In Depth

In Depth headlines with summaries.

• Is New Zealand ready to cope in a global catastrophe?

  7 Feb 2020

  

  Insight - The coronavirus outbreak is serving as a real-time test of the country's emergency plans - but NZers are being warned there are even bigger threats we should also be preparing for. Audio

  Is New Zealand ready to cope in a global catastrophe?

• Wealthy and powerful NZ First Foundation donors revealed

  Politics

  4 Feb 2020

  

  The mysterious foundation bankrolling the New Zealand First Party has been receiving donations just under the threshold at which the donors' names would normally be made public.

  Wealthy and powerful NZ First Foundation donors revealed

• Donations and declarations: The NZ First Foundation explained

  politics

  4 Feb 2020

  

  Money flowed into the New Zealand First Foundation and money flowed out - but did any of it need to be declared?

  Donations and declarations: The NZ First Foundation explained

• Can a fatherhood focus open doors for prisoners?

  life and society crime

  31 Jan 2020

  

  Insight - Teresa Cowie heads into prison to find out how a focus on fatherhood could be channelled to reduce reoffending. Audio

  Can a fatherhood focus open doors for prisoners?

• Broken ribs, crushed truck and WorkSafe won’t investigate

  In Depth

  22 Jan 2020

  

  A Tasman woman who was almost killed when a giant tree stump dropped onto her truck is stunned that WorkSafe is refusing to investigate. Video

  Broken ribs, crushed truck and WorkSafe won’t investigate

• NZ First-linked company in govt loan bid says it met with Jones

  Politics

  20 Jan 2020

  

  A forestry company with close links to NZ First says it gave a presentation to Shane Jones about a project it was seeking a $15 million government loan for - months before Jones says he first heard of…

  NZ First-linked company in government loan bid says it met with Shane Jones

• Fifth death linked to epilepsy brand switch

  New Zealand health

  20 Dec 2019

  

  A fifth death has been reported to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring on suspicion it is related to Pharmac's brand switch of epilepsy drugs.

  Fifth death linked to epilepsy brand switch

• Pharmac brand switch: Driver blacked out in Waterview Tunnel

  New Zealand health

  18 Dec 2019

  

  An Auckland man had a seizure and blacked out as he drove through Auckland's Waterview Tunnel after switching epilepsy medication brands.

  Pharmac brand switch: Man driving through Waterview Tunnel blacked out

• Surveillance fears over plans to put sensors in state houses

  In Depth

  18 Dec 2019

  

  Plans to collect data by putting sensors in thousands of state houses could result in the information being used to cut benefit payments or even evict tenants, a charity familiar with the project…

  Surveillance fears over plans to put sensors in state houses

• Pharmac knew of epilepsy deaths for weeks but stayed silent

  health

  17 Dec 2019

  

  Pharmac knew for more than two weeks that three deaths had been linked to its epilepsy drug brand switch but didn't tell patients or the public.

  Pharmac knew of epilepsy deaths for weeks but stayed silent

• Whakaari / White Island eruption: How it unfolded

  Whakaari/White Island

  12 Dec 2019

  

  For years, it has awed the thousands of visitors who have stepped on to its alien surface. On 9 December, 2019, that otherworldliness was transformed into a hellscape.

  The day Whakaari / White Island erupted

• Whakaari/White Island: The dead and missing

  Whakaari/White Island

  11 Dec 2019

  

  There were 47 people on Whaakari/White Island when it erupted. Eight died, and eight others on the island are presumed dead. This is who they are.

  Whakaari/White Island: The dead and missing

• Keto diet: Trend or treatment?

  science health

  6 Dec 2019

  

  Insight - Touted as a cure for diabetes, epilepsy and weight loss, the Keto diet is taking off in popularity. Insight reporter Teresa Cowie learns from scientists and those who've tried it. Audio

  Keto diet: Trend or treatment?

• Epilepsy patients angry at being told symptoms all in their heads

  health

  6 Dec 2019

  

  Pharmac-funded research into whether people with epilepsy were imagining side effects from a medicine brand change has been suspended as angry patients point out that deaths have been linked to the…

  Epilepsy patients angry at being told symptoms all in their heads

• Government funds to continue investing in fossil fuels

  environment politics

  5 Dec 2019

  

  Two multi-billion dollar government guaranteed investment funds say they will continue investing in fossil fuel companies, despite the government's efforts to fight climate change.

  Government funds to continue investing in fossil fuels

• Jones declared conflict of interest on same day questions were asked

  politics

  4 Dec 2019

  

  Shane Jones' office received official documents about a New Zealand First-linked forestry company's bid for public money five times before the minister declared a conflict of interest.

  New details revealed over NZ First-linked company and Shane Jones’ office

• Document leak: Why the NZ First Foundation was set up

  In Depth

  28 Nov 2019

  

  Key documents about a mysterious foundation loaning money to NZ First show why the NZ First Foundation was set up, how it would operate and who knew about the idea from the outset.

  Document leak: Why the NZ First Foundation was set up

• What would Jesus do ... about climate change?

  Environment climate

  28 Nov 2019

  

  As the climate emergency nears apocalyptic proportions, Max Towle asks if Christian leaders think it's all in God's hands or whether they're trying to do something about it. Video

  What would Jesus do ... about climate change?

• 'You don't drink a glass of wine next to a grave'

  history

  21 Nov 2019

  

  Protesters say an Erebus memorial in Parnell rose gardens would make them sad at a place they want to drink wine and climb trees, and would ruin the look of the park. Some victims' families are… Video

  'Nimbys' oppose Erebus park memorial: ‘You don’t drink a glass of wine next to a grave’

• Call for inquiry into Pharmac's epilepsy drug switch

  New Zealand health

  21 Nov 2019

  

  The Health and Disability Commissioner wants answers and a national MP is calling for an inquiry, after four people died following an epilepsy drug brand switch.

  Call for inquiry into Pharmac's epilepsy drug switch

• NZ First-linked company applied for $15m govt loan

  New Zealand Politics

  18 Nov 2019

  

  A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First has revealed it applied for a $15 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund, which is overseen by NZ First minister Shane Jones.

  NZ First-linked company applied for $15m govt loan, pledges transparency

• Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

  Now We Are Five Million

  18 Nov 2019

  

  Now We Are Five (Million) - Guyon Espiner and his daughter Nico kōrero on New Zealand's attitudes to Māori culture, language and history in his childhood compared to hers today.

  Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future

• Fourth death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy medication switch

  New Zealand health

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A 26-year-old is the fourth person to die shortly after changing from a branded version of the anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine to a generic version. Video

  Fourth death linked to Pharmac's epilepsy medication switch

• NZ First-linked forestry company wanted $95m in govt funding

  New Zealand

  15 Nov 2019

  

  A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First planned to apply for nearly $100 million under the One Billion Trees programme, which is overseen by the Forestry Minister Shane Jones.

  NZ First-linked forestry company wanted $95m in govt funding