A Life
By Ellen Rykers: Fifteen years ago, Search and Rescue foresaw a crisis – its volunteers were aging, and the job is hard physical work.
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Why local councils want to sell their assets
19 May 2023Auckland Council could cash out $2 billion worth of shares in the airport - and it's not the only council considering asset sales to balance the budget.
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The stand-off between a philanthropist and Victoria University
A dispute over how a $10 million research grant gets used has exposed the tension between academic freedom and university funding.
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Money or morals? Team NZ, Saudi Arabia and sportswashing
17 May 2023Sparks are flying over Team New Zealand's decision to hold a pre-America's Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia.
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Music: Where the money comes from
Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster.
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A different way of learning
It's dubbed the school with no rules. Hobsonville Point Secondary School does things differently - and it's proving to be a success.
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The Week in Detail: Aotea restoration, KiwiRail off the track, and workplace dangers
13 May 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 Teenage Animal
13 May 2023By Kate Evans: Just like humans, animals go through ‘wildhood’—a time of experimentation, creativity, danger and learning.
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Abbey Caves and NZ's tragic outdoor education history
The death of a student at Abbey Caves has brought back memories of another outdoor education tragedy - the Mangatepopo canyoning disaster.
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What if we could RAT for STIs?
The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections?
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Apprentices' lives put at risk on the job
10 May 2023New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades.
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How KiwiRail got off track
9 May 2023Commuter chaos in the capital, trains grinding to a halt in Auckland - what's going on at KiwiRail?
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The mahi bringing birdsong back to Aotea's forests
8 May 2023It's no easy task trying to rid Aotea Great Barrier Island of feral cats, rats and other pests.
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The Week in Detail: Coronation, single parents, and petrels
6 May 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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The Detail's Long Read: Come Together
6 May 2023By Eric Trump: Is co-housing a wiser use of resources and a counter to societal ills like loneliness?
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Banding together to protect Aotea's precious seabirds
5 May 2023The Detail heads to Aotea Great Barrier Island to meet up with conservationists working to protect one of the island's precious seabirds - the tākoketai.
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