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Join The Detail team six days a week as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts.

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1115 episodes

The disability ministry funding debacle

Service cuts from the disability ministry caused panic and stress. How did it all go wrong?

24m
Apr 01, 2024
The diplomatic dance with problematic China

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.

23m
Mar 27, 2024
India's Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there

The Gloriavale offshoot in India is home to Kiwi women and children. A former member of the sect says getting them out of there is urgent

22m
Mar 26, 2024
Fiscal holes as a political weapon

Are fiscal holes a real issue, or an easy headline?

22m
Mar 25, 2024
Green money dries up

Today from The Detail: When the money dries up, gains made by a wave of Covid-inspired funding are likely to be lost.

23m
Mar 24, 2024
How manga moved West

The Japanese art forms that have shaped more of the West's story telling than you may realise

23m
Mar 22, 2024
The power balance

In the wake of a change in the way power bills are calculated, The Detail helps you understand the bottom line.

22m
Mar 21, 2024
The sea ice factories of Antarctica

A team of New Zealand scientists has just returned from studying the sea ice factories in Antarctica, in a joint expedition with Italy

23m
Mar 20, 2024
A promise to overhaul the Holidays Act, again

The Holidays Act is complex and has led to years of problems. But fixing it seems just as challenging.

23m
Mar 19, 2024
New target for police asset seizures

The proceeds of crime laws have traditionally been used to target gangs and drug dealers. Now police have their eyes on a new target, and that's left businesses feeling vulnerable.

24m
Mar 18, 2024
David Seymour's attack on red tape

A sector that's had rules piled upon it is welcoming moves to cut the red tape

23m
Mar 17, 2024
A tuneful life

The Detail's Davina Zimmer discovers she's sitting across from a quiet music legend.

23m
Mar 15, 2024
Voting rights for the Samoan diaspora

Critics of a new electoral law in Samoa say it could allow overseas voters to decide elections.

18m
Mar 14, 2024
Auckland Council's rubbish move

Auckland Council is calling it a 'bin optimisation drive', but residents say the move to remove their litter receptacles is rubbish

24m
Mar 13, 2024
Immigration New Zealand's perfect storm

A review into a new visa category that sparked more problems than it solved is scathing about Immigration NZ's processes and systems.

24m
Mar 12, 2024
Haka, sport and politics

A haka incorporating barbs aimed at the Government has rekindled a decades old debate over sport and politics.

24m
Mar 11, 2024
Getting our money lending right

The laws that govern our money-lending landscape are in for another shakeup.

23m
Mar 10, 2024
A cool solution to drink dilution

All ice is not created equal, and the ice created by Conor Whale is top-shelf stuff.

24m
Mar 08, 2024
Incubating a space industry

Auckland University's new space centre will soon take control of a satellite that detects the world's worst methane emitters.

22m
Mar 07, 2024
The diamonds, the divas and the drama of the Oscars

Hollywood's red carpet is getting rolled out for its premier event, the Oscars, for the 96th time this weekend

21m
Mar 06, 2024
Mould, mushrooms and musty classrooms

An Auckland school for some of our most vulnerable children is crumbling, and any hopes for a rebuild have just been dashed by the government's moves to halt school property developments.

24m
Mar 05, 2024
Olympic hopefuls plan for Paris 2024

The first of our athletes to wear the silver fern in Paris have been announced

23m
Mar 04, 2024
Rare disorders aren't unusual enough to ignore

One in 17 New Zealanders have what's termed as a rare disorder. March is the month to highlight their lives and struggles.

20m
Mar 03, 2024
The death of the magazine

Magazines are facing extinction by internet. Are they special enough to save?

20m
Mar 01, 2024
The Newshub bombshell with a whopping blast range

It was a skin-of-your-teeth operation from the start, and Newshub's 35 year old life looks to be ending with multi-million dollar losses presided over by off-shore owners

24m
Feb 29, 2024
Why we leap

Leap year is all about matching the seasons to time. It's just a construct, but try telling that to February 29th babies.

20m
Feb 28, 2024
Drugs, tests, and rock'n'roll

At festivals, a volunteer-based service runs quality-control on illegal drugs.

23m
Feb 27, 2024
The Waitangi Tribunal's losing battle

What is the point of the Waitangi Tribunal if it doesn't have the power to stop a government that appears to be acting against the interests of Māori?

23m
Feb 26, 2024
Go home, stay home

Four years after the first lockdown, the way we work has changed.

22m
Feb 25, 2024
Pioneering kiwi research for hydrocephalus patients

A life-changing diagnostic device tested on sheep in New Zealand is about to be trialled on humans

23m
Feb 23, 2024