The Detail

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.

Episodes

Keeping New Zealand's lights on

May 16, 2024 • 24 mins
Energy experts doubt New Zealand will ever get to 100 percent renewable, and say incentives and rewards are the answer to bridging the gap
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RBNZ's cash trials and digital currency

May 15, 2024 • 23 mins
We're never going to let go of our notes and coins - so the Reserve Bank is not only looking at digital currency for the future, it's also trialling cash services for small towns
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Fanning the sparks of dying languages

May 14, 2024 • 23 mins
There are five Pacific languages listed as endangered by UNESCO. What's the point of reviving them?
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New Zealand's retirement extremes

May 13, 2024 • 24 mins
New Zealand's aged care sector faces huge inequities - while the flashiest ever has just opened in Auckland, many in smaller towns are closing
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When body positivity morphs into toxic masculinity

May 11, 2024 • 24 mins
The body positivity movement started for women but in a warped sort of equality, men now appear to be just as miserable about their looks
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Diversity shrinking with the media landscape

May 10, 2024 • 18 mins
A journalism cadetship programme promised to transform New Zealand's newsrooms. But then the media landscape shrank
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Levels of litigation rising with economic hardship

May 9, 2024 • 23 mins
There's evidence New Zealanders are getting more trigger-happy when it comes to using courts to stamp down on competition
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A controversial driving exam - put to the test

May 8, 2024 • 25 mins
There are traffic jams at the young end of driver licencing and fear and trepidation at the other end. 
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The mutant bird flu lurking on our borders

May 7, 2024 • 22 mins
New Zealand has so far managed to dodge the H5N1 virus, but it's becoming increasingly concerning to scientists, and it's on our doorstep
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The great stadium debate

May 6, 2024 • 24 mins
Are stadiums a joyful symbol of a thriving city - or a wasteful excess draining ratepayer finances? 
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The dope Olympics is sport on steroids

May 4, 2024 • 22 mins
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?
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A cliffhanger for Shortland St

May 3, 2024 • 25 mins
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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Why our quality of death is slipping

May 2, 2024 • 23 mins
A vital part of our healthcare - palliative care - has been sidelined by our health system, largely because we don't like to talk about dying
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We have an emergency emergency

May 1, 2024 • 23 mins
A 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
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The problems with the Fast Track Approvals Bill

April 30, 2024 • 23 mins
The new fast-track approvals bill has been described as 'government by amateurs', with no checks and balances
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Powering ahead with green hydrogen

April 29, 2024 • 23 mins
It's hoped a new GNS Science lab can crack open the door to cheaper green hydrogen production 
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Great Barrier's thriving media scene

April 27, 2024 • 24 mins
On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing 
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Life Amidst Death: a soldier's view

April 26, 2024 • 24 mins
When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the sunsets, birds and flowers; and to souvenir treasures
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Quake rules in for a shake-up

April 24, 2024 • 23 mins
The government's hit pause on strict new building regulations over earthquake strengthening, and even its usual opponents are happy with the move 
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The de-railing of New Zealand

April 23, 2024 • 22 mins
KiwiRail's future could be veering more towards mothballs than mega-ferries, but the government's not sending out any hints
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